Celldweller (album)

Klayton worked in earnest with the producer Grant Mohrman (formerly of Leaderdogs for the Blind) on the album, which was scheduled for release in February 2001. There had been several questions about any Celldweller songs to be released. Although, Klayton was having three albums from his former band Angeldust rereleased under Criss Angel's name, he had begun working on the album. Klayton agreed with various online companies to provide unused songs for download in high quality.[5]

Various delays kept pushing the album's release date back.[6] During this time, Klayton kept fans up to date with numerous Celldweller logs through his website and via email and, in 2001, released raw files of the song "Symbiont" to give fans and fellow musicians a chance to remix Celldweller's music.[7] Eight remixes were chosen and uploaded to the original Mp3.com, most of them making it to the top of the Electronic and the Electro-Industrial charts. The exposure led to over 500,000 song plays on Mp3.com. The "Symbiont" remixes became a digital EP six years later.

The album was released in early 2003 and debuted at number 17 on Billboard's Internet Sales chart.[8] Celldweller included a guest appearance by the Taproot drummer Jarrod Montague. In 2004, the album received five awards at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards, winning Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, Industrial Album of the Year, Metal Song of the Year ("One Good Reason") and Best Industrial Rock Song ("Switchback"), and also runner-up in Best Industrial Song with "Stay with Me (Unlikely)" and Best Rock Song with "I Believe You".[4] Prior to the album's release, "Symbiont" was used in Track Down. However, the distributor of the film was mistakenly credited as "Miramax". Later, the song "Switchback" was included in the list of Extreme Mode songs for the popular iPhone OS game Tap Tap Revenge.

All songs written by Klayton.

• Ben Grosse – mixing
• Richard Hunt – editing
• Kennedy James – drums
• Grant Mohrman – acoustic guitar on "(Unlikely) Stay With Me", producer, engineer, mixing
• Jarrod Montague – drums on "I Believe You"
• Fluffy Starr – female vocals on "Frozen", "The Stars of Orion" and "Welcome to the End"
• Jennifer Neal – female vocals on "Stay With Me (Unlikely)" and "(Unlikely) Stay With Me"
• Victoria Faiella – vocals on "Cell 2", and "Cell 3"
• Erik Wolf – mastering

Every song on Celldweller has been licensed at least once for a movie, video game or another form of media with titles including Doom, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Supercross, XXX: State of the Union, Spider-Man 2, Constantine, Catwoman, The Punisher, Paycheck, Timeline, Mindhunters, National Security, Bad Boys II, Redline, Project Gotham Racing 3, NHL 2003, Enter the Matrix, XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association, The Hills Have Eyes 2, Crackdown, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, America's Next Top Model and Pimp My Ride. This is a feat that has been accomplished by only three other artists: Moby, Meiko, and The Crystal Method.

• "Cell #1", "Switchback" and "Welcome to the End" were used in episode 11 of the American drama television series: Dirt. "Welcome to the End" was used in episode 2 of the same series.
• "The instrumental of "One Good Reason" is included on Need for Speed: Most Wanted's soundtrack. It also appears on Flint Michigan's Rock Radio Station, "Banana 101.5" during some of the commercials.
• "Afraid This Time", "The Last Firstborn", "So Sorry To Say", "Fadeaway" and "Frozen" were all used in the 2007 video game Crackdown.
• "Own Little World", "One Good Reason", "The Last Firstborn" and "The Stars of Orion" were included in the 2003 video game XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association.
• "Switchback" is considered the most popular song Celldweller has ever released. It has been used in films, games, commercial, and other media such as Out for a Kill, Enter The Matrix, Halloween: Resurrection, Doom, Spider-Man 2, Catwoman, The Punisher, Bring It On Again, Kart Racer, Project Gotham Racing 3, NHL 2003, Tap Tap, Pump It Up PRO 2 (later brought into Pump It Up Fiesta EX) and Bad Boys 2. It has also been used in certain episodes of World Extreme Cagefighting.
• "Symbiont" has been used in Enter The Matrix, Takedown, Cutaway, Rallisport Challenge 2, Wrecked, Airbrush Alchemy, 21 and Road Rash – Jailbreak.
• "Own Little World", "Switchback" and "I Believe You" were used in the 2010 video game Dead Rising 2.
• Instrumental renditions of "Stay With Me (Unlikely)" and "The Last Firstborn" were featured in the 2004 video game Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel.