After Disturbed went into hiatus in late 2011, frontman David Draiman announced a new side-project called Device in May 2012.
[5] He revealed that he would be working with Geno Lenardo, former guitarist for Filter for their Title of Record and Amalgamut albums.
Draiman said of the band's formation: "I was first approached by Geno Lenardo, who was working on a number of tracks for the Underworld soundtrack for the last Underworld film that came out … and he asked me if I would be interested in being a part of one of the tracks and I asked him to send me the music that he had in mind and I was able to make a really compelling and powerful song … [I] found that working with him as a songwriting partner was very easy and fluid.
[9] Draiman confirmed the track featuring Hale would be a cover of Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne's hit song, "Close My Eyes Forever".
[7] The band's first live show was confirmed to be performed the day after their album was released, at the Soul Kitchen Music Hall in Mobile, Alabama on April 10, 2013.