with critics like "Spin" magazine's Staci Bonner declaring the record to be the band's "return to the bloodbath". Bonner gave the most praise to the album's sampling, calling the technique's use "artful", and concluded that "you can be a 'spun web deluded of life' or a 'crushed velvet corpse' because with Skinny Puppy, everyday is Halloween." Jean Carey of the "Tampa Bay Times" praised the album, describing it as the band's "watershed moment", and calling attention to the "vaguely central theme" of environmental destruction. Steven Perez of the "Tampa Tribune" also took note of the album's "environmental kick", saying "Too Dark Park"'s "impressiveness lies beyond the mirage of its droning industrial instrumentation". Sandra A. Garcia of "B-Side" magazine also spoke highly of the record, calling it "superb" and a "step regained" following "Rabies". Garcia described the album as "dark and dense", and declared that the band was once again in full control of their music.