The album received generally positive reviews, with many critics praising the band's musicianship and their songwriting improvement when compared to "Doom". "Kerrang!" magazine said that "Genesis" is "an album that quite literally obliterates everyone else currently residing within the death and grind scenes" and "one of the year's most essential metal purchases". Scott Alisoglu of Blabbermouth.net, praised the album saying that "Genesis" "is a strong modern death metal release". Metal Injection heavily praised the guitar and bass riffs of Bhadriraju, Thompson and Riggs stating that the trio's "playing styles each other wonderfully."