Inbreeding the Anthropophagi

The album's style has been described as "brutal gore-infested death metal," and has been likened to the works of Suffocation and Incantation.^[1] Thematically, the album revolves around the legend of Sawney Bean and his family, telling of their cave-dwelling existence and grisly practice of attacking travellers on local roads for food and profit.^{[citation needed]}

Joe DiVita of Loudwire said the album's cover artwork "look[s] exaggerated and cartoonish and, at the same time, pretty damn scary. The little hunched over, bug-eyed creature in the bottom right corner looks to be sneaking a bit of a snack and with the piles of bones in the background, it’s easy to surmise where the meat was sourced."^[2]

Chronicles of Chaos rated the album eight out of ten and described it as "excellent American death metal, but will require some effort to enjoy."^[3]

Jason Hundey of AllMusic gave the album one and a half stars out of five. He wrote: "Well here's the rundown: Deeds of Flesh play a Suffocation/Incantation style of brutal gore-infested death metal. [...] No real highlights stick out, as everything else seemed to be quite typical, following the American cookie-cutter model of "How to make an unoriginal death metal album" to a tee. However, it is very polished and well produced for the style of death metal that it is."^[1]

In 2024, Joe DiVita of Loudwire named the album as one of the "31 Scariest Metal Album Covers of All Time".^[2]