[2][3] Lyrics took inspiration from comedic anecdotes from tours past,[4] backed by middle-of-the-road "metal flying V riffs", usually stolen from Kiss and Morbid Angel.
Details of the bizarre back stories for all the songs were provided by Chris Valagao Mina ("'Gospel Sodomy Boy on Blow' is about an asshole called Troy who wouldn't stop doing coke and spouting about Jesus") and posted on the official Strapping Young Lad forums by Tracy Turner around 1999.
[citation needed] In 2001, when Strapping Young Lad finished touring, Jed Simon and Byron Stroud had Townsend produce the second album, Legion of Flames.
[5] Stroud and Simon said: Now with Zimmers Hole signing a fresh, new deal with Century Media, we have decided to give this band our full and undivided attention.
[5]Shortly after, drummer Steve Wheeler left the band, and in December 2007 was replaced by Gene Hoglan, another former Strapping Young Lad member.
[8] In an interview with MTV in April 2008, Valagao explained the origin of the album's name: I believe David Vincent of Morbid Angel was having a conversation with one of the guys from Forbidden," he recalled.