Zum ersten Mal seit 2004 gingen die norwegischen Black-Metal-Urgesteine für dieses Album in ein richtiges Studio, und zwar ins Chaka Khan Studio in Oslo. Die zweite große Überraschung dürfte darstellen, dass Fenriz mit dieser Veröffentlichung seine doomigen Wurzeln musikalisch ausdrücken wollte.

Textlich steht jeder Song für sich, wie der wohl berühmteste Postangestellte Norwegens erzählt: “As I write lyrics that have a life on their own these days (again), there is no concept of them to match the songs themselves,” says Fenriz. “The lyrics collect dust while we make the songs, and then Ted needs the lyrics for his vocals in the studio and he gets them then. So I have no idea what song is going to be called what until I come back to the studio after the vocals are done. Again, with us it is coincidental. The lyrics did not inspire any of the songs or songwriting. When we make the songs it is a matter of just trusting our lives in heavy metal and – BOOM! – create, create, create, and then put the pieces together."

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