The demo was initially only available in cassette and digital download formats and distributed to a few of the band's favorite blogs.

It was written and recorded by the two founding members, George Clarke and Kerry McCoy, with John Kline performing on drums.

[6] As a result, Deathwish released a 7" single featuring "Libertine Dissolves" and "Daedalus" in January 2011[7] and a full-length album with all-new material titled Roads to Judah in April 2011.

In late 2012, Sargent House released a limited-edition, remastered vinyl edition of the demo with new artwork.

The metal blog MetalSucks gave the album a rating of (3.5/5) in 2010 and stated: "While Deafheaven's music shares surface characteristics with the classic black metal sound, this demo is so distanced from Mayhem and Immortal as to be another kind of music entirely.