[3] By the time their first full-length and self-titled CD was released in 2003, keyboard player Janne "Warman" Wirman was replaced by Axel Mackenrott.

[4] Wirman recorded some session keyboards for the album, but could not stay on as a full-time member due to his commitments to Children of Bodom.

The main keyboard lines of the album were arranged and programmed by guitarist Roland Grapow and drummer Uli Kusch.

Permanent bassist Jan-Sören Eckert joined shortly after the album's release.

Michael Kiske, the former Helloween bandmate of Roland Grapow, duets on the track "Heroes".