\"I\'m looking forward to working with my friend Jim again, as well as the great people at Nuclear Blast. Judging by the new material that [guitarist/singer] Jim [Malone] and [guitarist] Nick [Cordle] have been working on, I think we may be sitting on some of the most memorable and thrashy Arsis material written to date. Due to obligations with my full-time career, session drummers will most likely be utilized for big tours that Jim wishes to do in the future... However, regional shows and occasional mini-tours or festival gigs either here in North America or overseas are a definite possibility (and something I\'d be totally psyched to do) if our collective schedules allow it. Good times.\"

After Mike Van Dyne parted ways with Arsis to focus on his study, the band recorded the 2008 album \'We Are The Nightmare\' with Darren Cesca on drums. Soon after the release Darren was fired due to \"different musical opinions\" and followed up David Kinkade, who recently left the band.