Isahn tells Eternal Terror: "There are a few themes that were not leftovers, but things that I wrote in the period when I did Das Seelenbrechen, but that did not fit."

But The Emperor frontman adds that fans should expect something very different with his next outing. He says: "Whereas the previous album was this total freeform, mental-trip kind of thing, this new album is much more focused on the rhythmical aspects, good choruses and, not necessarily technical, but really cool guitar riffs.