 Released in June that year, the album was critically hailed and is today widely regarded as a pioneering stoner rock record.By the end of 1993, they were invited to open nine dates for Metallica touring Australia.Comparisons to stoner rock godfathers Black Sabbath became common, though Homme claimed to have little knowledge of the band at the time but Bjork asserted he and Oliveri were hugely influenced by the British group.