Åkerfeldt commented on the artwork, saying: "I'd been looking for one of the old medieval looking woodcuts, me and Peter went to the Royal library here in Stockholm looking for a evil (yep!) picture, but that was like searching for a needle in a haystack.
U vezi nje Åkerfeldt je komentirao: „Tražio sam neki drvorez srednjovjekovnog izgleda te smo ja i Peter posjetili Kraljevsku knjižnicu ovdje u Stockholmu tražeći zlu (aha!) sliku, no to je bilo poput traženja igle u plastu sijena.