The group has released six full-length studio albums and are currently a four piece with lead vocalist Brook Reeves as one of the two original remaining members along with Manny Contreras who left the band in 2010 but returned in 2012.

Guitarist Manny Contreras and vocalist Brook Reeves started Impending Doom together on October 31, 2005.

[15] Impending Doom released their second album, The Serpent Servant, on March 31, 2009, which has hit number 3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.

[21] On February 24, 2019, Brandon "B-Town" Trahan announced his departure from the band and that his good friend Andrew Holzbaur would be taking over.

[23] On July 19, 2022, the band posted on social media that they are working on a follow-up to Hellbent, with Brook Reeves stating they hope to release it "Sooner rather than later.

[31][32] The band has stated that they are influenced from groups such as Deftones, Korn, Slipknot, Lamb of God,[33][failed verification] Nile, Aborted, Guttural Secrete, Origin, Despised Icon and Ion Dissonance.

In an interview Metalriot.com, Brook Reeves has said he is influenced by Underoath, Living Sacrifice, Advent, Sinai Beach, Aborted, Cattle Decapitation, Septicflesh, and many other underground death metal bands.