Celldweller's songs have been featured in many films, movie trailers, television shows and video games.

[3][4] The name Celldweller was derived from a nickname his mother gave him when he was a teenager, dubbed "Cellar Dweller", as he made all of his music in his parents' basement.

[5] Klayton had gained a devoted cult following in the mid 90s because of his industrial metal band Circle of Dust.

[8] Klayton worked in earnest with producer Grant Mohrman (formerly of Leaderdogs for the Blind and Full on the Mouth) on the debut Celldweller album, which was slated for release in February 2001.

[13] Klayton stated that he plans to release Beta Cessions to coincide with each of his major albums to collect outtakes, demos, and other rarities.

He selected and reworked demos from his extensive archives that he felt would suit for film, TV and video game licensing.

[18][19] Celldweller's management has sought to have these songs placed in media, like those on the debut album, and several have already been heard on film and television and in video games.

In April 2009, Klayton revealed the tracks Wish Upon a Blackstar would contain,[22] and has also stated that many of the leftovers will be on the second volume of The Beta Cessions.

[18] During the recording of Wish Upon a Blackstar, Klayton also began work on his follow-up to Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol.

02 featured four songs, including a 20-minute ambient piece titled "Adrift on Celestial Seas" (a first for Celldweller).

Additionally, a Limited Edition CD of Chapter 01 was released on December 7, 2010 that contained a bonus short ambient track, "Distants".

The live band would consist of Klayton and fellow FiXT recording artist Blue Stahli.

In November 2010, Klayton announced that he is planning to release studio recordings of the alternate live versions of Celldweller songs played on the tour.

On May 4, 2011, a four-EP bundle was released via Groupees in a 72-hour only exclusive online sale with 20% of the benefits going to Red Cross for Tornado Relief.

[26] In May 2011, in a Ustream broadcast Klayton mentioned that he was planning to launch a Celldweller VIP Membership, which would give "access to unreleased demos, video, news, discounts & more".

02 song as a single and he also announced the release date of July 24, 2012 for the full Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol.

[37] On September 14, 2012, a new Klash-Up, "Miss Murder's Personal Jesus" was premiered Alternative Press's website.

[39] On October 22, 2012, Klayton announced International Tour, including shows in Estonia, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine.

[40][41] On October 26, 2012, Celldweller launched another Groupees campaign,[42] selling Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol.

[46] On May 1, 2013, Klayton posted an announcement video on his social networking pages that the re-issue of his debut album was available for pre-order from the FiXT website.

[47] On March 29, 2013, he released a previously unreleased song entitled "Younger", featuring Kenzie as a free download.

[50] Klayton programmed four tracks on the I See Stars album New Demons,[51] and composed music for the video game Dead Rising 3.

with Blue Stahli playing a guest role in the video,[62] and in another post, that they are wearing space suits in the woods.

[63] In a post on the next day after that, he commented to say that he and Blue Stahli are celebrating the wrap of the music video, along with "#theluckyones", possibly meaning that the song will be "The Lucky One".

[64] On November 22, 2013, Celldweller released Zombie Killer, an EP consisting of the tracks he composed for the official soundtrack of Dead Rising 3.

[73] In August 2015, Celldweller was announced to be composing the soundtrack to Killer Instinct: Season Three, scheduled for release on March 29, 2016, alongside Atlas Plug.

[74] On September 2, 2015, Celldweller announced the release date of the final End of an Empire album, November 6, 2015.

Most remixes were produced by popular electronic music artists such as KJ Sawka, Zardonic and Katfyr among others.

The songs are in contrast to the project's aggressive guitars and beats, containing lighter variations of instruments and slower tempos.

[77] On February 20, 2019, Celldweller released a new single from his upcoming fifth studio album, Satellites, called "My Disintegration".