Recorded over four years, the album marks the first time that band members Maxim and Keith Flint were actively involved in the songwriting process.

[6] However, in September 2017, the band signed a worldwide record publishing deal with BMG Rights Management and subsequently released a follow-up album, No Tourists, in 2018.

Unlike previous projects, The Day Is My Enemy developed as a band album, with Flint and Maxim collaborating closely with Howlett.

[16] The official music video for the third single, "Wild Frontier", was released on 23 February 2015, directed by Dutch filmmaker Mascha Halberstad[17] and animator Elmer Kaan.

The band posted photos and videos of the event on their Facebook and Instagram pages, using a hashtag referencing their track "Their Law" from Music for the Jilted Generation.

[34] NME observed that the tracks were primarily written for live performances, but still regarded it as "the strongest and most confident Prodigy album since The Fat of the Land.

"[30] Consequence of Sound highlighted "Beyond the Deathray" as the album’s standout, stating that it "epitomizes this new band-focused approach, and it's probably the most beautiful track in The Prodigy's discography".

[26] In a more critical review, Drowned in Sound echoed similar concerns, claiming that the band "embraces their psycho circus shtick to the point of suffocation".

was critical of the group's attempts at recapturing their old-school breakbeat sound and "awful stylistic combinations," calling the record "an embarrassing display that inevitably ends badly".