The further members Markus Becker (vocals), Michael Koch (guitar) and Mario White (drums) joined two years later.

Atlantean Kodex signed to the Italian label Cruz del Sur Music.

The title comes from the book The Golden Bough of the Scottish anthropologist James George Frazer, who believed that all European religions evolved from the magical thinking of the Stone Age people.

In the annual polls of the online communities of Sacred Metal and Rock Hard, The Golden Bough won in the category "Album of the Year".

[6] Atlantean Kodex was founded by Manuel Trummer to create an alternative to modern metal.