Only Death is Real

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{{Infobox album

| name = Only Death is Real

| type = studio

| artist = Stray from the Path

| cover = StrayPath_OnlyDeath.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 8, 2017

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 29:35

| label = Sumerian,{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/15492/stray-from-the-path-only-death-is-real |title=Stray from the Path – Only Death is Real |publisher=Punknews.org |date=2018-01-22 |accessdate=2022-07-10}}{{cite web|author=Natasha Van Duser |url=https://www.altpress.com/stray_from_the_path_only_death_is_real_review/ |title=Stray From the Path's 'Only Death Is Real' is full of political outrage |publisher=Altpress.com |date=2017-09-07 |accessdate=2022-07-10}} UNFD

| producer = Will Putney

| prev_title = Subliminal Criminals

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title = Internal Atomics

| next_year = 2019

}}

Only Death is Real is the eighth studio album{{cite web|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-only-death-is-real-stray-from-the-path/ |title=ALBUM REVIEW: Only Death Is Real – Stray From The Path – Distorted Sound Magazine |publisher=Distortedsoundmag.com |date= September 11, 2017|accessdate=2022-07-10}}{{cite web|author=About The Rockpit |url=https://www.therockpit.net/2018/counterparts-stray-from-the-path-announce-support-acts-for-australian-new-zealand-tour/ |title=Counterparts & Stray From The Path announce support acts for Australian & New Zealand tour |publisher=The Rockpit |date= February 28, 2018|accessdate=2022-07-10}} by American metalcore band Stray from the Path. The album was released on September 8, 2017, by Sumerian Records and distributed by UNFD in Australia and New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/stray-from-the-path-to-release-only-death-is-real-album-in-september/|title=STRAY FROM THE PATH To Release 'Only Death Is Real' Album In September|publisher=Blabbermouth|date=July 13, 2017|access-date=January 9, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.unfdcentral.com/news/stray-path-announce-new-album/|title=STRAY FROM THE PATH ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ONLY DEATH IS REAL|publisher=UNFD|date=July 13, 2017|access-date=January 9, 2018}}

It's the first album from the band to feature former Brutality Will Prevail and Dead Swans drummer Craig Reynolds after joining in 2016.