Produced by Arthur Rizk.
Recorded at Hansa Studios and Studio Wong, Berlin, Germany, September-October 2021.
Assistant engineering by Kian Moghaddamzadeh, John Powers and Timo Rehmann.
Mastered by Sasha "Busy" Bühren.
Pre-production by Dominic "Paras" Kevopoulos, Frédéric Leclercq, Konrad Betcher, Marc Görtz, Markus Ganter and Phil Sunday.
All music and lyrics written by Miland Petrozza and Kreator.
Artwork by Eliran Kantor.
Photography by Christoph Voy, Sarah Maiden and
Tim Tronckoe.
Layout by Jan Meininghaus.
Line-up (left to right):
Sami Yli-Sirniö - guitar
Jürgen "Ventor" Reil - drums, percussion
Miland "Mille" Petrozza - vocals, guitar
Frédéric Alexandre Leclercq - bass
Additional musicians:
Max Gruber - voice of The Desert on 1, voice from a fever dream on 7
Arthur Rizk - twang guitar on 1
Holton Grossi - choir on 4
Levi Jones - choir on 4
Matthias "August" Kassner - additional percussion on 4
Dustin Moore - choir on 4
Sterling Peck - choir on 4
Jake Rogers - choir on 4
Jason Tarpey - choir on 4
Patrick Baboumian - backing vocals on 5
Sofia Portanet - backing vocals on 5, voice of Härgar on 8
Marco Ernst - bagpipes on 6
Brendan Redigan - voice from a fever dream on 7
Kian Moghaddamzadeh - keyboards on 10
Fleshgod Apocalypse - orchestral parts on 1 & 11
Vinyl editions in trifold sleeve:
- marbled yellow/red vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 300 (HMV/indies exclusive)
- red vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 300 (EMP exclusive)
- red/black marbled vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 300 (Nuclear Blast Records' mailorder exclusive)
- splatter white/black vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 300
- white vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 300
- ink spot clear/red vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 400
- transparent red vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 400 (Nuclear Blast Records' mailorder exclusive)
- black red inkspot vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 500 (Nuclear Blast Records' mailorder exclusive)
- clear red splatter vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 500 (Bravado exclusive)
- clear with red & black splatter vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 500
- clear/red marbled vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 600
- split red/white vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 600 (Nuclear Blast Records' mailorder exclusive)
- black and white marble vinyls with etched D-side, limited to 750
- picture vinyls, limited to 2000
- black vinyls
- transparent crystal clear vinyl
Box sets include:
- album on 2LP ink spot clear/red vinyl + black vinyl (limited to 1300) or red/black splatter vinyls
- album CD in digibook
- 'Live at Bloodstock 2021' bonus CD
- making of book
- 12" x 12" cover print
- Kreator logo pin
Japanese CD edition and box set editions include 'Live at Bloodstock 2021' bonus CD:
1. Terrible Certainty (04:38)
2. Satan Is Real (05:28)
3. Hordes of Chaos (05:33)
4. Hail to the Hordes (05:00)
5. 666 World Divided (04:44)
6. Enemy of God (05:51)
7. People of the Lie (03:27)
8. Endless Pain (01:59)
9. Mars Mantra (01:13)
10. Phantom Antichrist (04:55)
11. Fallen Brother (05:50)
12. Apocalypticon (01:42)
