 In October 2010, it was announced that vocalist Richard Sjunneson would not take part of the rest of the "We Rule the Night" tour to spend more time with his family, but a couple of days after he announced the break was permanent, that he left Sonic Syndicate due to creative differences.Richard went on to form the new band, The Unguided, together with Roland Johansson and Roger Sjunnesson.On December 22, 2010, Richard revealed on his blog that the band would be releasing two brand-new songs in January.