Automata II is the ninth studio album by American progressive metalcore band Between the Buried and Me.
On the release of the album, vocalist Tommy Giles Rogers Jr. stated:[2] Holding our tongues for 'Automata II' was challenging.
We got riffs, choruses, breakdowns, blasts, horns, drum solos [...]Bassist Dan Briggs added: 'Automata II' sees us at our most dynamic and most creative.
It's quirky, adventurous, melodic, dark and full of theatrics.Review aggregator Metacritic scored the album an 81 out of 100 based on four music critics, citing "universal acclaim".
[4] Allmusic's Thom Jurek claimed that "Automata II can be listened to on its own, but it holds much greater power when taken together with its predecessor.