[1] It is the band's first album without founding member Dave Brockie, who portrayed Oderus Urungus, due to his heroin overdose death on March 23, 2014.

[2] The album is also the first to feature Michael Bishop since 1999's We Kill Everything, portraying the newest character, lead singer Blöthar the Berserker, as opposed to his role as the original Beefcake the Mighty.

Along the way, the band challenges the sins of their great mistake, from politics (El Presidente), pollution (Swarm), and organized religion (Crushed By the Cross), to fast food (Death to Dickie Duncan), and factory farming (Auroch).

Born of adversity, The Blood of Gods is a sonic scar... a question asked and answered... Death cannot kill Gwar.

"[5] During their set on the first day of the 2017 Vans Warped Tour, the band debuted "Fuck This Place",[6] a tribute to Oderus Urungus.