The album is named after the "philosophy" of the "Zebraman" from the 1986 documentary film Heavy Metal Parking Lot.

NME's Jordan Bassett gave the album a wholly negative review, awarding the album one star out of five and stated that the band is "not funny", summarizing that their "gag involves dumb guitar riffs and even dumber lyrics about sex, babes and metal" and describing it as "gleeful misogyny" and "incel rock".

Although highlighting the "tasty riffs" on "Always Gonna Be a Ho" and the "batter[ing]" on the songs "All I Wanna Do Is Fuck (Myself Tonight)" and "Fuck Everybody", Rees concluded that "Heavy metal does indeed rule, as do an on-form Steel Panther, but album five isn't the best case for either.

"[4] A positive review came from Dom Lawson of Blabbermouth.net, who gave the album 7.5 out of 10 and wrote that "rather than battling with the law of diminishing comic returns, the band's musical brilliance and irrepressible sense of mischief has pushed them to make their finest record in a decade".

In conclusion, Lausch felt that "There's a lot to love for fans of shred guitar, hair metal riffing, and musical debauchery, overall.