On September 15 Staind played a benefit concert for the September 11 victims and presented the new album. Eight of the ten total songs were performed, excluding "Take a Breath" and "Now". The band views the album as a return to the more aggressive sound heard on earlier albums such as "Dysfunction" and "Tormented". Mike Mushok said "It's like "Dysfunction" 2011. The music goes back to where we started, but there's still melody. We were ready to make an album that was heavy from beginning to end. It was time." Bassist Johnny April said "There's a deeper anger to the vocals and music. Some of the riffs Mike came up with were challenging and incredibly different. We've grown so much, and at the same time managed to find our way back to our roots." The album debuted at number 5 on the "Billboard" 200, with first sales week of 47,000 copies, making the fifth consecutive top-five album for the band. However, the album has spent the least weeks of any Staind studio record on the chart, falling off after eight weeks. As of November 19, it has sold over 100,000 copies. The album received a score of 55 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "mixed or average reviews", (according to seven critic scores) with some critics, including IGN (which gave it a score of 7.5 out of 10), calling it Staind's most mature and balanced release to date and praising the band for returning to their heavier, metal roots. Notes   Staind Production