Members include Axel Frank of the German neofolk group Werkraum and also Jamey Thompkins, Jason's younger brother.
While the primary focus is on music, covering musical genres such as gothic rock, deathrock, industrial, EBM and neofolk, other cultural and arts events have also been organised as part of the festival.
With the increased popularity of Medieval rock, Neofolk and related musical styles in the late 1980s and 1990s, Palästinalied became a sort of staple song for such genres and is now well known to modern audiences due to performances by mainly German bands, including
Unlike the more neofolk sounds of their most recent releases this album is completely piano led, under the moniker of 'Totenkopf Torch Songs'.
The track "The Overture to the Sun" was also used by the American neofolk/martial-industrial band Blood Axis for their song "Lord of Ages".