Wearing a Martyr's Crown is the fourth album by the melodic death metal band Nightrage. The album was released on 22 June 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." 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
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, Lyrics 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
External links Nightrage discography page