| Birth and the Burial | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Act of Defiance |
| Cover: | BirthandtheBurialAOD.png |
| Released: | August 21, 2015 |
| Recorded: | Ill-Fated Studio in Los Angeles, California; Dexter's Lab in Milford, Connecticut; ManShark in Southampton, Massachusetts |
| Genre: | Thrash metal, melodic death metal, metalcore |
| Length: | 47:12 |
| Label: | Metal Blade |
| Producer: | Chris "Zeuss" Harris |
| Next Title: | Old Scars, New Wounds |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Birth and the Burial is the debut studio album by American heavy metal supergroup Act of Defiance. It was released on August 21, 2015, through Metal Blade Records.[1]
A music video for the song "Throwback" was released on June 24, 2015,[2] with another for "Legion of Lies" following on August 6, 2015.[3]
Birth and the Burial has received positive reaction from critics. Rock Hard magazine gave the album a score of nine out of ten, calling it an "engaging thrash metal album [...] One of the best releases of 2015!" Writing for Sputnikmusic, Thompson Gerhart concluded that Birth and the Burial "both starts off on a good foot and leaves some room for improvement."