fˈaʊndɪŋ mˈɛmbɚ mˈæt hˈɑːɹvi sˈɛd ðæt slˈɔːɾɚkˌʌlt wʌz "ðɪ ˈælbəm wˌɛɹ wiː kˈeɪm klˈoʊsɪst tʊ ɐtʃˈiːvɪŋ ˌaʊɚ ɡˈoʊl dʒˈʌst ɐ bɹˈuːɾəl, sˈɪmpəl, dᵻɹˈɛkt ɡɹˈuːp ʌv sˈɔŋz ðæt wɜː vˈɛɹi ˌʌpfɹˈʌnt ænd lˈaɪv sˈaʊndɪŋ."
Founding member Matt Harvey said that Slaughtercult was "the album where we came closest to achieving our goal – just a brutal, simple, direct group of songs that were very up-front and live sounding."