Tracklisting
1. Thousand Lakes (02:04)
2. Into Hiding (03:45)
3. The Castaway (05:32)
4. First Doom (03:52)
5. Black Winter Day (03:50)
6. Drowned Maid (04:23)
7. In the Beginning (03:37)
8. Forgotten Sunrise (04:53)
9. To Fathers Cabin (03:50)
10. Magic and Mayhem (04:27)
= 00:40:13

Produced and engineered by Tomas Skogsberg and Amorphis.
Executive producers: William J. Yurkiewicz Jr. and Matthew F. Jacobson.
Recorded and mixed at Studio Sunlight, September 1993.
Mastered by Dave Shirk.

Song credits:
1 music written by Mårtenson,
2, 7 & 9 music written by Holopainen / Laine, lyrics trad.,
3 music written by Koivusaari / Holopainen / Laine / Mårtenson, lyrics trad.,
4 & 8 music & lyrics written by Holopainen,
5 music written by Mårtenson, lyrics trad.,
6 music written by Koivusaari / Holopainen / Laine, lyrics trad.,
10 music written by Holopainen, lyrics trad.
All keyboard sections composed by Mårtenson.
All music arranged by Amorphis.
Lyrics are based on Finnish national pole book Kalevala. Most of the lyrics are translated by Keith Bosley.

Cover art by Sylvain Bellemare (Sv Bell Illustration).
Photography by Darius Ramazani.

Line-up (left to right):
Tomi Koivusaari - vocals, rhythm guitars
Esa Holopainen - lead guitars
Olli-Pekka Laine - bass
Kasper Mårtenson - keyboards, moog
Jan Rechberger - drums

Additional musician:
Ville Tuomi - clean vocals, speech