Grand Illusion (album)

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Grand Illusion
Studio album by Nocturnal Rites
Released	September 19, 2005
Recorded	Toontrack Music, Umeå, Sweden
Genre	Power metal
Length	46:38
Label	Century Media
Producer(s)	Shep
Nocturnal Rites chronology
Lost in Time - The Early Years of Nocturnal Rites (2005)	Grand Illusion (2005)	The 8th Sin (2007)

Grand Illusion is the seventh album from the power metal band Nocturnal Rites released in 2005

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by: Nocturnal Rites

1. "Fools Never Die" – 3:54
2. "Never Trust" – 4:43
3. "Still Alive" – 4:02
4. "Something Undefined" – 4:08
5. "Our Wasted Days" – 5:17
6. "Cuts like a Knife" – 5:10
7. "End of our Rope" – 5:26
8. "Never Ending" – 4:29
9. "One by One" – 4:23
10. "Deliverence" – 5:00

[edit] Band line-up

• Jonny Lindkvist - Vocals
• Fredrik Mannberg - Rhythm Guitar, backing vocals
• Nils Norberg - Lead Guitar
• Nils Eriksson - Bass
• Owe Lingvall - Drums

[edit] Guest musicians

• Henrik Kjellberg - Keyboards and backing vocals
• Leif Grabbe, Ronny Hemlin (Steel Attack), L-G Persson (The Storyteller), Jens Carlsson (Persuader) - Backing Vocals
• Jens Johansson - Keyboard solo on "Cuts like a Knife"
• Henrik Dahnage (Evergrey) - First guitar solo on "Cuts like a Knife"
• Kristoffer Olivius (Naglfar) - Harsh vocals on "Cuts like a Knife"
• Stefan Elmgren - Second guitar solo on "Never Trust"
• Per Elofsson - "pre-chorus whammy bar chaos" on "Never Trust"
• Olec Balta - First guitar solo on "Something Undefined", left channel intro for "Our Wasted Days"
• Emil Norberg (Persuader) - "pre-chorus whammy bar madness and end of song lead frenzy" on "Our Wasted Days"