[1][3] As their first album, the group knew they wanted to include "Awakening" in its title and tried different words with a "metal taste" such as "steel," but ultimately decided on "From Abyss.

[10] At the suggestion of the producer, Midori played a bottleneck guitar solo for the first time on the track after doing research that included watching Derek Trucks videos on YouTube.

[2] Miho called "Don't Bite the Dust" the easiest song to listen to on the EP, with its melody balancing the twin guitars and Iron Maiden-like galloping rhythm.

[10] It was influenced by and named after a supernatural ability from the Diamond Is Unbreakable arc of the manga and anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

[2] "Edge of the World" is a ballad composed by Mao that shows off Asami's R&B and soul music roots, but speeds up at the end.

[2] Victor released a limited edition 2-disc vinyl LP record version of the album, titled Honō no Mesame (炎の目醒め, "Awakening from the Flame") in Japanese, on September 4, 2019 with new liner notes by Masanori Ito.

[6] JPU Records released it in the United Kingdom and Europe on October 27, 2017 and included English liner notes for each song, written by each member.

"[19] In a positive 8/10 review, Distorted Sound's Lotty Whittingham called the album "an interesting portfolio of high energy, empowering and brilliantly structured melodies that will cause chaos and mayhem within the crowds of their live shows" and made several comparisons to Battle Beast.

[17] Sophie Maughan of Metal Hammer likened the album to Iron Maiden as well as Perfect Man-era Rage, giving it three and a half stars.

She praised "Shadowmaker" as an "assault of windmill-inducing ferocity meshing unencumbered shred and relentless bass rumbles" and "Liar" for its "weighty grooves, catchy hooks and anthemic choruses", but noted songs such as "Edge of the World" blend together and "become exhaustingly dramatic.