"Polyphia have come a long way from their djent roots. While it may disappoint fans hoping for Renaissance Part 2, New Levels New Devils continues the more avant-garde, genre-bending approach of the band’s 2017 EP, The Most Hated — they even enlisted up-and-coming hip-hop and electronic producers like Y2K (Killy, Yung Bans) and Judge (Migos & Marshmello, Young Thug) to help create the album. This current amalgamation of prog-hip-hop-trap-metal-whatever is uncharted territory that may leave the listener asking “What fucking genre of music is this?”, but that’s not a bad thing. The drums, by Clay Aeschliman, may generally sound more electronic than they have in the past, but the same annoyingly catchy, bombastic guitar-work that make Polyphia great remains intact.
New Levels New Devils is catchy and fun to listen to. And if you’re feeling really exxxtra, it provides enough bass to blare while cruising around in your Benz with the windows rolled down, looking like the biggest Chris Fronzak on the block."
