song "Live Again" was also released on the same day. On August 28, 2017, Josh James was announced as an official member of the band. In September 2017, it was revealed that the band contemplated reunion as early as 2010 and, later on, in 2013. However, the idea was eventually called off due to various reasons. It was also stated that the track "The Disease, the Decline, and Wasted Time" was written back then. On July 10, 2019, The band posted a new photo from a recording studio, leading many to believe a new album was being worked on. On January 29, 2020, the band was announced as one of the performers for Furnace Fest 2020. On September 8, 2020, the band announced their new EP "Inferno", and debuted their new song "Sink". The new album is said to be inspired by Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. In June 2021, Eighteen Visions put out two covers; "Them Bones" by Alice In Chains and "D.T.O." by Vision of Disorder. Those covers are part of a 90s rock cover album, 1996, surprise-released on July 9, 2021. On July 5, the band released a new recording of their album Vanity in support of the 20th anniversary of the original album. Legacy and influence In 2011, in an article, "Stealing 18 Visions' ideas: A Book by the 2011 Metalcore Scene", MetalSucks praised the band as pioneers of the metalcore and deathcore sound, as well as one of, if not the first, metalcore band to incorporate clean vocals. The article concluded, "without them, there would be no keyboards in metalcore, no screaming mixed with clean vocals, no tights pants, and no fancy hair in hardcore. There would be no Rise Records, no Attack Attack! and certainly no Avenged Sevenfold or Escape the Fate." Other sources have regarded as being influential on the development of the metalcore genre as well as on contemporary metalcore bands. In 2020, Loudwire ranked the band's 2001 release, Until the Ink Runs Out, at 21 on its list of the 25 best metalcore albums of all time. In addition to establishing a unique sound, the band was also one of the first metalcore bands to establish a unique image. They broke from mid-1990s hardcore trends by donning high-end attire and styled hair on stage. As a result of this the term "fashioncore" was often applied to band in a derogatory manner (Hart