The following year, It Dies Today released an EP titled Forever Scorned, which led to the band touring the U.S. with artists such as Between the Buried and Me and Alexisonfire.

Prior to joining It Dies Today, Hatalak played in bands called Short of Breath,[5] Plain of Ashes, and Stricture.

[2] The album sold over 25,000 copies within four months and allowed the band to sell out two national headlining tours with support from Twelve Tribes, Anterrabae, Trivium and others.

The group also supported metal bands such as God Forbid, Machine Head and The Haunted, as well as securing a spot on the coveted Ozzfest second-stage in the summer of 2005.

Before joining It Dies Today, Jason, a Grand Rapids, Michigan native, was the vocalist for the metal outfits Kamilla and The Orphan.

Later that year, the band played Warped Tour[11] alongside Still Remains, Throwdown, Poison the Well, As I Lay Dying, and Parkway Drive, among others.

The band then played at the Mountain Metal Mayhem Festival in Berlin, NH on August 14, 2010 with Within The Ruins, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Threat Signal, Thy Will Be Done, Unearth, and local support.

In September 2010, former vocalist Nick Brooks and current It Dies Today guitarist Mike Hatalak formed a new hardcore band called The March.

Rumors of a break-up began to spread due to the lack of updates, but in December 2010 drummer Nicholas Mirusso posted on the band's Facebook account, "We are currently on an indefinite hiatus.

However, on February 13, 2015, Nicholas Brooks announced that due to a "severe case of writer's block and family life", the potential album effort had been postponed indefinitely.