Guitarist and singer Axel Einarsson and drummer and singer Ásgeir Óskarsson formed the band Icecross in Reykjavík in early 1972, bassist and singer Ómar Óskarsson joined them shortly afterwards. They had all previously played in various bands and decided to write and perform their own material rather than continuing to play cover versions of well-known hits. However, their heavy blues rock was a genre that did not appeal to everyone in their home country, and Iceland was also too small to build up a significant fan base there. The trio therefore decided to move to Denmark to try their luck there. In the capital, Copenhagen, they gradually began performing live very frequently, which improved their ensemble playing and led to a growing desire to record their own LP.

This took place in 1972 at Rosenberg Studio in Copenhagen, with the support of Tommy Seebach as sound engineer, who also played piano on one track. Their self-produced, eponymous debut album, released in 1973 exclusively in Iceland in a private pressing of just 1,000 copies, received positive reviews but otherwise didn't attract much attention. Shortly afterwards, the band split up later that same year. This early metal masterpiece is regarded as one of the heaviest hard rock albums of the 1970s and enjoys legendary status among collectors worldwide today, thanks to its unique and dark sound.