This album saw Amen continue the nu metal/hardcore punk blend that marked their entire career, as well as the political and socially-charged lyrics that were persistent in the band through the writings of Casey Chaos.

[4][5] A promotional audio cassette called PropAMENda was released in the United States in advance of the album by Virgin Records America in the Summer of 2000.

The video itself depicted Casey Chaos re-creating Figure with Meat by Francis Bacon, along with various images of "Americana" such as Boy Scouts and girls in Sunday School outfits with axes.

[13] CMJ New Music Monthly labelled it "punk in spirit [and] vaguely metal in execution", comparing its sound to early Rollins Band.

They added, "even though Mr. Rap Metal produced We Have Come for your Parents, you won't hear any signs of the au courant rhyme and grind here.

Borivoj Krgin wrote: "Although Amen should be credited for pursuing a style that has little in common with their Southern Californian counterparts, the group's tuneless, noisy approach gets tiresome very quickly, with Casey's obnoxious, high-pitched screaming proving to be more irritating than effective, in the process adding a touch of abrasiveness to the songs that is bound to turn off many a discriminating listener.

[20] AllMusic's Tim Sheridan awarded the album three stars out of five, criticizing its "hackneyed lyrics" and finding its vocal delivery "oddly unaffecting".