at first the members of the band chose to hide or obscure their identities in photos and in the press. their names were revealed when they undertook their first tour, which featured norwegian metal heavyweights extol and death-influenced metalcore youngbloods the agony scene, and saw the permanent adding of jesse sprinkle on drums, jon dunn on bass, and kris mccaddon, formerly of embodyment and society's finest, on lead guitar.