It was released on 4 June 2007 as the lead single from their debut studio album, Count Your Blessings, via Visible Noise and Earache Records.

"Pray for Plagues" was released on 4 June 2007, as the band's debut single from their 2006 album, Count Your Blessings.

[3] In 2017, Epitaph Records released a compilation album for the band titled 2004-2013, which features "Pray for Plagues".

[5] Malia recalled writing his guitar parts on the song, noting how the picking style was "really weird" and "all over the place.

"[9] "Pray for Plagues" has been regarded as one of the most beloved Bring Me the Horizon songs by older fans of the band.

[19] In 2022, the group played the song at their own festival in Malta performing a throwback set and were joined by Alex Taylor of Malevolence.