Nihil received very favorable reviews from music critics.
Keyboard praised the album, describing "milky organ pads" on "Disobedience" and "snarling guitars [wrapped] in spiky synth barbed wire" on "Juke Joint Jezebel", and saying of band leader Konietzko, "You won't find a more imaginative or effective keyboardist on the hard-core scene."[REF]