[2] Following the release of Lost and Found in 2005, Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett formed the heavy metal supergroup Hellyeah.

It was also revealed that a single from the album, "Scream with Me", would begin receiving airplay on November 17, 2009; however, a week before, it premiered on Noisecreep at 12:01 AM.

On November 10, iTunes released a three-song set from the new album, titled Mudvayne - EP, with the songs "Beautiful and Strange", "Scream with Me", and "Heard It All Before".

The album was released through Epic Records on December 18, 2009 in Germany and three days later in North America.

The album art was printed entirely in blacklight-reactive ink, including the cover and liner notes, that can only be seen when under a blacklight.

The whole black light concept was totally experimental and quite the challenge, so of course, as an artist, I was drawn to it like a moth to a bugzapper.

"[8] Another mixed review appeared in the Los Angeles Times, stating "Mudvayne has by and large returned to what it does best (or at least do frequently) on its new self-titled album.

"[8] Phil Freeman of AllMusic gave the album a two-and-a-half star rating and wrote in his review "There are some surprises on Mudvayne, like a surprisingly Slash-like guitar solo on 'Closer' and the death metal intro to the Slipknot-esque 'I Can't Wait,' but too much of it is more of the same from the band.

"[4] Spin gave the album a mixed review, writing "These guys once flailed like a future-prog version of Slipknot (whose Shawn Crahan served as executive producer on L.D.

[16] All tracks are written by Chad Gray, Greg Tribbett, Ryan Martinie and Matthew McDonoughMudvayne Production and design