according to allmusic's reviewer, johnny loftus, "the band's hard-hitting, gristly sound – led by ox's vocal seethe – caught the interest of american majors". by the end of the year, tee rejoined and the band moved to los angeles where they were signed to columbia records (sonybmg) and released their self-titled album, "full scale", on 8 march 2005. after the album's release they toured the united states as the opening act for us rap rock band, hed pe.