It was during this album and The Archaic Course that Øystein Brun would begin bringing musicians in to his project for the long run, all but discarding the supergroup lineup of well known Norwegian black metal musicians. ICS Vortex, who did vocals in The Archaic Course previously, returns’ but beyond him, there aren’t any relatively well known players here. Grim, sadly, couldn’t return to the drums due to his suicide in 1999. His replacement, Asgeir Mickelson, has proved his worth previously in Spiral Architect and plays the drums well in Quintessence. Jens F. Ryland, previously playing second guitar on The Archaic Course, returns to reprise the role on this album. Ivar Bjornson is now gone, and he is replaced by Lars Nedland from the relatively unheard of duo group Solefald who would go on to be a permanent member of Borknagar.
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