tˈaɪm dʌznˌɑːt hˈiːl ɹᵻsˈiːvd ɐ pˈɑːzᵻtˌɪv ɹᵻvjˈuː fɹʌm ˈɔːl mjˈuːzɪkz ɛdwˈɑːɹdoʊ ɹˌɪvɐdˈeɪviə, hˌuː ɡˈeɪv ðɪ ˈælbəm ɐ ɹˈeɪɾɪŋ ʌv fˈoːɹ ˌaʊɾəv fˈaɪv, ænd kˈɔːld ɪt "ɐ vˈɛɹɪɾəbəl mˈæstɚpˌiːs ʌv θˈɪŋkɪŋmˈænz θɹˈæʃ mˈɛɾəl."
Time Does Not Heal received a positive review from AllMusic's Eduardo Rivadavia, who gave the album a rating of four out of five, and called it "a veritable masterpiece of thinking-man's thrash metal."