completed the recording process for their self-titled seventh studio album with producer Johnny K. The band released the song "I Said It", and made plans to tour with Call Me No One. The band later announced that the album would be released on September 18, 2012. It was pushed to October 9, 2012. Nonpoint released a music video for Left For You on October 1, 2012. In early January 2014, Nonpoint announced on Facebook that they were working on a new album: "Update. We are writing a new album. Really blown away with what we have done so far. If you liked the last album then you will dig this new stuff. From what I can hear we are digging deeper into our influences. Really exciting." Nonpoint signed with Metal Blade Records for areas outside of North America. They remain signed to Razor & Tie for North American releases. The band's new album titled The Return was released on September 30, 2014. Also Nonpoint released the song "Breaking Skin" as the album's lead single on August 12, 2014. Not long after the album's release, BC Kochmit (Eye Empire, Switched) took over Dave Lizzio's role as Nonpoint's lead guitarist. While playing a show at Amos Southend in Charlotte, North Carolina on the Crack the Sky tour with 10 Years, the band revealed they had begun work on their ninth studio album and that they would enter begin recording in February 2016. It was announced on October 15, 2015, that the band had signed with Spinefarm Records. In early May the band announced the 14-track album and the first song, "Generation Idiot" via their official Facebook page. The Poison Red was released on July 8, 2016. Nonpoint revealed plans to take a hiatus from touring in 2018. The band's tenth album, X, was released on August 24, 2018. The band released a lyric video for the song "Dodge Your Destiny" on June 22 while simultaneously releasing "Chaos and Earthquakes" as the first radio single, with an official video for the latter premiering on the band's YouTube channel on August 16. In April 2021, Nonpoint announced that they had created their own independent record label called 361 Degrees Records. Musical style and influences Nonpoint have been described as groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, rap metal, nu metal, and alternative metal. When asked if he viewed Nonpoint as a metal band or a