The album was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge in Los Angeles. It would be called The Sufferer & the Witness. You won't find any acoustic guitar on this one, but perhaps a few other surprises and curveballs await your curious ears.look for an early summer release." The album's name was told in the same news release. The band talked about the sound and release date of the album in April, saying, " We're pretty excited and can't wait for you to hear it. He describes it as a medical condition in which the sufferer systematically avoids specific foods that they believe to be harmful. It was made with Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore for 12 weeks between January and April 2006. The band began in January 2006 in Chicago. Also in December, it was said that Bill Stevenson would make the album at the Blasting Room studio in Fort Collins, Colorado. The band had been writing songs and ideas during the Siren Song of the Counter Culture tour and had finished five songs by early December 2005. Making the album Īfter the good reviews of their big label debut, Siren Song of the Counter Culture, and its single, " Swing Life Away", Rise Against came back to the studio in January 2006 to start their fourth studio album. The Sufferer & The Witness Tour was a concert tour by punk band Rise Against, that took from 2006 until 2007, in support of their second major label album. The Sufferer & The Witness Tour was a concert tour by punk band Rise Against, taking place from 2006 until 2007, in support of their second major label. The song "Drones" was used for WWE's 2007 Royal Rumble's theme song. It sold 48,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number 10 on the Billboard 200. Prayer of the Refugee ( The Sufferer & the Witness) Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock. The album follows 2004's Siren Song of the Counter Culture. Survive(The Sufferer & The Witness) WWE SmackDown vs. It was their second release on popular label, Geffen Records. The Sufferer & the Witness is the fourth album by American punk rock band Rise Against.