The Righteous & the Butterfly is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Mushroomhead.

[4] The album title is a dedication to original guitarist John Sekula and drummer Steve Felton's former wife Vanessa Solowiow, both of whom had died in 2010 and 2013 respectively.

[5] In September 2012, Mushroomhead announced that they are currently in the studio working on new music via their Facebook fan page.

It was said by Mushroomhead frontman Jeffrey Nothing that former Slipknot and current Painface vocalist Anders Colsefni is in the works to do a recording together in their upcoming studio sessions.

Music videos for "Our Apologies", "Devils Be Damned", "Qwerty", "We Are the Truth", "Graveyard Du Jour", & "Out of My Mind" were released.