[2] The report was made based on an entry in Aaron Turner's official blog, which included the announcement and photos of the band recording.

Commenting on the sound of the album, he noted that it featured characteristics of the "sturm und drang" of industrial metal, the "rhythmic battery" of noise-rock frenzied by the "expressive, crushing bass” of bassist Brian Cook.

Brown described the songwriting as “cantankerous in its refusal to give the listener immediate gratification" favoring a "non-linear, more organic exploration of tonality, pressure and release, and devastating density."

[12] Brice Ezell of Pop Matters said the album "lands somewhere in between the music of Isis and Old Man Gloom" demonstrating "sludgy heaviness," "nonlinear song structure" and "no shortage of magnificent crescendos."

He goes on to say that the "loose structure of the tracks" tend to serve as a "source of weakness," but ultimately defines the album as a "thrilling journey.