[4] Despite the album as a whole containing some of the band's heaviest work to date, "Minerva" itself has an uplifting alternative metal sound and has also been described as shoegaze.

[5][6][7] The music video for "Minerva," directed by Paul Fedor,[8] is notable for its similarity to Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii concert film.

[9] The band is featured playing the song in a desert-like landscape backed by various amplifiers and other stage equipment.

12 in its article "The Top 20 Deftones Songs", with Jon Hadusek claiming that "[in] a way, Deftones brought shoegaze to the alternative metal mainstream with 'Minerva', a crushingly heavy, textured jam indebted to Siamese Dream-era Smashing Pumpkins and Hum [...]".

[5] "Minerva" appeared on the soundtracks for True Crime: Streets of LA and NHL 2004.