 On January 25, 2012 Mike Hranica announced in an interview with Noisecreep that the band is working on their fifth album and that the album will be darker than Dead Throne and lyrically more sad and miserable, Hranica also stated that guitarist Chris Rubey has come up with material that is absolutely relentless.Hranica went on to comment that he is very excited on the keyboard parts they've been working on since James Baney's departure, describing them as "very dark and intense".On February 20, 2013 the band announced that guitarist Chris Rubey missed the band's immediate touring with As I Lay Dying to tend to his newborn child.