The video became immensely popular among Dream Theater fans and was subsequently promoted by guitarist John Petrucci on his official Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Paper Cuts received positive reviews from music websites and magazines from around the world in Hebrew,[1][2] English,[3][4][5] Dutch[6] Italian, French[7][8] and German.

[16] In 2007, the band experienced more personnel changes and from then on included Deutch, Vishnia and Yallin as well as Yaniv Shalev on bass guitar and Yatziv Caspi on drums.

[17] 2012 saw the band through another lineup change, with Drummer Yatziv Caspi and bassist Yaniv Shalev replaced respectively with Yakir Fitousi and Mihael Galperin.

The band members state mutual influences by artists such as Radiohead, Muse, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, King Crimson, Genesis and The Mars Volta.

The music is characterised by complex structures, variable song lengths, unorthodox time signatures, multi-layered arrangements and wide range male vocals.

Lead singer Shir Deutch edited the video, which includes shots of the band working at the studio as well as a string quartet that was recorded for the album.

Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci posted the video on his Facebook[21] and Twitter[22] accounts, leading to over twenty thousand unique views on the band's YouTube page.