Similarly, a large number of the songs on this album and the next one of Sirenia refer to the disturbed mental conditions, a topic in which its writer was particularly interested.

Norwegian singers Cathrine Finnestad and Anette Gulbrandsen originally performed vocals on this preview version of the album, but their demos were not included in the final edition.

Jan Kenneth Barkved from Stavanger band Elusive was also invited to record clean male vocals in four tracks.

Sirenia's debut album is a continuation of Veland's compositional work with Tristania, a band that he had left only two years before, so it corresponds to the most classical gothic-symphonic metal style of his catalog.

Lyrically, it has dark and long songs, with gothic and human existence themes (especially related to death and mental decline), in a complex structure of very similar metre and tempo among all, except the last one.