The video (the first from the band in nine years), features American actresses Tonya Cornelisse, Jesse Hotchkiss, Diana Wyenn and Shawn Kathryn Kane.

However, in late September/early October of that year Satyricon frontman, Sigurd Wongraven, was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor.

Due to this situation, the production process for a new album suffered significant delays, while he underwent months of non-surgical treatment and recovery.

The disc features guest session musicians such as Anders Odden (Satyricon's live bassist), jazz saxophonist Håkon Kornstad and some members of Oslo Philharmonic, but their contributions are somewhat lower than in other albums of the band.

[citation needed] The singular cover art comes from an obscure illustration by recognized Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, drawn in 1898.