reviews to the album were mixed to favorable. victoria seagle of nme wrote in her review, "there isn't a single hint of pantomime, no self-parodic angst. you doubt they know what napster is, let alone give a damn. instead, they just flip the hinge in their heads and let the amen breakdown begin... disgusted, frustrated, paranoid; it's hard to imagine what could help them with their minds. but as psycho therapy, 'we have come for your parents' is the pipe-bomb." in a less favorable review, blabbermouth.net's 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.