 As the musical climate for hard rock and heavy metal music was quite poor in 1996, the band decided to rest on its laurels and the albums was not released until 1998 when the band signed with label GNW.It received good reviews all over the world but as their new label did not have enough resources to push the album it went largely unnoticed.Prior to the recordings of "Future Of The Past" the turbulence in the line-up continued.