West Virginia's Left Behind follow-up their wave making 2016 debut Seeing Hell, which found the group augmenting their brand of hardcore with sludge and thrash influences, with their second album Blessed by the Burn. The record is ushered in by the heavy as hell lead single "Tough Love" which the band says reflects, "(vocalist) Zach's mental state after his girlfriend's death and the anger he had towards her father, who had physically and emotionally abused her throughout her life and up until the night before her death."