 In his review for the German "Rock Hard" magazine, Frank Stöver wrote that he would not have expected that progress after their two mediocre demo releases (he had reviewed the first one in his own fanzine "Voices from the Darkside" while the second one had been reviewed by Sascha Falquet) and that Nagelfar may "undoubtedly catapult themselves to the top of the German black metal scene".A split EP with Jander's other band Dark Embrace, a dark metal band from Aachen, containing the track "Nur ein See" ("Only One Lake"), had been recorded in July 1997 and was released via Sombre Records from the Ore Mountains in January 1998.In late 1998, Sveinn Hackenberg departed for personal reasons and left the lyrical concept of the "Srontgorrth" story.