A Celebration of Endings is the eighth[note 1] studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Biffy Clyro.

The band confirmed they were working on new material in an NME interview in July 2019,[2] having released their soundtrack album Balance, Not Symmetry a few months earlier.

Another NME interview in October 2019 confirmed the release of the album, with the working title Opus 8, for the 'first half of next year'.

[3] The first single, "Instant History", was released on 20 February 2020, and first played on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show.

The album was initially planned for release of 15 May 2020, but was pushed back to 14 August due to difficulties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.