1.  Progeny  05:02    Show lyrics
2.  Ground  03:55    Show lyrics
3.  Dying [bad word] into Human Flesh  05:38    Show lyrics
4.  Drown in Ashes  04:23    Show lyrics
5.  Os Abysmi Vel Daath  06:41    Show lyrics
6.  Obscured  07:05    Show lyrics
7.  Domain of Decay  04:36    Show lyrics
8.  Ain Elohim  07:33    Show lyrics
9.  Totengott  04:27    Show lyrics
10.  Synagoga Satanae  14:23    Show lyrics
11.  Winter (Requiem, Chapter Three: Finale)  04:34    [bad word]    

Band members
Thomas Gabriel Fischer  Vocals, Guitars, Programming
Martin E. Ain  Bass, Vocals, Effects
Erol Unala  Guitars, Programming
Franco Sesa  [bad word]  Percussion
Guest/Session
Michael Sopunov  French Horn
Carla [bad word]  Vocals (soprano) (Track 10)
Sibylle Hauf  Vocals (alto) (Track 10)
Viola Hauf  Vocals (alto) (Track 10)
Florian Lohmann  Vocals (tenor) (Track 10)
Sebastian Naglatzki  Vocals (bass) (Track 10)
Keno Weber  Vocals (baritone) (Track 10)
Cornelia [bad word]  Vocals (operatic) (Track 5)
Peter Tägtgren  Guitars (Track 4), Vocals (backing) (Track 10)
Satyr  Vocals (Track 10)
Ravn  Vocals (backing) (on "Temple of Depression")
Simone Vollenweider  Vocals (female) (Track 6, 7 & "Incantation Against You")
Lisa Schaphaus-Middelhauve  Vocals (female) (Track 4)
Miscellaneous staff
Christoph Littmann  Classical Arrangements (Track 5, 10)
Michel Casarramona  Artwork
Jozo Palkovits  Photography
Ronald [bad word]  Executive producer
Benjamin Schäfer  Engineering (assistant)
Arne Neurandt  Engineering (assistant), Mixing
Tom Gabriel Fischer  Executive producer, Mixing
Peter Tägtgren  Producer, Engineering, Mixing
Philipp Schweidler  Engineering, Mixing
Walter J.W. Schmid  Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
Martin E. Ain  Executive producer
Erol Unala  Engineering
This Schweitzer  Engineering (assistant) 

Tracks 9-11 are part of the "Triptych" trinity.

North American release date: May 30, 2006.
LP re-released in 2010 by Century Media as a box containing the vinyl, CD and a t-shirt.

culmination of more than 4 years of songwriting and recording work, the album was largely produced by the band themselves and financed by their own [bad word]  with additional assistance from Peter Tägtgren during the final recording and mixing sessions at [bad word] Sound Studio in Hanover, Germany.

The album was released simultaneously in all territories in three different configurations including a limited-edition digipak with different cover art containing the bonus track "Temple of Depression" and a vinyl LP with another bonus title, "Incantation Against You". "Incantation..." was also included as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the album.

"Incantation Against You" is an a-cappella song (no [bad word] , it was recorded by longtime female studio vocalist Simone Vollenweider, backed only by a male choir. The song was inspired by Mesopotamian ritual writings of banishment and the “Maklu” text in the Necronomicon; it was written by Martin Eric Ain and Simone Vollenweider.

video was made for the song "Dying [bad word] into Human Flesh" directed by Jessie Fischer.

Recording information:

Recorded at [bad word] Sound Studio (Hanover, Germany), Oakland Recording (Winterthur, Switzerland), Celtic Frost Bunker (Zurich, Switzerland), Apollyon Sun Bunker (Zurich, Switzerland), Department of Noize (Kilchberg, Switzerland), FSK-18 (Winterthur, Switzerland), Transmutation (Thalwil, Switzerland), 2002 to 2005.

Mixed at [bad word] Sound Studio (Hanover, Germany), Oakland Recording (Winterthur, Switzerland), Department of Noize (Kilchberg, Switzerland), summer / autumn 2005.

Mastered at Oakland Recording (Winterthur, Switzerland), November 2005.