Arc'tan'gent

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{{Infobox album

| italic_title = no

| name = arc'tan'gent

| type = studio

| artist = earthtone9

| cover = et9arctangent.jpg

| alt =

| released = 25 September 2000

| recorded = 2000

| venue =

| studio = Philia Studios, Henley-on-Thames
Backstage, Ripley, Derbyshire

| genre = Alternative metal

| length =

| label = Copro

| producer = Andy Sneap

| prev_title = Hi-Point

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Omega

| next_year = 2000

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Drowned in Sound

| rev1Score = 10/10{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Graham |date=2000-11-29 |title=Album Review: Earthtone9 - arct'tan'gent |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2454/reviews/238- |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Drowned in Sound |language=en}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2006|publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |edition=4th|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0003unse_w1c2/page/198 199] |chapter=Earthtone9}}

| rev3 = Kerrang!

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Griffiths |first=Mark |date=16 September 2000 |title=Albums |url=http://www.et9evo.iofm.net:80/site/press/k_sept00arc.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030101112838/http://www.et9evo.iofm.net:80/site/press/k_sept00arc.htm |archive-date=1 January 2003 |access-date=10 May 2024 |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=EMAP |page=45 |via=et9evo.iofm.net |issue=819}}

| rev4 = Metal Hammer

| rev4score = 9/10{{Cite magazine |last=Finney |first=Graham |date=October 2000 |title=Under the Hammer |url=http://www.et9evo.iofm.net:80/site/press/mh_oct00arc.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030106060503/http://www.et9evo.iofm.net:80/site/press/mh_oct00arc.htm |archive-date=6 January 2003 |access-date=10 May 2024 |magazine=Metal Hammer |publisher=Future plc |location=UK |page=72 |via=et9evo.iofm.net |issue=79}}

| rev5 = Rock Hard

| rev5score = 9.5/10{{Cite web |date=17 October 2000 |title=Arc´tan´gent |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/earthtone9-arctangent |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Rock Hard |language=de-DE |type=Vol. 162}}

| rev6 = Rock Sound

| rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Fraser |first=Lewis |date=October 2000 |title=Earthtone9: arc'tan'gent |url=http://www.et9evo.iofm.net:80/site/press/rs_oct00arc.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030110171603/http://www.et9evo.iofm.net:80/site/press/rs_oct00arc.htm |archive-date=10 January 2003 |access-date=10 May 2024 |magazine=Rock Sound |publisher=Freeway Press |page= |publication-place=UK |via=et9evo.iofm.net |issue=17}}

| rev7 = Terrorizer

| rev7score = 8.5/10{{Cite magazine |last=Terry |first=Nick |date=October 2000 |title=Selected & Dissected |url=http://et9evo.iofm.net:80/site/press/t_oct00arc.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013050949/http://et9evo.iofm.net:80/site/press/t_oct00arc.htm |archive-date=13 October 2007 |access-date=10 May 2024 |magazine=Terrorizer |page=54 |via=et9evo.iofm.net |issue=83}}

}}

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arc'tan'gent is the third album by British metal band earthtone9. The album received critical acclaim on its release. It was rated #16 in both Metal Hammer and Rock Sound magazines' "Albums of 2000" polls,{{Cite magazine |last=Anon. |date=January 2001 |title=Top 20 Albums of 2000 |magazine=Metal Hammer |location=UK |publisher=Future plc |issue=83 |page=61}}{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120909021106/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/rocksound.htm#2000 Outline Page]}} and #24 in Terrorizer's equivalent poll.[http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/Terrorizer2000.htm Terrorizer - Jaarlijst 2000] It was also voted #79 by the readers of Kerrang! in their 2005 readers' poll of the 100 best British rock albums ever.{{Cite magazine |date=19 February 2005 |editor-last=Bird |editor-first=Ashley |title=The 100 Best British Rock Albums Ever! |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=EMAP |page=22 |issue=1044}} In 2024, Dom Lawson of Blabbermouth.net wrote that the album was "regarded as one of the great British metal records of [its] era."{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Dom |date=2024-06-21 |title=In Resonance Nexus |url=https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/in-resonance-nexus |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}