The vocalist, Tim Lambesis, also said, "(We) spent some time listening to our last album [2005's Shadows Are Security] and, just from being on tour, we became a little bit jaded by how the genre — as a whole — has sort of copied itself over and over again.
The vocalist, Tim Lambesis, also stated, "(We) spent some time listening to our previous album [2005's Shadows Are Security] and, just from being on tour, we became a bit disenchanted with how the genre — as a whole — has repeatedly imitated itself over and over again.