The second album Mind Games was officially released in the UK on 7 May and in Japan on 23 May featuring two bonus tracks Call Me When You Get There and Wipe Your Chin and Walk Away.

The album was tracked at Legacy London, featuring guest vocals from Sarah Jezebel Deva, and mixed by Pontus Hjelm (Dead by April) with tracks 1 and 8 mixed by hard trance producer Alf Bamford (Technikal).

Silent Descent played on the Pepsi Max stage at the Download Festival on 8 June 2012.

In 2012 their long-term musician Chris Kipster left the band, they played with him at a farewell show at Leo's Red Lion in Gravesend, Kent.

In 2017 the band released their third official album Turn to Grey, which featuring a guest appearance by Björn 'Speed' Strid of Soilwork.