[1] Presented entirely in black, white and red like the album's cover art, the video for "Forever" rapidly cuts between scenes of Code Orange performing and other violent or abstract imagery, often with shaky camera footage.

"[2] The guitarist Eric Balderose collaborated with Drumcorps to create a mixtape under the name Shade, titled It's Almost Forever, that was played between sets and exclusively sold on cassette on the tour.

[17] The track "Bleeding in the Blur" has alternative rock-influenced choruses, clean vocals[17] and stoner metal riffage whereas "Hurt Goes On" attributes influences to Nine Inch Nails's musical output.

Club critic J.J. Anselmi wrote, "Despite its ridiculous lyrical moments, Forever advances the trend of mashing together disparate styles in metal and hardcore.

thought that "Code Orange have put together a record that few others in the genre would have the nerve to attempt making, and have found a number of ways to stay engaging across the set without losing any of their previous weight or momentum.

"[21] Stephen Hill of Metal Hammer wrote that "this is resolutely hardcore punk, while remaining completely unique" and called it "a stone cold modern classic".

[19] Pitchfork critic Zoe Camp wrote that the band "offers up compelling, caustic, and occasionally even catchy evidence that they have earned their alpha-dog scene posturing".