"Trampled Under Hoof", "Trilobite", "Where Strides the Behemoth", "Crusher Destroyer" and "Mother Puncher" were all played on a WFMU radio show on August 7, 2001.

The beginning of "Crusher Destroyer" features a short sample of the roar of the Tyrannosaurus rex from the film Jurassic Park.

AllMusic's Brian O'Neill noted the album's "technical ecstasy" with "a complex slant that nears prog rock proportions".

Bryan Haywood of Pitchfork Media praised the album's production and drummer Brann Dailor as the stand-out musician.

"They drop in just enough [mathematics] to keep the arrangements flavorful, but not so much as to overload the vintage guitar riffs with Dream Theater-like complexity.

[15] A deluxe edition of the album – folded in digipak and released on October 21, 2003 – contained a bonus DVD with a professionally filmed nine-song live set recorded at The Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 1, 2002.

Another additional feature is a cover of the Thin Lizzy song "Emerald", which appears as a bonus track on the CD.

The deluxe edition release coincided with a music video for "March of the Fire Ants", which had significant airplay on both Uranium and Headbangers Ball and featured dark elements such as a man being dug up and placed in a throne.