Hranica stated, "One of the primary elements of the Back to the Roots Tour is playing a few Dear Love songs that we have not played in a long time, and probably will not play again or anytime soon." On June 11, it was announced that they have completed the recording of the EP, the title for it was revealed as being Zombie and was released on August 23. After the completion and announcement of the EP, the band began their Back to the Roots Tour on June 25 as they planned. By January 2011, Hranica revealed in an interview with Tim Karan what the band's ideas and plans for their fourth full-length studio album would be. His comments were placed within comparison to their latest release (the Zombie EP and described that the record is "a more heavy-focused sound from us. We think it would be smart to push that beefy, heavy songwriting [from Zombie] into the new full-length...but with a strong blend of what we usually do with melody." The album was confirmed to not be a concept album — like their previous work on the Zombie EP — but would have an overall theme, focused on anti-idolatry, which, according to Hranica, "has been weighing on me lately." On June 13, Alternative Press began streaming a track titled "Born to Lose", debuting off the upcoming album, and during the same month, the band signed with Roadrunner Records. Hranica offered his opinion of the new material, stating that it will contain "the heavy aspects of the Zombie EP, meshed with the melody of the full-lengths. ‘Born to Lose’ captures some of those elements and serves as a comprehensive preview to the album." He ended his comments with, "By all means I'd call it our most emotional, well-written album to date." The album's name was revealed to be Dead Throne, and was released on September 13, 2011, through Ferret Music. It has since become a critical and commercial success, where it peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, selling 32,420 copies within its first week. Dead Throne also topped the Christian and Independent album charts, as well as peaking at number 3 on the Rock and Hard Rock album charts. The band was confirmed for the Mayhem Festival tour at the beginning of 2012, with Slayer, Slipknot and As I Lay Dying. During this tour on February 22, 2012,