 Lee Dorrian described the band's planned retirement as a "funeral" for the band, which was a "long and gratifying process".For Dorrian, the announcement enabled the band to record the album without pressure, "as it meant that we no longer had anything to prove and could make this album purely on our own terms".Building upon the "funeral" metaphor, Dorrian later stated that the band's decision to plan for its own demise ultimately

"The Last Spire" returns to a slower, doom-oriented sound akin to the band's debut, "Forest of Equilibrium".