 Yodared and Myntric left the group as both felt that the hip hop lifestyle was not in line with their religious convictions.Yodared became the head pastor at the Templeton Hills Seventh-day Adventist Church in Templeton, California.Pendulum Records ceased operation and EMI was the sole record company for their second album, "God Sound" (a darker, mature, hardcore, and pious recording), was released in 1997.