Stabbing Westward released its
self-titled fourth album on May 22, 2001. The single "
So Far Away" received moderate radio play on rock stations, but the album was a commercial failure. The band would breakup in early 2002, with most of the band members pursuing other projects. After the band's split,
Christopher Hall would commit full-time to
The Dreaming, which he co-founded with Johnny Haro. Rumors of Stabbing Westward reuniting started to form in June 2010, but nothing came of this. Walter Flakus would reunite with Hall in November 2013, performing with The Dreaming at a show in Las Vegas. Stabbing Westward officially reformed in 2016 to play two live shows to coincide with the band's 30th anniversary. The lineup for the reunited band consisted of Christopher Hall (vocals, guitar), Walter Flakus (keyboards, programming), Mark Eliopulos (guitar, backing vocals),
Carlton Bost (bass), and Johnny Haro (drums). Stabbing Westward went on several tours throughout 2017 and 2018 and released the new song "Home in You" for the
Cold Waves VI compilation on September 28, 2017. Haro was fired from the band in 2018 and replaced by former
Orgy drummer Bobby Amaro; Haro's departure from Stabbing Westward also coincided with The Dreaming breaking up. In 2019, the band released a re-recorded version of the
Iwo Jesus EP. In June of that year, the band announced that they were working on a new album and that Eliopulos had left the band. ==Reception==