sentences:  It is the first of their releases to feature clean vocals, on the chorus of "Farewell".It is also their first album to make extensive use of audio samples (taken from radio productions of "The Lord of the Rings"), giving the album a slight dramaturgic bent.The cover art is based on Mark Harrison's painting, "Draco Niger Grandis" (1999), surrounded by a frame coming from Akseli Gallen-Kallela's "The Aino Myth" (1891).