After posting an ad on a Twin Cities hardcore message board, Lee Foral responded and earned a spot in the band.

They would later sign to Sumerian Records where Erickson and Wellner departed and Grant Luoma (of local act Nostalia) joined as vocalist.

The EP includes the following re-mastered songs from Forging a Future Self, featuring Anthony Notarmaso on vocals: "A Steady Decline", "Fingers Like Daggers", and "Redeeming the Wretched".

During live shows in 2013, After the Burial began playing two new songs called "A Wolf Amongst Ravens" and "Anti-Pattern" from their yet to be released album.

[12] On November 18, 2013, the song "Of Fearful Men" was uploaded to YouTube and made available for purchase through iTunes[13] and the entire album (Wolves Within) was released under Sumerian Records in December of the same year.

On September 16, 2014, After the Burial began a co-headlining tour with Texas in July, featuring I Declare War, Reflections, and Come the Dawn.

[14] Guitarist and founding member Justin Lowe officially announced he left the band on June 24, 2015; he posted a lengthy statement on social media, accusing After the Burial, their record label (Sumerian Records) and most people in his life of plotting to ruin him;[16] MetalSucks described his statement as "barely-coherent" and suspected it's a result of "a paranoid episode".

[18] On the evening of July 20, 2015, Justin Lowe was pronounced officially missing, and search efforts had been put into place in order to find him.

[19] On July 27, the band released a statement on their Facebook page saying that they had decided not to perform on the Summer Slaughter tour in the wake of Lowe's passing, and that they needed time to recover from the loss of their friend.

[20] On October 29, the band streamed the new track "Lost in the Static" and also announced a tour starting on November 5 in San Diego, being followed by The Faceless, Rings of Saturn and Toothgrinder.

On December 22, They were announced to be part of the Sumerian Records 10th Anniversary Tour with Born of Osiris, Veil of Maya, Erra and Bad Omens.

[26] After the Burial, Carnifex, Rivers of Nihil, and Undeath supported The Black Dahlia Murder on their tour "Up From the Sewer" in the summer of 2021.