[3] It was recorded at Side One Studios in New Orleans, so frontman Mike Williams had to travel often between there and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn in New York City, where he was living at the time.

[1][2] The recording sessions were infamously chaotic and involved the studio owner reportedly calling Century Media to ask if the band was mentally unstable and threatening to kick them out.

[4] Thanks to the LP, the band was able to embark on a United States tour in the spring of 1997, supporting White Zombie and Pantera, bringing their music to a far wider audience.

[citation needed] "Dogs Holy Life" and "Non Conductive Negative Reasoning" both feature inventive and ear-grabbing guitar parts before ending abruptly, according to William York of AllMusic.

[4][7] William York of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "an exhausting, challenging listen" but "Eyehategod's most musically accomplished and well-rounded statement".

[11] "My Name Is God (I Hate You)", "Dogs Holy Life", "Dixie Whiskey", "Ruptured Heart Theory", "Lack of Almost Everything", "Zero Nowhere", "Methamphetamine", "Broken Down But Not Locked Up" and "Anxiety Hangover" were covered by different bands for For the Sick, a tribute to Eyehategod by various artists released by Emetic Records.