[1] Founded primarily as an independent clothing brand inspired by crust punk and extreme metal, its articles and music projects have gained considerable recognition.
[11] In January 2014, the publication began releasing the "CVLT Nation Sessions" series, which are cover compilation albums of classic recordings by underground artists.
[2][12] The CVLT Nation Sessions have been featured on Episode 67 of the metal and motorcycle podcast Chop N' Roll Archived November 15, 2019, at the Wayback Machine.
[4] In March 2019, Czech Radio named it one of the four best independent punk websites, praising the quality of the underground artists featured despite the brand's substantial growth.
[3] Dave Cantrell of XRAY.FM credits the darkwave articles of CVLT Nation for the foundation of his radio program Songs From Under the Floorboard and the Out From the Shadows music festival which started in 2018.