Speaking on "Ataxia" in a 2013 interview with music news site MindEqualsBlown, guitarist Joe Cocchi stated: "It was one of the first demos that I had.

As soon as I started writing it, I knew it wasn't going to be a song that we would necessarily perform live with [vocalist] Tim [Goergen] or add vocals to.

It's going to be instrumental and a little more over the top and all over the place, which makes it really hard to write vocals to and to play the thing live with me being the only guitar player right now.

"[3]Vocalist Tim Goergen and guitarist Joe Cocchi interviewed with metal blog MetalSucks on August 11, 2010, to discuss the new album.

Goergen noted the album was "heavier" sounding, with more "intense" lyrical themes, and more "structured" than Creature.

"[9]A second studio video, this for the song "Invade", was published to the band's YouTube channel on October 2, 2011.

[13] HeavyBlogIsHeavy reviewer Jimmy Rowe gave the album 3/5, praising the "epic leads, tech riffs, and solos" on songs like "Ataxia" and "Invade".

He writes: "There are some rather brilliant moments throughout Invade, but in the grand scheme of things, they seem to be pretty minuscule when breakdowns are thrown in without a second's thought.