[2] At the time of The Crusade's release, "The Rising" received positive reviews from critics.

[3][4] In an interview with Metal Injection to coincide with the release of The Sin and the Sentence in 2017, vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy, guitarist Corey Beaulieu, and bassist Paolo Gregoletto all cited "The Rising" as their least favorite Trivium song.

[5][6] Gregoletto stated that the song was a last minute addition to the album that was written in a style similar to previous single "Anthem (We Are the Fire)" and the inclusion of "The Rising" caused the song "Broken One" to be left off of the album; "Broken One" was released as a b-side to the "Anthem" single and as a bonus track on the iTunes edition of The Crusade.

[8] The video primarily consists of shots of the band performing in a warehouse while a woman, a man dressed like a police officer, and another man separately watch the band perform on a TV.

As the song ends, the three characters leave the room they are in, with their shadows being sucked into the TV.