Tracks 1, 3, 5 and 7 are recordings of traditional Ukrainian folk songs; 1 is performed by Drevo; 3 & 5 are performed by Volodar; 7 is a field recording of lamenting women.
Tape released by Slavonic Metal (middle cover)
CD released by
Supernal Music in 2004 (left cover)
LP released by
Blut & Eisen Productions in 2005 (right cover)
Reissued in 2011 by
Osmose Productions in digipack format with new coverart and booklet.
Re-released by
Back on Black on LP in 2011.
The cover image of the Supernal Music edition is the gravestone of the Cossack military leader Ivan Sirko (c. 1610-1680), located in the village of Kapulivka in the Dnipropetrovsk Region of the Ukraine.