The album, as said by Richard Patrick, would be a lot heavier than Anthems for the Damned and is to have a song written for The Amalgamut on it.

[3] When asked about the direction of the music style in an interview with Suicide Girls on September 13, 2008, Patrick said, "...is actually way more heavy industrial, more electronic.

Through the end of 2009 and into 2010, Filter released a series of fourteen studio updates chronicling the progress made on the album.

[4] The album features an alternative version of "Fades Like a Photograph", a song that had previously been released in 2009 for the 2012 movie soundtrack.

The NewReview gave the album a 4.5 out of 5 and stated "The Trouble With Angels can best be described as a combination of the hammering juggernauts Short Bus and The Amalgamut wrapped in the catchiness of Title of Record.

[17] All Knowing Force also praised the album, stating "It's an amazing accomplishment for Richard Patrick and a real treat for Filter's core fanbase who might've thought the band had gotten slightly off track with 2008's Anthems for the Damned.

"[9] Ology dismissed the album, claiming that it "is the same tired, heavy metal with a sensitive heart slop that's dominated mainstream rock radio for more than a decade.