''Mettavolution'' is the fifth

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by Mexican duo

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. It was released on April 26, 2019 through

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and ATO Records.

Critical reception

''Mettavolution'' received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an

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score of 73, based on 6 reviews. It won the award for

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at the

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Track listing

Charts

References

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