Mudvayne

Mudvayne built on that momentum with a string of albums that expanded their sound and commercial reach. Released in November 2002, The End of All Things to Come expanded upon the sound of the band's first album with a more versatile range of sounds, dynamics, moods and vocalization. Their commercial peak came with 2005's Lost and Found, which had major success in the U.S., debuting at number 2 and being certified platinum by the RIAA. In 2006 Mudvayne was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the Grammy Awards for "Determined" from Lost and Found, and for Best Hard Rock Performance for "Not Falling" from The End of All Things to Come. The band continued with The New Game (2008) and a self-titled fifth album in December 2009, though it was the band's final album before entering an eleven-year hiatus in 2010. During and after this period, members pursued other projects, most notably Gray and Tribbett's heavy metal supergroup Hellyeah, which released its self-titled album in 2007. Mudvayne's original run cemented them as pillars of early-2000s heavy music, having sold over six million records worldwide, including nearly three million in the United States. After more than a decade away, the band reunited in 2021, and performed at multiple U.S. festivals including Louder Than Life, Aftershock, Welcome To Rockville, and a headlining set at Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival. They have continued touring steadily since, including dates alongside Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Coal Chamber, and Megadeth. In 2025 the band finally returned to the studio, releasing "Hurt People Hurt People" on August 28, 2025, via Alchemy Records and BMG, their first new release since their self-titled album almost sixteen years prior. Today Mudvayne remains active and is regarded as a defining, genre-bending force in nu metal and alternative metal, still known for the elaborate masks and sonic experimentation that first set them apart in the Peoria scene.

It is fitting that a band built on raw, unmistakable stage presence found its way into Wayne Dennon's lens. Within the waynedennon.com archive, Mudvayne is represented by 61 photographs drawn from two shows Wayne captured between 2003 and 2005, a period that fell squarely within the band's most explosive creative and commercial run following L.D. 50 and The End of All Things to Come. Those two performances, shot in two different cities, have gone on to become a well loved corner of the collection, with visitors returning to view the band's photos 49,485 times, a testament to both Wayne's eye for capturing the band's painted faces and manic energy and to the lasting devotion of Mudvayne's fanbase.