▁full ▁swing ▁the ▁whole ▁time ▁I ▁was ▁writing , ▁and ▁that ▁really ▁kind ▁of ▁inspired ▁the ▁whole ▁direction ▁of ▁the ▁lyr ics ." ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁political ▁theme , ▁Har vey ▁continued ▁his ▁expl oration ▁of ▁g ore : ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Neil ▁P ret or ius ▁of ▁About . com ▁said ▁the ▁" s lower , ▁gro ov ier ▁and ▁much ▁more ▁mel od ically ▁incl ined " ▁approach ▁of ▁N ec roc acy ▁provided ▁for ▁a ▁more ▁m ature ▁and ▁accessible ▁sound ▁that ▁puts ▁it ▁on ▁par ▁with ▁Car c ass ' s ▁S urg ical ▁Ste el ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁death / gor egr ind ▁releases ▁of ▁the ▁year . ▁ ▁Pra ising ▁the ▁album ' s ▁mixture ▁of ▁" prof ane ▁fer ocity " ▁and ▁" cl in ical , ▁Heart work - es que ▁production ", ▁David ▁Per ri ▁of ▁Bra ve ▁W ords ▁& ▁Blo ody ▁Kn uck les ▁said , ▁" Ex hum ed ▁has ▁craft ed ▁and ▁executed ▁what ▁will ▁surely ▁be ▁amongst ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 ▁percent ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 3 ". ▁Neil ▁Arnold ▁of ▁Metal ▁Forces ▁expressed ▁the ▁opinion ▁that ▁with ▁N ec roc acy , ▁" the ▁Californ ian ▁psych op ath s ▁have ▁simply ▁c ement ed ▁their ▁place ▁alongside ▁Car c ass ▁as ▁leaders ▁in ▁a ▁field ▁sw amp ed ▁in ▁c log ged ▁up ▁g ore ". ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁album ▁did ▁receive ▁some ▁criticism . ▁Joe ▁De V ita ▁of ▁L oud