Its return-to-roots aesthetic is planted in a physical base that carries the band's dark, progressive doom into a new era".

wrote, "There's nothing too out there on Forgotten Days – the '80s synth of the closing "Caledonia" probably the biggest surprise, but a welcome one: a playful take on the pain of the past – and all the tracks are solid, with any experimentation woven tightly around Pallbearer's doom roots.

[7] Dave Everley of Classic Rock magazine wrote, "Their fourth album takes yet more detours, but without ever losing sight of the path.

[4] Grayson Haver Currin of Pitchfork wrote, "These eight songs grapple candidly with [family loss], but, like the music itself, the words don't wallow.

[9] Jake Cole of Spectrum Culture summarized, "offering up the most focused, heaviest record since their debut, Pallbearer further cement themselves as one of modern doom's luminaries".