True North is the sixteenth studio album by the California punk rock band Bad Religion, which was released on January 22, 2013. After touring in support of their previous album The Dissent of Man (2010), Bad Religion began writing new material for an album that was planned for release in 2012. During their 2011 tour, frontman Greg Graffin stated that Bad Religion would make "one more album and then all join the navy, do honest work", which led to speculation that they were breaking up, although this turned out not to be the case. The recording sessions took place in July and August 2012 at Joe's House of Compression, a studio owned by Joe Barresi, who produced the album.

True North was met with positive reviews upon release, and peaked at number 19 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, becoming Bad Religion's first album to crack the top 20 and their highest ever peak on that chart in their career. This would be the last album to feature both Hetson and Wackerman following their departures from the band in April 2013 and October 2015 respectively.

In an April 2011 interview with The Washington Examiner, guitarist Brian Baker was asked if Bad Religion was going to make a follow-up to The Dissent of Man, and responded, "It's all very punk [attitude] just like it's always been. We will record when we have enough songs. For us, it just kind of happens." During their show in Boston, Massachusetts on April 29, 2011, frontman Greg Graffin said "after this year you probably won't be seeing much more of us. We're going to try one more album and then all join the navy, do honest work"; this led to rumors that True North was going to be Bad Religion's final album or that the band was going to break up, which were retracted by Graffin. In an interview at the KROQ Weenie Roast on June 4, 2011, Graffin stated that Bad Religion was planning to record and release their sixteenth studio album in 2012, while bassist Jay Bentley mentioned an early 2012 timeframe for going back into the studio in an interview at Live 105's BFD festival, which took place on the day after the Weenie Roast.

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