Once again, bass on the album was performed by Miller (as well as some by Ginsburg), with live bassist Vernon Zaborowski (who replaced Ryan Bruni in 2000) left off the record completely.

[4][5] However, due to a delayed flight blamed on "mechanical troubles", Rose failed to arrive to Vancouver in time and the show had to be canceled, inciting riots started by audience members.

[6][7] It was later announced that CKY would return to perform on the remainder of the United States leg of the tour,[8] which was ultimately canceled almost a month early.

[11] Speaking about the lyrics on Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild, PopMatters writer Nikki Tranter proposed that many of the songs on the album are written about "the decaying state of humanity", in contrast to the possibly more common themes of "odes to ex-girlfriends or a corrupt governmental structure".

[2] The track is described by Bradley Torreano of music website AllMusic as an "infectious tale of friends hanging from trees and the deafening silence of loneliness".

[13] Tranter of PopMatters offered many of the same descriptions in her review, also describing "Close Yet Far" as a "sultry pop-rock ballad" and including "Flesh into Gear" and "Frenetic Amnesic" alongside "Escape from Hellview" in the bracket of "neat heavy rock tunes".

AllMusic's Torreano awarded the album four out of five stars, describing it as "an irony-free exploration of heavy music that goes straight for the gut and keeps on punching".

[13] PopMatters writer Tranter was similarly positive, describing IDR as "an album of expert modern rock tunes, bursting with intelligent ... lyrics and first-rate, progressive musical experimentation".

[12] Punknews.org's review praised the album's writing and production, noting that it is "a definite progression from their previous work" but claiming that it "has some brief moments that become almost too poppy for its own good", namely on "Plastic Plan".