The fourth studio long-player from the Los Angeles-based nu-metal heavies, and the first collection of new material to see the light of day since 2002's
Dark Days, the
Napalm Records-issued
Rivals finds the newly re-formed quartet putting the past behind them and unleashing a sonic onslaught that's sure to please longtime fans and newbies alike. Thirteen songs long and 13 years in the making,
Rivals was produced by
Mark Lewis (
DevilDriver,
Cannibal Corpse) and features the singles "I.O.U. Nothing" and the hard-hitting title cut. [
Rivals was also released in a two-disc Deluxe Edition featuring a "making of" documentary on DVD.] ~ James Christopher Monger