On 14 April 2010 Corner announced on the official IAMX Twitter page that he was working on his fourth studio album, which he referred to as "IAMX4". On 19 October 2010 it was announced on the official IAMX Facebook page that "IAMX4" was now identified as "Volatile Times". The album was released in Europe on 18 March 2011. It peaked at #68 in the German Media Control Charts. About a week before the album's release, the track "Fire and Whispers" was made available for free download from the IAMX website.