Originally, Landmine Marathon took much of its songwriting influence from powerviolence and Scum era Napalm Death, with average song lengths under one minute.
The second demo caught the attention of Greg Drudy, owner of Level Plane Records, who offered to release the band's first full-length album Wounded.
Upon completion of their summer tour, Saylor left the band and was replaced by longtime friend and engineer Ryan Butler.
With Butler now the primary songwriter, the band continued to write new songs which made up Landmine Marathon's second full-length album Rusted Eyes Awake which was released in October 2008 by Level Plane Records.
The result was Gallows, again recorded by Butler at Arcane Digital and featured the artwork of Deviated Instinct’s Rob “Mid” Middleton.
Gallows was released in September 2011 (USA) and January 2012 (internationally) to much critical acclaim, including Terrorizer Magazine's Album of the Month.