The band's first single off "Blood Mountain", "Capillarian Crest", was ranked number 27 in "Rolling Stone" Magazine's Top 100 Songs of 2006. The album itself was ranked 9th in the magazine's best albums of the year chart. The UK's "Metal Hammer" voted it the best album of 2006 in its end of year critic's poll. The album was voted in at No. 5 by "Kerrang!" in their end of year list, No. 6 on PopMatters' Best Albums of 2006, and No. 1 on The Best Metal Albums of 2006. About.com rated it the top metal album of 2006. "Blood Mountain" was also named best album of 2006 in the 10th anniversary birthday edition (issue 119) of "Bizarre". It also came in at No. 2 on Revolver magazine's list of the top albums of 2006. The band was named Artist Of The Month for March 2007 at Gametap.com.