The original 1988 band consisted of bassist Johnny Hagel, drummer Tommy Karlsson and guitarist Peter Furulid.

In the following years, the band continued to work on the album, then the recorded –material was mixed and mastered by drummer Robert Iversen.

The album was mastered by Jens Bogren[2] and released in 2015 under the name In the Shadow of the Inverted Cross on Metal Blade Records.

According to Nadine Fiebig in Nuclear Blast magazine, In the Shadow of the Inverted Cross had some parallels to bands like King Diamond, combined with a "haunting voice" and "grave sounding guitars".

[9] In the book The Ultimate Hard Rock Guide Vol I – Europe, Sorcerer's music is described as epic doom in the style of Solitude Aeturnus.

[4] In an interview with Rock Hard magazine's Patrick Schmidt, Johnny Hagel stated that besides Solitude Aeturnus, Candlemass, Saint Vitus and Black Sabbath, traditional heavy metal is one of the band's influences.

[11] Frank Albrecht of the Deaf Forever magazine describes the music as epic doom for Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus worshippers, but not a dull copy, but emphasizing their own features.