AllMusic described the album as "Sounding a lot like a Nine Inch Nails of the north... Full of hard rock thrust with industrial edge".

The album makes lyrical references to the afterlife ("Psychopomp"), the dystopian works of Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Yevgeny Zamyatin ("Army Ants") and Giovanni Piranesi's 'Imaginary Prisons' ("Alarum").

Transmission continued to build on the momentum generated by The Edges of Twilight, receiving a 1998 Juno nomination for "Blockbuster Rock Album of the Year".

"[9] Fans purchasing a concert VIP package could also receive a special limited edition Transmission coffee table book[10] containing a photo essay compiled by band member Stuart Chatwood that covered the album's release period.

[11] October 27 it was made available worldwide on streaming music services as well as lossless audio and MP3 digital downloads from the band's web site.