The European version of the album comes with a live DVD filmed in Strasbourg in 2004 called Hammer Smashed Laiterie.

The album was produced at Mana Recording Studios by Hate Eternal and future Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan.

In the week following its release, Kill became the second Cannibal Corpse album to make an appearance on the Billboard 200 chart, debuting at number 170.

The album's guitar riffs have been described as "devastating," and the harmonies between Pat O'Brien and Rob Barrett have been called "ominous."

George Fisher's vocal performance on the album employs a combination of screams and growls, which have been described as sounding "psychotic."

The main focus of our band should be music anyway, so I don't think it's a big deal that the cover's not a blood soaked scene of carnage the way our others have been.

wrote, "After releasing a series of arguably mediocre albums that lacked the vigour and intensity of their early efforts, the band were joined once again by guitarist Rob Barrett for his first record with Cannibal Corpse in ten years.

Whatever it was, the band were firing on all cylinders, crafting a perfect example of few-frills Floridian death metal with just enough technicality to shut up anyone who considers complaining.