Antestor's 1998 release "The Return of the Black Death" proved highly influential for the unblack metal movement. The album was released on the British Cacophonous Records, which has released records by such successful black metal groups as Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir. According to Matt Morrow, it became the only unblack metal album besides Horde's "Hellig Usvart" to be released on a secular label in the 1990s, although Kekal released "Beyond the Glimpse of Dreams" on a secular label in the same year. The established British magazines "Kerrang!" and "Terrorizer" both gave "The Return of the Black Death" 4 points out of 5.