 Scar the Martyr, his side project which released one album before disbanding, was partially revived and rebranded as Vimic, with Jordison replacing vocalist Henry Derek Bonner with Kalen Chase, while keeping the previous project's remaining line-up unchanged.According to Jordison, Vimic had three songs immediately ready, at the time when he announced the band in an interview with Jose Mangin on Sirius XM on May 5, 2016.The first song, entitled "Simple Skeletons", was released along with the band's unveiling.