[8] During the autumn of 1979, Hannes Arkona joined Eloy as a touring member, a second guitarist along the band's leader Frank Bornemann.

As personal tensions led to the departure of Detlev Schmidtchen and Jürgen Rosenthal, Bornemann decided to make Arkona a full-time member, and with the addition of Hannes Folberth and Jim McGillivray, the new Eloy lineup was completed by the spring of 1980.

[9] Frank Bornemann also created his own Horus Sound Studio in Hannover at the beginning of that year, which served as the band's new "base".

[9] With no time to create yet another concept album, Eloy chose shorter and tighter song forms, toning down the prog rock element.

Music press was positive towards Eloy for the first time, but the album sold fewer copies than the previous three, and the supportive tour that followed was less successful, too.