Recorded during April & May 1998 at Sound Suite.
Drums recorded in February 1998 at Endless Studio.
Part of "Lunar Nights" was originally written by African-American poet Langston Hughes. The poem's title is "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
Some digipacks have a snakeskin pattern imprinted.
Re-released by
Perverted Taste Music in 2004 as an LP (limited to 333 copies) and picture LP (233 copies).
Re-released as digipack by
Peaceville Records in 2007.
Picture LP, digipack, and reissue bonus track:
11. A Forest (The Cure cover) [5:58].
Also reissued on CD in 2001 by
Irond Records (Cat# IROND CD 01-57) with slightly different artwork for sales in Russia only. Bonus tracks in this release:
11. A Forest (05:57)
12. Carpathian Forest (02:28)
13. The Pale Mist Hovers Towards The Nightly Shores (02:56)
14. The Eclipse / The Raven (03:42)
15. When Thousand Moon Have Circled (04:00)
16. Journey Through The Cold Moors Of Svarttjern (05:31)