Following Nicholas Matthews' first departure to join Blacklisted Me, the band released Cheap Tricks and Theatrics B-Sides on December 19, 2011, without any previous announcements.

Following Matthews' comeback, the band signed with Fearless Records and released their second full-length album, Everyone's Out To Get Me, on November 11, 2013.

The band then embarked on several tours, notably the first leg of The Dead Masquerade Tour (with Escape the Fate, Alesana, Drive A and Motionless in White) from January to March 2011[3] and an Aiden headliner including Eyes Set To Kill, Dr. Acula, Vampires Everywhere!, and Escape the Fate (only certain dates) in the spring of 2011.

The band embarked on the Fuck You All Tour with Dr. Acula and Girl On Fire in support of the album.

[6] They stated that Matthews wanted to pursue more options in his musical career with Blacklisted Me and that it was a surprise to the entire band.

The band postponed any touring dates until further notice due to the sudden departure and lack of a lead vocalist.

The team also welcomed new guitarist Adam Virostko to the band that following September 2012 to play The Pizza Party Tour with Dead Rabbits.

[9] On June 5, 2013, Get Scared announced their signing with Fearless Records and confirmed that their second studio album was coming later in the year.

Along with the announcement, they revealed the track list and also released a short preview of a new song, "Told Ya So".

[12] The band announced their third studio album, Demons on September 3, 2015, along with the release of lead single "Buried Alive".

On January 9, 2019, guitarist Johnny Braddock announced the band was on a hiatus as vocalist Nicholas Matthews recovers from a heroin addiction.

He then started using all of the accounts for get scared as his own personal promoting setting for his new solo album without any of us having any ounce of say or control over anything he has been posting about it.

(Which he has used my own personal templates to help create some of his songs) And as much as he wants to act like that’s not true, I’ve got me and the rest of my band who can vouch for that.

However, on January 1, 2025, rhythm guitarist Adam Virostko stated that the band had been writing new music since a few years prior, and that "wheels have been turning and we’ve all been talking".

[23] On February 15, 2017, the band's former lead singer Joel Faviere was arrested on child pornography charges during an undercover sting.