The years 2000 and 2001 were relatively quiet for Today Is the Day in terms of releasing new material. "Live Till You Die" was released in August 2000, and included live tracks recorded during the tours in support of "Temple of the Morning Star" and "In the Eyes of God", covers of songs by The Beatles, Bad Company, and Chris Isaak, and various songs compiled from studio sessions held at Austin Enterprise during the late-1990s. The band also recorded a cover of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters", originally scheduled to be released on a split 7" vinyl titled "Crush 'Em All" through Undecided Records. The split was originally to be shared with Converge, and later with Supermachiner, but after falling through, Today Is the Day's song appeared on the Undecided Records Various Artists compilation "The Old, the New, the Unreleased" in 2005. In 2001, new Today Is the Day songs were released on splits with Metatron and 16, the first new material since 1999.