The cover artwork, "Roi déchu", is by modern French iconographic artist Charles Dubus. Ardraos comments:
"Charles Dubus is very talented in representing realistic historical subjects. The main character stands in a ruined church. This scenery may be interpreted as the character's last sanctuary after his forfeiture. His posture evokes the iconography of Job in the Bible (as the title is linked to this passage from the Old Testament). He is unclothed on the top-half of his body like Job, but his last remaining rag is a large royal cape. He wears a crown to make it even clearer that he is a fallen king, yet his imploring posture and the ray of light that illuminates him evokes a weak hope which is vividly distilled through the songs on this album."
Ardraos grants us a last sneak peek into what's to come:
"This album will stand in direct continuity of "Offertoire" and "Hic Regnant Borbonii Manes". You will find Black Metal embellished with original baroque elements from Charpentier and Chérubini, as well as with touches of acoustic guitars. As usual, I made it a point of honor to carefully select and work on each song's details to obtain a massive result: chivalrous and full of panache. I also did more choirs myself on this record. And you will hear a special guest on the song 'Sermon sur le Trépassement' who won't be unveiled yet. Finally, there is a cover song, for the first time, on a SÜHNOPFER album. It will come rather unexpected to many, but it was a totally accurate choice to transform this piece into a Black Metal entity."
