Frontman Aaron Stainthorpe fought to focus on recording the album while dealing with the death of his father. He told Metal Hammer: "Everyone else thoroughly enjoyed it - they were all buzzing having Calvin back. But because of what was happening in my personal life, I didn't enjoy it at all.

"When the final day in the studio was up, I thought, 'Thank God that's over.' We're normally all quite upbeat - we'd go to the pub and celebrate. This time we sort of drifted off."