[4] The album again features artwork from Paul Romano (Mastodon, The Red Chord).

The band enlisted Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, ex-Morbid Angel) for production, engineering and mixing, with Alan Douches (Unearth, Shadows Fall) of West West Side Music mastering the effort.

The band travelled to Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida, on February 16, and finished recording on March 15.

The album landed at number nine on Billboard's Heatseeker Chart, with first week sales of 3,400.

wrote that Malice "is as outrageously chaotic as it is heavy, and has the ability to fully satiate any death metal lover's appetite for something raw.