It's their first work since they split with guitarist Greg Tribbett and bassist Bob 'Zilli' Kahaka. The band now consists of Gray (Mudvayne), Vinnie Paul (Pantera) and Tom Maxwell (Nothingface) with new bass player Kyle Sanders - brother of Mastodon's Troy. The band haven't confirmed whether Tribbett will be replaced.

Gray explains the absence of party songs on the new album, "As much as I love them, they put us in a certain box that I've never been comfortable in. I'm not always like that.