Its release coincided with Black Friday and came more than four years after their previous studio album, 2015's The Anthropocene Extinction.

It is the band's first album to feature second guitarist Belisario Dimuzio and new bassist Olivier Pinard.

Death Atlas was recorded at Denver's Flatline Audio with producer Dave Otero.

[2] Vocalist Travis Ryan comments: "We have crafted what we feel is our strongest album to date",[3] (...) "Musically and lyrically, there is a lot of grief, anger, hate, passion, and emotion poured into this one".

[3] The opening track "Anthropogenic: End Transmission" samples the Greetings in 55 Languages from the Voyager Golden Record.