Inspiration for the follow-up to 2013's Vengeance Falls dates back to when Trivium supported Black Sabbath offshoot Heaven & Hell in 2007, before the death of Ronnie James Dio.

Frontman Matt Heafy recently said: "I'd never heard metal summarised so well like that. Afterwards, I came up with Silence In The Snow. We loved the song but it just didn't fit with the music we were making at the time.