Written by vocalist Oliver Sykes, guitarist Lee Malia and keyboardist Jordan Fish, it was produced by Terry Date and featured on the band's 2013 fourth studio album Sempiternal.

According to Bring Me the Horizon bassist Matt Kean, "Antivist" was originally written "as a joke ... when everyone was kind of like bored", but was later worked on for inclusion on Sempiternal due to its "super aggressive" nature providing a different element for the album.

[3] Speaking in an interview with website Thrash Hits, Sykes explained that "Antivist" is intended to act as "a bit of a social commentary", adding that "It's not even about us, it's just our generation – they're lazy, sit on their arse and think they're doing something".

[4] The frontman added to this description in a track-by-track feature published by Metal Hammer magazine, explaining that the song is inspired by "slacktivists" and giving the example of "online people that just talk shit on Twitter".

[11] According to set list aggregation website setlist.fm, "Antivist" is the fourth most-played song by Bring Me the Horizon, behind singles "Chelsea Smile", "Diamonds Aren't Forever" (both from Suicide Season) and "Shadow Moses" (also from Sempiternal).

[7] Music Feeds columnist Mike Hohen reviewed the song as "a fairly catchy jam that features one of the biggest c-bomb's I've personally ever heard by a metalcore band – it's pretty awesome".