Originally in 2012, Townsend stated that this album will be the sixth and the last album in the Devin Townsend Project series, but he ultimately confirmed that Casualties of Cool is its own project.
Townsend je 2012. godine izjavio kako će taj album biti šesti i posljednji album u serijalu Devin Townsend Projecta, no kasnije je ipak potvrdio kako će Casualties of Cool biti svoj vlastiti projekt.