Prodotto da Johnny K (3 Doors Down, Disturbed, Sevendust), già con la band per "The Illusion Of Progress", e mixato da Chris Lord-Alge, "Staind" interrompe un lungo silenzio e riporta la formazione alle origini.
Il progetto, anticipato dal brano "Eyes Wide Open" e da "Not Again" è stato definito dallo stesso Aaron Lewis come "La collezione di brani più pesante da noi composta".
"Pressure usually kicks in my creativity, but I've never been quite so stressed out over an album", reveals Lewis. "There were a lot of schedule clashes and differences of opinion, and I was trying to muscle through it all. I was burnt from running ragged, and nothing would come out lyrically for months. We'd talk about ideas, but it didn't happen until the end. Those were real feelings of discontent arising within the whole process. There's nothing like shit coming off real—when it's real. I guess that was my breaking point. It was a big heaving deep breath when it was over".
Mushok adds, "This was a hard record to make. We weren't all together in the same place the whole time, and Aaron and I butted heads about the music. In hindsight, it all paid off and we ended up with a better album".
Senza perdersi in ulteriori dettagli, "Staind" si annuncia come una delle produzioni più intense e dirette del combo.
