Intense and very personal, »The Dead Ones« is The Last Ten Seconds of Life's debut album on the Metal Blade label. For the 10 original tracks of pulverizing deathcore, produced by Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland of Pennsylvania-based Atrium Audio, the band focused on "the guitar/bass/drum sounds as well as the mix/master to create a super-dense sound and a rolling tank feel," explains guitarist Wyatt McLaughlin.