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Wearing a Martyr's Crown

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Released
  
June 22, 2009

Artist
  
Nightrage

Producer
  
Fredrik Nordström

Genre
  
Melodic death metal

Length
  
51:42

Release date
  
22 June 2009

Label
  
Lifeforce Records

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Recorded
  
February–March, 2009 Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden

Wearing a Martyr's Crown (2009)
  
Vengeance Descending (2010)

Similar
  
Nightrage albums, Melodic death metal albums

Nightrage wearing a martyr s crown full album


Wearing a Martyr's Crown is the fourth album by the melodic death metal band Nightrage. The album was released on June 22, 2009 through German label, Lifeforce Records. 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."

Contents

On February 18, 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.

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 June 30, 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

    • Songs

    1Shed the Blood4:13
    2Collision of Fate5:13
    3A Grim Struggle5:03

    References

    Wearing a Martyr's Crown Wikipedia
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