Eldritch has revealed the song disguises an anti-American diatribe flavoured by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

[3] At the time of release he also claimed that the second part of the song "Mother Russia" was a call for the West to give up Berlin to the Soviets, "because in reality they already control the city.

[5] Like its Steinman-produced twin "This Corrosion", "Dominion/Mother Russia" features vocals from the New York Choral Society.

The B-side "Ozymandias" is simply an edit of "Dominion", with most layers of the track played backwards except for the drums.

"Sandstorm" consists of various sampled saxophone and keyboard parts from "Dominion", mixed to a moody short instrumental track, which was used in the opening section of the video.