Excavation (The Haxan Cloak album)

Excavation is the second studio album by The Haxan Cloak, released originally on Tri Angle Records on 16 April 2013.^[1]Re-released on Archaic Devices in 2023.

Excavation
Studio album by The Haxan Cloak
Released	16 April 2013
Genre	Electronic drone experimental dark ambient industrial
Length	51:34
Label	Archaic Devices, Tri Angle Records
The Haxan Cloak chronology
The Haxan Cloak (2011) Excavation (2013)

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.0/10[2]
Metacritic	84/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Clash	8/10[4]
Consequence of Sound	[5]
DIY	7/10[6]
Exclaim!	10/10[7]
Pitchfork	8.7/10[8]
Resident Advisor	4.0/5[9]
The Skinny	[10]
Spin	9/10[11]
XLR8R	8/10[12]

Excavation received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84 based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[3] Pitchfork named Excavation the 29th best album of 2013,^[13] and Rolling Stone called it the 16th best dance album of 2013.^[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Consumed"	1:39
2.	"Excavation (Part 1)"	8:09
3.	"Excavation (Part 2)"	4:13
4.	"Mara"	3:13
5.	"Miste"	5:37
6.	"The Mirror Reflecting (Part 1)"	3:10
7.	"The Mirror Reflecting (Part 2)"	7:07
8.	"Dieu"	5:12
9.	"The Drop"	12:55

Personnel

• Music: Bobby Krlic
• Design: DR.ME
• Mastered by: Matt Colton
• Mastered at: Alchemy Mastering
• Photography: Cody Cobb