[9] His father, Michael Gary Bozeman, suddenly passed away on December 30, 1995,[10] when Phil was ten.

[11] His mother, Theresa, already struggled with alcoholism and schizophrenia;[12] the album's opening song, "When a Demon Defiles a Witch", is an interpretation of one of her visions she wrote down in a journal entry.

[13] Theresa eventually remarried, but Bozeman's step-father was abusive toward both of them,[12] with Phil referring to the man as a "predator"[14] and holding him responsible for introducing his mother to crack cocaine.

[10][15] The Valley continues Bozeman's experiments with clean vocals,[4][13] and slightly distances Whitechapel from their signature deathcore style.

[3] The band's follow-up album, Kin, continues Bozeman's story,[16] and features much more extensive use of singing.