Together the three musicians recorded many demo tracks, resulting in an instrumental EP Demagogue with session bass player Greg Musgrave.

A female guest vocalist Camille Austria was incorporated in multiple songs, including Through the Orchard and Sirenum Scopuli.

Reviews indicated songs were well written for an independent band, and that all members performed quite well, in that there was no specific weakness from an instrumental perspective.

The tracks include a song about the case of Edward Mordrake, a song Albedo describing the effects of consuming the fictitious universal remedy, Panacea, and The Coachman, which contains a portion hearkening to the melody of In the Hall of the Mountain King, and tells a fictitious story about a coachman.

[11] Discussing the lyrics and themes of the album, Wright wrote:[9] Each track focuses upon a character that is either affected by or acts as an agent of chaos and the message we wanted to express is how small and insignificant our actions and petty squabbles are within the grand scale of the universe.

Double-bass drum patterns iconic within power/speed metal acts are common, as are sweeping techniques in the lead guitar.

[8] Viathyn members have indicated that their influences are varied, including bands such as Iron Maiden, Metallica, In Flames, Angra, Blind Guardian, Ensiferum, Rhapsody of Fire, Leprous, Dream Theater, Elvenking, Wuthering Heights, Cynic, and Atheist.

[5] Tomislav claimed that their biggest influences are power and folk bands, but their writing intentionally heavily favors a progressive sound.

With regards to progressive song structures, Tomislav stated:[5] There's a feeling that they're (progressive metal bands) shooting out ideas, putting it together, and sort of just letting it happen very organically, and I think it separates itself from a very formula-style of music or genre...Some of the best moments of our music are near the end of a song.

With regards to the increasing amount of metal bands arising within Canada, as well as Viathyn's outlook on new Canadian acts, Tomislav also commented:[5] I think what happened maybe is the size sort of is creating that, Canada is so big that bands have to try harder to get noticed...no one's going to hear your music if you don't travel far enough.Demos: EPs: Studio albums: