The album, which features performances on rare and invented percussion instruments, was reissued on CD in 1991 with three additional tracks that were recorded earlier that year in Connecticut, and was included in the five-CD boxed set The Complete Tibetan Bells (1972–1991).

Musicians Jody Diamond, Sandy Sawyer, and Brian Keane, who produced the reissued album, also appear on several tracks.

"[5] In an interview, Hart noted that there are no membrane-based instruments on the album, commenting: "I never struck a membrane because it sometimes takes away that space of drifting, because it draws your attention to it.

Reviewer Jim Brenholts called it "one of the darkest and most sinister Tibetan bowl CDs ever," and commented: "This is deep and moving music.

"[7] Author John Schaefer called Yamantaka "an album of ringing, resonant percussion that defies you to believe it's not electronic.