One does not need to speak Sólstafir's Icelandic tongue to understand the spectrum of raw emotion evoked by every song. With its incredible array of highly diverse landscapes ranging from white glaciers via volcanoes, moss-green bubble-fields, deep fjords, and frost-cracked mountains to black beaches, Iceland has shaped a host of the astonishingly original in Sólstafir.

Their new opus highlights the contrasting influences that have inspired the band over the years, blending elements of the post (black) metal, post-rock, elegant ethereal melodies and unbridled passion upon which they've built their career. Much like the vast expanse of their homeland, the band once again embodies the ever-turning wheel of the four seasons with their shifting light and darkness.

The cover features "The Lady Of The Mountain" (1864), the female personification of Iceland by Johann Baptist Zwecker. A black and white woodblock replica by the artist is what Icelanders have known until recently when two citizens found the original hidden in a Welsh museum gallery where it had been in storage for a century. Now it is back home and adorning the cover of the new Sólstafir album.

Collector's edition boxset, presented in a flocked velvet clamshell boxset, with gold foilblock image of the woodblock version of "The Lady Of The Mountain". ALL items are exclusive to this edition: CD in deluxe digipak with hefty 20-page booklet featuring TWO bonus tracks, exclusive to this set: 'Hrollkalda þoka Einmanaleikans' and 'Hann Fór Sjálfur'. Also included are a black teddy cloth wristband with embroidered Sólstafir logo in white; printed fake-leather magnet; and black webcam cover with white Sólstafir logo.