Band members

• Shagrath
  Shagrath
  Shagrath is a Norwegian musician best known as the vocalist of Dimmu Borgir.-Biography:Stian Thoresen was born on November 18, 1976 in Jessheim, outside of Oslo, Norway....
  
   – lead vocals, synthesizers
• Silenoz
  Silenoz
  Silenoz , is a Norwegian guitarist who is a founding member, along with Shagrath and Tjodalv, of the Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir which he is the primary songwriter...
  
   – rhythm guitar
• Galder
  Galder
  Galder is a Norwegian composer, guitarist, and vocalist whose birth name is Tom Rune Andersen. He is from the small town Jessheim, north of Oslo. He is a founding member of the melodic black metal band Old Man's Child as well as the lead guitarist in Dimmu Borgir. In 1993, under the stage name...
  
   – lead guitar
• ICS Vortex
  ICS Vortex
  Simen Hestnæs , also known as I.C.S. Vortex, or just simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician, best known as the current vocalist of the avant-garde metal band Arcturus, the current vocalist and bass guitarist to the progressive black metal band Borknagar, and the former bass guitarist and backing...
  
   – bass, clean vocals on tracks 3, 4, 8, 10 & "Burn In Hell" (Twisted Sister cover)
• Nicholas Barker
  Nicholas Barker
  Nicholas Howard Barker is an extreme metal drummer .- Biography :He was the original drummer for British metal band Cradle of Filth, playing on the first three albums. After leaving in 1999, he joined Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir...
  
   – drums
• Mustis
  Mustis
  Mustis, the pseudonym of Øyvind Johan Mustaparta, born 10 September 1979, who is a Norwegian keyboardist best known for his work in the symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir. Mustis joined Dimmu Borgir in 1998 and contributed to their atmosphere with his melodic keyboard parts...
  
   – synthesizers, piano

Guests

• Orchestration arranged and conducted by Gaute Storås
• Recorded with the Gothenburg Opera Orchestra
• Annica Kroon, Annika Hjelm, Bertil Lindh, Catherine Claesson, Nicola Boruvka, Per Enokson, Thore Svedlund - Violins
• Henrik Edström, Nils Edin, Per Högberg - Violas
• Grzegorz Wybraniec, Johan Stern - Cellos
• Bo Eklund - Double Bass
• Charlie Storm – sample manipulation on "Puritania"

Technical staff

• Fredrik Nordström
  Fredrik Nordström
  Björn Tom Fredrik Nordström, born on 5 January 1967, is a Swedish record producer and guitar player for the heavy metal band Dream Evil. Nordström is one of the leading melodic death metal producers in Sweden, and he has worked with some of the genre's top acts, including At the Gates, Arch Enemy,...
  
   – mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
  In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
  
  , engineering
  Audio engineering
  An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
  
  
• Jan Baan – assistant engineer
• Alf Børjesson – cover concept, artwork
• Thomas Ewerhand – layout

Charts