 The album "marked an important turning point in the band's sound" with critics drawing upon comparisons to Pink Floyd, "bringing new appreciation from a more mainstream band of listeners but also causing a withdrawal of support from hardened Doom fanatics".Like My Dying Bride, this transition involved leaving behind their traditional death metal sound.They continued experimenting with their 1996 album "Eternity", "stretching its songs into sorrowful, orchestrated epics" that "quickly proved to be their most original work to date".