Creative Differences: These, more than anything else, were what spelled the band's end. The dysfunction that surrounded them by the time that Animal was being recorded threatened to destroy them (which was more or less chronicled on "Progression in Defeat"), and while Animal itself and the first part of its touring cycle provided a shot in the arm and helped them blow off some steam, the damage was done. By the time they finished their final tour with All Shall Perish and Job for a Cowboy, they were all so thoroughly sick of each other that they abandoned their plans to crank out a fourth album and called it quits basically immediately after the tour was done without officially declaring it.
What Could Have Been: According to Leo Miller, there was some talk of playing at least a few reunion shows in the mid-'10s, but by his own admission, his inability and/or unwillingness to participate rendered those talks dead in the water. While they did wind up leading to the formation of Entheos, Frank's own effective retirement from music and Navene's packed schedule killed off any remaining hope for a reunion.
The Comic:
Cut Short: The series ended at the twentieth-eighth issue after Aftershock Comics went out of business.
