During their 2005 debut album, Fear in a small number of Dust — boasting a thrashy undertake the metalcore template so popular in the mid-2000s — Chicago, IL’s Hurtlocker contains vocalist Grant Belcher, guitarists Tim Moe and Pete Manzella, bassist Dan Manzella, and drummer Dan Ditella, however the group had currently been through countless personnel changes since forming in 1998. However, they moved into 2006 firing on all cylinders and toured across both U.S. and European countries with famous brands Grave, Aborted, Cryptopsy, and Deicide, and then lose drummer Ditella afterwards in the entire year, when he passed away instantly from what had been termed “rehab-related problems.”