Jim Raggi of Lamentations of the Flame Princess wrote that "perhaps the most easily recognizable voice in all of extreme metal, Mikael Åkerfeldt really does make some noise in his debut.
Jim Raggi iz Lamentations of the Flame Princessa napisao je: "Vjerojatno najprepoznatljiviji glas u cijelom ekstremnom metalu, Mikael Åkerfeldt doista diže nešto buke na svojem debitantskom uratku.