As on previous albums, the songs are all based on J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth sagas.

This album introduced new bass player Timo Honkanen and new vocalist Tomi Mykkänen, who had previously toured with the band when Miika Kokkola and Patrik Mennander had been unavailable.

The sound of the album differs from the first two Battlelore albums, as the instrumentation has a more live and organic feel and also due to the absence of clean male vocals.

The album peaked at position 38 in The Official Finnish Charts.

[5] All lyrics are written by Jyri Vahvanen, except "Usvainen Rhûn" by Kaisa Jouhki