brass, woodwinds and acoustic guitars came to the fore, while drum machines were largely abandoned for varying amounts of hand percussion.

One example is the title track, where the music is a darkwave version of Cat Stevens' "I Think I See the Light".

"The Devil's Instrument" also quotes lyrics from Rozz Williams' "Mysterium Inquitatis".

"Todeswunsch" contains the first instance of Cantodea's long-standing interest in Edgar Allan Poe: "Die Bruderschaft des Schmerzes" is a re-telling of his work Dream-Land.

The painting on the cover of the original release is a detail of Death of the Virgin by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.