Following his departure from nu metal band Spineshank in 2004, frontman Jonny Santos felt he wanted to move in a different direction musically and start from scratch.

[1] Realizing he wanted to start a band from scratch, Santos placed an ad for a drummer on the social networking website MySpace.

[1] Silent Civilians signed to Corporate Punishment Records in January 2005 and began work on their debut album, Rebirth of the Temple.

[6] In November 2005, the band signed with Mediaskare records and planned a tentative release for their debut album for February 21, 2006.

At this time, the band had three demo versions of the songs "Lies in the House of Shame", "Divided" and the title track, "Rebirth of the Temple".

When Mora finished work, he would help Santos with arrangements, the body of the song, and track it that night and record the vocals and melodies the following day.

16 songs were recorded that included two cover versions of the thrash metal band Slayer's "War Ensemble” and Death Angel's "Seemingly Endless Time".

Blabbermouth.net reviewer Scott Alisoglu thought "on virtually every track, the group meshes attacking riffs, searing solos, brutal drumming, and melody-drenched bombast".

Santos invited 50 friends over for a party and posted a bulletin that read "If you’re in the L.A. area, if you’re a Silent Civilian fan, show up at this address" two hours before filming.

Static-X front-man Wayne Static, Stone Sour drummer Roy Mayorga and Logan make appearances in the video.

The band continued to tour as a three-piece as they sought for a replacement guitarist and bassist as soon as possible — Henno was able to perform on a bar stool temporarily.

While touring with Nothingface and Crossbreed, Santos had met guitarist Marcus Rafferty, who he became friends with and recruited him to replace Mankowski after an audition.

Santos asked Rafferty if he knew any bass players who were interested in a position, he contacted a friend of his, Stan Derby, who replaced Disco after one month.

On June 11, 2010, the band's Myspace was updated with a new song titled "Ghost Stories" which would be featured on the upcoming album.