Frontman Jamey Jasta describes the record as "no glitz, no glam, just pits, all slam." The follow-up to 2013's The Divinity of Purpose is produced by longtime collaborator Zeuss, who has also worked with Rob Zombie and Suicide Silence, and mixed by Lamb Of God and Megadeth engineer Josh Wilbur.

On the artwork created by Slayer collaborator Marcelo Vaso, Jasta adds: "I think Da Vinci said it best when he said painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.