The Impossibility of Reason

Official music videos:
- "Power Trip"
- "Down Again"
- "Pure Hatred"

The album title is inspired by a line in the film Platoon.

"Stays the Same" a re-recorded version from the song used during the credits of the Chimaira 'The Dehumanizing Process' DVD.
The demo version lasts 03:16, the "rerecorded" version (used as a bonus track here) only lasts 03:06.

The voice at the beginning of Power Trip is a sample of trucker saying "He stepped out of that garden and let me tell you this; he had godlike power". The sample of which, was caught onto recording by "total accident," according to Mark Hunter because the studio where the album was recorded at was next to a highway and their equipment would sometimes pick up CB radio signals from trucks passing by. This interface was caught through a guitar amplifier.

The song "Pure Hatred" was used in the Mythbusters episode of "Exploding House" during the "talking to plants" segment.

Recording information:

Recorded from November 26th, 2002 to early January 2003 at Spider Studios, Strongsville, Ohio.
Mixed at Chapel Recording Studios, Lincolnshire, England.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.