The CD was recorded at New Sound Studio in Pfäffikon, a municipality in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland, with producer Tommy Vetterli.

Being the band's first concept album, it focuses on the Gallic Wars from a perspective of the ancient Helvetians.

[3][4] The album features melodic death metal combined with Celtic folk music instruments like fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, flutes, whistles, bagpipes, mandola, bodhran, and hammered dulcimer.

Band member Anna Murphy has been more involved in songwriting and has been given more vocal parts than on previous releases.

[4] A review by the Austrian Stormbringer compared the track "The Siege" to Sepultura's style and called the album a "piece of art.