Produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette, the project was recorded during the same sessions as 2015's "Cauterize." As a result, "Dust" also features the lineup of guitarist/vocalist Mark Tremonti, guitarist Eric Friedman, bassist Wolfgang Van Halen and drummer Garrett Whitlock.

"At first I just wanted to record as many songs as possible," Tremonti tells Army Of 12 Germany. "But when I stepped back and listened to it, I was, like, 'You know what?! Let's make two records.' So I left some of my favorite songs on the second record, just so people aren't gonna buy the first record and then go, 'Okay, this is the good record and this is the bad one. These are the bad songs.'