In 2001 Thirdmoon split with Napalm Records and it was three years before their next release, Sworn Enemy: Heaven.
Public Enemy | Heaven | Public Enemy (band) | Highway to Heaven | Stairway to Heaven | Kingdom of Heaven (film) | Kingdom of Heaven | Days of Heaven | Public Enemy (group) | Arch Enemy | An Enemy of the People | Knockin' on Heaven's Door | Heaven 17 | heaven | Enemy at the Gates | Heaven's Gate | The Public Enemy | Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell | Heaven Hill | Sleeping with the Enemy | Mandate of Heaven | Heaven's Basement | Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now | Enemy You | Enemy at the Door | Son of Heaven | I Found Heaven | Heaven's What I Feel | Heaven's Gate (religious group) | Enemy of the State (film) |
Sunaho Tobe, having worked on the first two Dept. Heaven titles, and Yoshinori Iwanaga, having done the monster designs for the initial release of Riviera also return for Knights illustrations.
The song is Byrd's second and last number-one on the U.S. country charts, and his first since "Holdin' Heaven" in September 1993.
Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying and Daniel Castleman were brought on board to mix and tracking was handled by Kelly Cairns at Lambesis Studios in San Diego, CA (Sworn Enemy, Impending Doom, War of Ages).