Album was recorded in three phases in 1997-1998, in the studio Twilight Hall in Krefeld, belonging to the group itself, and Sweet Silence in Copenhagen, owned by producer group Flemming Rasmussen. The record involved, except for the four band members, many guest musicians, performing the roles of the flute, piano, synthesizer and backing vocals. 
Style album is basically characterized as power metal, but has a number of deviations from the canons of the genre as a side progressive metal and speed metal, and folk-rock to slow ballads.Blind Guardian actively than before, using vocal harmonies, a large number of backing vocalists and the imposition of the dubbed voices Hansi Kürsch, making it sound a bit like a performing style Queen. For the album is characterized by frequent changes in tempo, size, melody tracks. 
Starting with this album, vocalist Hansi Kürsch not play the bass guitar. Place bass player took Oliver Holzwarth, which, however, is not listed in the official part of the group. This is also the last Blind Guardian album with producer Flemming Rasmussen, who worked with the group in its most "classic" period.

1. War Of Wrath
2. Into The Storm
3. Lammoth
4. Nightfall
5. The Minstrel
6. The Curse Of Feanor
7. Captured
8. Blood Tears
9. Mirror Mirror
10. Face The Truth
11. Noldor (dead Winter Reigns)
12. Battle Of Sudden Flame
13. Time Stands Still (at The Iron Hill)
14. The Dark Elf
15. Thorn
16. The Eldar
17. Nom The Wise
18. When Sorrow Sang
19. Out On The Water
20. The Steadfast
21. A Dark Passage
22. Final Chapter (thus Ends...)