 The release of the album saw one of the first introductions to the, "progressive thrash metal" genre, charting on College Music Journal's "Best New Metal Album of the Year" for 1987 and were offered a number nine slot on the Metal Blade Records "Metal Massacre" series with the song, "Wasteland".After touring, "World Circus", vocalist Mike Sanders left Toxik for unknown reasons, to be replaced by Charlie Sabin.Following the received attention for the release of their debut album, Toxik released their second full-length album the following year with Roadrunner Records entitled, "Think This".