The band began writing material for the album in 2005[2] and recorded it at Jupiter 4 Studios, a studio owned and operated by Ken and Steve Schalk, as well as Purple Light Studios,[2] where the band had recorded in the past.

[2] The album finally was made available through online music stores eMusic[4] and Napster[5] on October 27, 2008, and shortly thereafter saw a release on iTunes.

[6] The original digital version of the album was not mastered, some song titles were incorrect, and the song "Reflection Eleven" appears twice on the album (incorrectly titled "That Which Consumes in its second appearance).

The band subsequently resolved the issues and released a double vinyl with new artwork by Seldon Hunt, mastered tracks, corrected song titles, alternate endings to select songs and a bonus track in 2009.

[7] The vinyl release also contains a CD-R copy of the album in its final form.