Nightrage – Wolf To Man


Started by a couple of friends nearly two decades ago, Nightrage is a band that has been through a lot of changes over the years. One of the founders, the guitar hero Gus G moved on to other things, but the other creator, Marios Iliopoulos has been faithful in making monumental Metal with this act since the early 2000s. The evolution of this Greek/Swedish hybrid group has sculpted their sound into something uncommon and exceptional. Their eighth full-length album, Wolf To Man (Despotz Records) presents their particular music with severity and soul.Continue reading


Nightrage – The Puritan


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Originating in Thessaloniki, Greece, under the fleet-fingered generalship of Marios Iliopoulos (the bands only stalwart and ever-present) and six-string superstar guitarist Gus G. (Firewind/Ozzy), Nightrage have had a fair few well-known faces bolster their ranks and raise their profile throughout the years, including, amongst others, Per Möller Jensen (The Haunted) and Tomas “At The Gates” Lindberg. Yet, despite the constant turn over, through the sheer force of Iliopoulis’ will and personality, the band has maintainted both its sound and style.

And so to opus number six, The Puritan (Despotz), and yet another line-up change with Ronnie Nyman grabbing the poisoned chalice-shaped nettle of the microphone stand, his early Anders Fridén stylings slotting in seamlessly with an assured and aggressive voice snarling over another dose of the confident melodeath we’ve come to expect from Nightrage. Steeped in the fast riffing, melodic leads and off-beat snare snaps that define post Slaughter of the Soul (Earache) Melodic Death Metal, The Puritan displays all the expected genre trappings, with Nightrage comfortable in laying out a heavily In Flames and At The Gates influenced sound.

Yet, this was the sound of the late 90’s… in the lead up to the turn of the millennium, you couldn’t swing a cat without it picking up the print ink of review upon review comparing bands to the main protagonists of the NWOSDM sound and nearly two decades on it’s disappointing to hear respected outfits slavishly reproducing a style that belongs to yesterday. There were too many bands doing it back then to need any more doing it now.

Iliopoulos knows how to do this melodeath thang til his fingers bleed, and The Puritan is an effectively crafted slab of Gothenburg jagged riffing, harmonized guitars and throaty vocals. For a band that has rubbed more than shoulders with some big hitters and genre-definers, while the proficiency is there, that extra dose of depth of thought and invention in song-writing that would move Nightrage from just A.N.Other band to genuine players, is lacking.

Even seventeen years ago this would have sat as one of the pack alongside your Withering Surface’s, A Canorous Quintet’s and Crown of Thorns as follower, not leader.

 

6.5/10

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STEVE TOVEY


Album Stream: Nightrage – The Puritan


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Nightrage is streaming their sixth studio album The Puritan in its entirety, out April 24, 2015 via Despotz Records here. The album was produced by Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, Devin Townsend, Soilwork) and George Nerantzis at Dugout Productions in Uppsala, Sweden.

Nightrage is…

Marios Iliopoulos – Guitar
Ronnie Nyman – Vocals
Anders Hammer – Bass


Music Video: Nightrage – Stare Into Infinity


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Greek/Swedish melodic death metallers Nightrage is streaming the music video for “Stare Into Infinity,” off of their upcoming sixth studio album The Puritan, out April 24, 2015 via Despotz Records. Stream it below.

Album number six was produced by Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, Devin Townsend, Soilwork) and George Nerantzis at Dugout Productions in Uppsala, Sweden.

01: The Puritan
02: With a Blade of a Knife
03: Desperate Vows
04: Endless Night
05: Foul Vile Life
06: Stare into Infinity
07: Lone Lake (Instrumental)
08: Son of Sorrow
09: When Gold Turns to Rust
10: Fathomless
11: Kiss of a Sycophant

Nightrage is…

Marios Iliopoulos – Guitar
Ronnie Nyman – Vocals
Anders Hammer – Bass

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Nightrage Streaming “Desperate Vows”


Nightrage. Photo Credit: Magnus Ewald

Nightrage. Photo Credit: Magnus Ewald

Greek/Swedish melodic death metallers Nightrage is streaming “Desperate Vows,” with guest vocals by Lawrence Mackrory (Darkane, F.K.Ü.), off their upcoming sixth album The Puritan, out April 24, 2015 via Despotz Records, here.

The Puritan – an uncompromising, eerie, dramatic and melodic death metal journey in its purest essence – welcomes new Nightrage vocalist, Ronnie Nyman, to the mix. Nyman joins founding member, guitarist Marios Iliopoulos, and bassist, Anders Hammer, after performing with the band last year on its Japanese and Russian tours.

Album number six was produced by Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, Devin Townsend, Soilwork) and George Nerantzis at Dugout Productions in Uppsala, Sweden.

01. The Puritan
02. With a Blade of a Knife
03. Desperate Vows
04. Endless Night
05. Foul Vile Life
06. Stare into Infinity
07. Lone Lake (Instrumental)
08. Son of Sorrow
09. When Gold Turns to Rust
10. Fathomless
11. Kiss of a Sycophant

Nightrage is…

Marios Iliopoulos – Guitar
Ronnie Nyman – Vocals
Anders Hammer – Bass

Nightrage on Facebook
Nightrage on Twitter
Nightrage on YouTube
Nightrage on Instagram
Nightrage on Tictail
Despotz Records on Facebook
Despotz Records on YouTube


Nightrage Streaming “Kiss of a Sycophany” Music Video


Nightrage. Photo Credit: Magnus Ewald

Nightrage. Photo Credit: Magnus Ewald

Greek/Swedish melodic death metallers Nightrage will be releasing their sixth studio album The Puritan on April 24, 2015 via Despotz Records. Watch their music video for “Kiss of a Sycophant” here.

The Puritan – an uncompromising, eerie, dramatic and melodic death metal journey in its purest essence – welcomes new Nightrage vocalist, Ronnie Nyman, to the mix. Nyman joins founding member, guitarist Marios Iliopoulos, and bassist, Anders Hammer, after performing with the band last year on its Japanese and Russian tours.

Album number six was produced by Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, Devin Townsend, Soilwork) and George Nerantzis at Dugout Productions in Uppsala, Sweden.

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01. The Puritan
02. With a Blade of a Knife
03. Desperate Vows
04. Endless Night
05. Foul Vile Life
06. Stare into Infinity
07. Lone Lake (Instrumental)
08. Son of Sorrow
09. When Gold Turns to Rust
10. Fathomless
11. Kiss of a Sycophant

Nightrage is…

Marios Iliopoulos – Guitar
Ronnie Nyman – Vocals
Anders Hammer – Bass

Nightrage on Facebook
Nightrage on Twitter
Nightrage on YouTube
Nightrage on Instagram
Nightrage on Tictail
Despotz on Facebook
Despotz Records on YouTube