Wearing a Martyr's Crown

Studio album by Nightrage

Released

22 June 2009

Recorded

February–March, 2009 Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden

Genre

Melodic death metal

Length

51:42

Nightrage chronology

A New Disease Is Born
(2007)

Wearing a Martyr's Crown
(2009)

Vengeance Descending
(2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Hammer
Rock Hard

Wearing a Martyr's Crown^[1] is the fourth album by the melodic death metal band Nightrage. The album was released on 22 June 2009 through German label, Lifeforce Records.^[1] The European digipak includes a demo version of "Failure of All Human Emotions" as a bonus track. The Japanese version of the album includes a cover of Metallica's "Holier Than Thou."

On 18 February 2010 Nightrage released their third music video for the song Wearing a Martyr's Crown while on a tour of Greece. The video was once again directed by Bob Katsionis and was recorded at Zero Gravity Studios which is located in Athens.

The title for the instrumental Sting Of Remorse was inspired by lyrics from the song Surge Of Pity which appears on the album A New Disease Is Born.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shed the Blood"	Iliopoulos/Mörck/Hämäläinen	4:13
2.	"Collision of Fate"	Iliopoulos/Mörck/Hämäläinen	5:13
3.	"A Grim Struggle"	Iliopoulos/Mörck/Hämäläinen	5:03
4.	"Wearing a Martyr's Crown"	Iliopoulos/Mörck/Hämäläinen	4:30
5.	"Among Wolves"	Iliopoulos/Mörck/Hämäläinen	4:29
6.	"Abandon"	Iliopoulos/Mörck/Hämäläinen	4:30
7.	"Futile Tears"	Iliopoulos/Mörck/Hämäläinen	5:18
8.	"Wounded Angels"	Iliopoulos/Mörck/Hämäläinen	4:00
9.	"Mocking Modesty"	Iliopoulos/Mörck/Hämäläinen	4:29
10.	"Failure of All Human Emotions"	Iliopoulos/Mörck/Hämäläinen	4:36
11.	"Sting of Remorse [instrumental]"	Iliopoulos/Mörck	5:21

^[1]

Musical appearances

"A Grim Struggle", "Collision of Fate", "Shed the Blood", and "Wearing a Martyr's Crown" were made available as downloadable content for the Rock Band video game series on Xbox. On 30 June 2011 "A Grim Struggle" was made available for download on the PlayStation 3 console.

Band members

Antony Hämäläinen – Vocals, Lyrics
Marios Iliopoulos – Guitar, Music composition
Olof Mörck – Guitar, Music composition
Anders Hammer – Bass Guitar
Johan Nunez – Drums

Guest musicians

Gus G. – guitar solo on "Sting of Remorse"
Sakis Tolis – backing vocals on "Mocking Modesty"
Elias Holmlid – orchestrations and keyboards on "Shed the Blood", "Futile Tears", "Mocking Modesty", and "Sting of Remorse"

Production

Fredrik Nordström – Production, Mixing, keyboards on "Abandon"
Peter In de Betou - Audio Mastering at Tailor Maid Productions
Henrik Udd – Audio Engineering, Mixing
Andy Hayball – Assistant Engineer

References

1 2 3 "Nightrage: New Album Track Listing, Artwork Unveiled". April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-30.

External links

Nightrage discography page

Nightrage
Marios Iliopoulos Olof Mörck Antony Hämäläinen Anders Hammer Johan Nunez Gus G Tomas Lindberg Brice LeClercq Henric Karlsson Fotis Benardo Jimmie Strimell Alex Svenningson
Studio albums	Sweet Vengeance (2003) Descent into Chaos (2005) A New Disease Is Born (2007) Wearing a Martyr's Crown (2009) Insidious (2011)
Compilation albums	Vengeance Descending (2010)

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