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The message, still, is that the world is a cruel and fucked-up place.

Louis Pattison of the NME commented that, 'in toning down the shock and awe, revealed the beating heart at the centre of their work. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 33 reviews, which indicates 'generally favorable reviews'. III received generally positive reviews from music critics.

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III is the last Crystal Castles album Alice Glass was involved in.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores Additional dates across Europe, Oceania, North America, and South America were announced on Octoand January 9, 2013. In November 2012, the band performed six dates in the United Kingdom. On July 26, 2012, Crystal Castles announced a North American tour with Health and Kontravoid in support of the album, as well as festivals appearances in Europe and Australia, starting on Augand ending on January 28, 2013. A music video for 'Sad Eyes', shot in Berlin and Toronto, was released on January 20, 2013. 'Violent Youth' premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on November 1, 2012. The music video for 'Affection' premiered on Apand was filmed on the duo's South American tour. 'Affection' was released as the album's third single on October 31, 2012. The accompanying music video for 'Plague' debuted on Septemand uses footage from Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 film Possession.

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The album's first two singles, ' Plague' and 'Wrath of God', were made available for free download on the duo's SoundCloud page on July 25 and September 26, 2012, respectively. III was released digitally on November 7 in the United States, and the CD was released on November 8 in Australia, Canada, and the United States. The photo was awarded the World Press Photo of the Year 2011 in February, 2012. It shows a mother, Fatima al-Qaws embracing her son Zayed who is suffering from the effects of tear gas after taking part in a street demonstration against the then ruling President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana'a, Yemen in October 15, 2011. The album cover features an award-winning photograph by Spanish-born Catalan photojournalist and photographer Samuel Aranda. On October 9, 2012, the track listing for the album was revealed via the duo's official Facebook page. I didn't think I could lose faith in humanity any more than I already had, but after witnessing some things, it feels like the world is a dystopia where victims don't get justice and corruption prevails', Alice Glass explained in a statement. 'A lot of bad things have happened to people close to me since II and it's profoundly influenced my writing as I've realized there will never be justice for them. The album addresses the theme of oppression, with the musicians using different pedals and keyboards to create a diverse 'palette of sound'.

Produced entirely by Ethan Kath, III was recorded in Berlin and Warsaw, and mixed in London.

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Glass continued the series on her own by including 'IV' into the title of her 2022 debut album Prey//IV. III is the last Crystal Castles album with vocalist Alice Glass before her departure in 2014, and is also their last eponymous album, as the band's 2016 album is titled Amnesty (I) instead of (IV) or Crystal Castles. Production was handled by Ethan Kath, with additional production by Jacknife Lee.

III (stylized as (III) and also titled Crystal Castles) is the third studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Crystal Castles, released on Novemby Fiction Records and Polydor Records.