▁Fire ▁will ▁eventually ▁go ▁down ▁as ▁an ▁el ite ▁God f lesh ▁album ▁not ▁for ▁the ▁era ( s ) ▁it ▁recre ates , ▁but ▁for ▁the ▁strength ▁of ▁material . ▁Much ▁like ▁the ▁Dec line ▁& ▁Fall ▁EP , ▁this ▁album ▁has ▁an ▁embar rass ment ▁of ▁rich es ". ▁Mo jo ▁described ▁the ▁album ▁as ▁" br illi antly ▁brut al ", ▁and ▁K err ang ! ▁wrote ▁that ▁it ▁" eff ort lessly ▁re capt ures ▁the ▁vis cer al ▁appeal ▁of ▁their ▁early ▁days ". ▁ ▁Acc ol ades ▁Al ong ▁with ▁acc laim ▁upon ▁release , ▁A ▁World ▁Lit ▁Only ▁by ▁Fire ▁appeared ▁on ▁many ▁publications ' ▁year - end ▁lists . ▁P itch f ork ▁pra ised ▁the ▁album ▁for ▁living ▁up ▁to ▁God f lesh ' s ▁early ▁releases , ▁and ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁wrote , ▁" S cul pt ed ▁out ▁of ▁sc rap ▁metal ▁and ▁blo ody ▁s ine w , ▁it ' s ▁a ▁monument ▁to ▁what ▁[ Bro adr ick ] ▁sees ▁as ▁a ▁new ▁Dark ▁Age ▁where ▁human ity ▁still ▁bre eds ▁like ▁r ats ▁under ▁a ▁fier y , ▁poll uted ▁sky ". ▁S tere og um ▁appreciated ▁how ▁the ▁album ▁began ▁as ▁impress ively ▁heavy , ▁forming ▁" a ▁sea ▁of ▁he aving ▁industrial ", ▁and ▁managed ▁to ▁maintain ▁the ▁ag gression ▁throughout . ▁T error izer ▁selected ▁A ▁World ▁Lit ▁Only ▁by ▁Fire ▁as ▁their ▁album ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁it ▁ruled ▁" over ▁anything ▁else