Reviewing the album for Metal Hammer, Jason Hicks gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5.
Upon release, Proponent for Sentience received positive reviews from music critics.
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Reception Professional ratings Review scores The album was released two days later on September 23 via Metal Blade Records.
The album was made available for streaming on September 21 through MetalSucks. The video was shot at Black Sky Brewery in Denver, Colorado. A week later on August 30, a music video was released for the song "All Hail Science". On August 23, Allegaeon released a cover of " Subdivisions", originally by Canadian progressive rock band Rush. On August 10 the band released the second song from the album, "Proponent for Sentience III – The Extermination", which features guest vocals from Björn "Speed" Strid of Soilwork and guest guitar from Benjamin Ellis of Scar Symmetry. The song marked vocalist Riley McShane's debut with the band. "Gray Matter Mechanics – Apassionata Ex Machinea" was the first song released from the album, being released on July 14, 2016.