Divide the Blackened Sky is the third album from hard rock band The Veer Union (albeit only the second one under their current name, as their first album, Time to Break the Spell, was recorded when they were known as simply "Veer"). The majority of the album was self-produced, written and recorded by the band. Lyrically, the album focuses on the band struggling with and overcoming adversity, namely, being dropped from their major record label contract after their prior album, Against the Grain. One single from the album, "Bitter End", was released in March 2012.

After the band released their second album, Against the Grain, in 2009, and toured in support of it throughout 2010, they were dropped from their record label Universal Motown Records. While the band had written much of the album shortly after being let go from the label, progress was held up for eight months due to legal issues arising from leaving the label. Additionally, while it was not announced until February 2012, much earlier second guitarist James Fiddler and bassist Marc Roots decided they would be leaving the band. Band founder and guitarist Eric Schraeder said of the situation:

At the end of the day, this is how the whole band started, with Crispin and I’s vision. It was weird and kind of surreal to find that six years later through a record deal, through all the stuff we had been through, we were kind of back at square one again. It was kind of crazy sitting there back in Vancouver, literally without a band...There was a lot of down time within leaving the record label and finding a new home, and recording the new record, And in that time you know, people grow apart. people have different views and different thoughts on the way their lives should be lived "

Despite this, Schraeder and the other co-founder, vocalist Crispin Earl, decided to continue on with the album, announcing their intention that they would be working on releasing the album in 2011, even without major record label support. Fiddler and Roots would still contribute and play on the album, but would not tour in support of the album after release. The two left amicably, with Schraeder stating they're still in weekly contact. Roots was replaced by the band's bass tech, Winston Wolfe. Fiddler was not replaced at all, with the band opting to continue on as a quartet.

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