[11] It is the eighth studio album by the band and the first after Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard disbanded in 1998.

It was officially released on 13 August 2012 by PIAS Recordings, 16 years after the group's last album, Spiritchaser.

[17] In 2014, it was awarded a double gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 150,000 copies throughout Europe.

[18] Anastasis received generally favorable reviews based on 16 critics at Metacritic.

[1] All tracks are written by Dead Can Dance (Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard) * Sales figures based on certification alone.