[5] The writing and recording process, according to Erna, was a self-contained one in which the band holed up in a rented home in Miami, Florida and wrote without distraction or influence from the rock music scene going on around them.

"[7] Erna found inspiration after reading Rush drummer Neil Peart's book Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road,[8] and penned the new song "Serenity", which Merrill says is similar in motif to the tribal-drum sound of Godsmack's past hit "Voodoo".

"[11] The song "I Fucking Hate You" appeared in the TV spots for the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, albeit an instrumental version.

[1] Chris Willman for Entertainment Weekly was similarly lukewarm towards the album, calling it "the same staccato riffing, constipated vocals, and generic, rage-against-the-kidney-stone angst.

"[14] Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone also denigrated the album, awarding it two stars and commenting that although the music is "well-constructed", it "sounds like a nightmare that's more played-out than scary.

Faceless was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America a mere five weeks after the album's release in April.