Steve Austin has mentioned that the music and bands released by record labels such as Earache Records and Touch and Go Records played a major role in the development of the band's style. Some of the bands that Austin cited as major influences include Death, Slayer, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Motörhead, U2, Napalm Death, Butthole Surfers, Eyehategod, Miles Davis, Morbid Angel, Unsane, Melvins and The Jesus Lizard. The band is considered by critics as an important part of the development of metal-related music during the mid to late 1990s. Last Rites editor Andrew Edmunds mentioned in his review of "Supernova" on how it "would lay the groundwork for a seemingly never-ending wave of spastic metal bands". Patrick Kennedy of allmusic described "Supernova" as a "landmark recording". In 2017, Decibel Magazine included "Temple of the Morning Star" in their "Hall of Fame" list.