On December 10, 2012,
Metal Blade Records announced that they had signed
Rivers of Nihil to a record deal, and released a demo for the song "Rain Eater". The label also announced that the band would be working with
Erik Rutan of
Hate Eternal and
Morbid Angel to record their first
studio album at Mana Recording Studios in
Tampa, Florida. Album artwork was created by
Dan Seagrave, who would handle the artwork on the band's next three albums as well. Seagrave explained: "For this artwork I was thinking about Roman ruins, as well as Egyptian and Aztec culture. I had visited Pompei and tried to use the feeling of ancient lost history in this artwork." The version of "Rain Eater" that appears on this album was uploaded on YouTube on August 20, 2013. This was followed in September 2013 by singles "Mechanical Trees" and "Soil & Seed". In promotion of the album, the band released three more singles with their own videos: a lyric video for "A Fertile Altar", a play-through video for "Airless", and a music video for "Birth of the Omnisavior". ==Track listing==