Sweet Vengeance (album)

Sweet Vengeance is the debut full-length studio album by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band Nightrage. It was released by Century Media Records on 30 June 2003. Some song titles are shortened versions of ones used for demo versions of their respective songs.

Sweet Vengeance
Cover art by Niklas Sundin
Studio album by
Released30 June 2003
Recorded2003
GenreMelodic death metal
Length41:46
LabelCentury Media
ProducerFredrik Nordström
Patrik Sten
Nightrage chronology
Demo 3
(2002)
Sweet Vengeance
(2003)
Descent into Chaos
(2005)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Blabbermouth.net          [2]
BW&BK          [3]

Writing for AllMusic, John Serba said the album was "consistently excellent in both song and performance" and "any fan of the melodic European death metal scene should foam at the mouth upon hearing Nightrage's debut."[1]

Blabbermouth was more critical of the album, calling it an "above average slab of melodic crunch that can at different points be both skilful and disparate."[2]

Laura Taylor for Exclaim! stated that "the band pulls off the stylistic experimentation admirably well" and that it "isn't the straightforward melodic death metal album that the first few tracks might lead you to expect."[4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Marios Iliopoulos

No.TitleLength
1."The Tremor"3:17
2."The Glow of the Setting Sun"4:09
3."Hero"3:57
4."Elusive Emotion"3:45
5."Gloomy Daydreams"4:13
6."Macabre Apparition"3:31
7."In My Heart"3:19
8."Ethereal"4:50
9."Circle of Pain"4:21
10."At the Ends of the Earth"4:34
11."The Howls of the Wolves" (Instrumental)1:42

Japanese releases feature a bonus track, an extended demo version of "Gloomy Daydreams".

Personnel

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Band members

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Guests

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References

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  1. ^ a b Serba, John. "Nightrage - Sweet Vengeance". AllMusic.
  2. ^ a b "Nightrage - Sweet Vengeance". Blabbermouth.
  3. ^ Begai, Carl (2003-07-07). "NIGHTRAGE - Sweet Vengeance". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  4. ^ Taylor, Laura (2003-09-01). "Nightrage Sweet Vengeance". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
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