Enslaved's first full-length was co-produced with the legendary Pytten in Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway and is dedicated to Mayhem's Euronymous whose label Deathlike Silence Productions originally released the album in 1994 following his murder by Varg Vikernes. This album has lyrics in Icelandic, and is a tribute to the Norse landscape, history and mythology. The songs are matching these themes with long horizontal songscapes, dense atmospheres and winds from the past.