[1] A month after the album's release, Deathspell Omega conducted its first formal interview in 15 years with Niklas Göransson, the editor of metal publication Bardo Methodology.

[1] The band discussed a major impetus for the interview and the album being the Doomsday Clock being at two minutes to midnight, citing concerns over the degradation of the natural environment and the growing presence of authoritarian politics.

[1] The band noted that a major purpose of The Furnaces of Palingenesia was to "shatter a myth that's so central to stability both on an individual and civilisational level: the impervious necessity to believe that what we do is just, that we are just, that good and evil in intent and deed are as distinct as night and day.

And, secondly, by severing the bond to nature and forging an anthropocentric worldview that places man above everything else and, therefore, can be used to justify just about anything – no matter how short-sighted or ill-advised – so long as it appears to serve mankind's interests.

gave the album a positive review, noting that it is "equally constructed on slower-paced dread... another notch of excellence on an arguably flawless discography, Deathspell Omega sound as supernaturally violent as ever, while simultaneously revelling in a more subdued realm that sacrifices nothing in the way of quality.