then the home of some of the biggest bands in American hardcore. The album helped the band achieve underground success, selling 158,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and holds the record for Victory Record's best selling debut album. The album is also viewed as a classic in both the hardcore and metalcore genres.

They then took part in the Warped Tour in 1998. During the late 1990s and early 2000s Hatebreed went through many lineup changes,