Death Is This Communion is High on Fire's fourth studio album, released on September 10th, 2007 in Europe, and September 18th in the United States. It was produced and engineered by Jack Endino, and released on Relapse Records. The first pressing includes a bonus DVD featuring in-studio footage of the making of the album. It is the first album to feature Jeff Matz on bass guitar. Frontman Matt Pike noted that the album's lyrics were influenced by David Icke, H. P. Lovecraft, and the Bible. It was named the third-best album of the year by Revolver. Total Guitar named it fourth in their "50 Best Guitar Albums of the Year". It came in at number 9 in Metal Hammer's best of 2007 list. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.