New Disease Is Born

Nightrage | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 17, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Lifeforce Records
• ASIN: B000MMMTKA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,606 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome melodic death metal!, September 18, 2007

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Michael A. Carra "mike carra" (bronx, new york) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Disease Is Born (Audio CD)

im surprised to hear people did not enjoy this album. yea there is a few changes. the main lead guitarist and singer left. but by no means is this album a step down. i've always enjoyed nightrage and i really love this album. they are still same old nightrage but with MUCH! more melody. wich really made this album extremely catchy. the new singer is great. some people might know him as the singer to cypher system. and the other guitarist does a good job handleing lead and rhythem. im impressed sinse he did all the guitars on his own.

this is a must have for gothenburg metal fans. fans of in flames, soilwork, dark tranquillity, and gardenian will enjoy this album

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3.0 out of 5 stars No longer a super group, but still good..., June 10, 2007

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Murat Batmaz (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Disease Is Born (Audio CD)

Nightrage is no longer the super group driven by multi-project guitarist Gus G. and former At The Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg, as both members have left the band, the former to concentrate on his own bands and the latter because of creative differences. Now, if you've never heard the band's earlier albums, then there is no reason why you wouldn't enjoy A New Disease is Born, assuming you're a fan of In Flames circa Clayman.

This album packs Gothenburg-style melodic death, driven by Marios Iliopoulos' melodic guitar signature, and the stomping rhythm work by Henric Karlsson on bass and new member Alex Svenningson on drums. New vocalist Jimmie Strimell of Death Destruction and Cipher System fame is a fitting replacemet, as he is capable of both face-ripping death growls and clean vocal harmonies, absent on earlier songs. Tracks like the brutal opener "Spiral", busy with an onslaught of rhythm battery and sledgehammer riffery, also contain acoustic breaks for clean-sung parts. Similarly, "Reconcile" merges Strimmell's three different vocal styles into a relatively compact composition. It is filled with clean choruses, low death growls, and more modern metalcore-like screaming. Topped by a catchy guitar motif, this song is a real winner.

If you enjoyed In Flames' Clayman album, carried by an instantly gripping melodic quality and simple-to-follow song structures, the accessible guitar theme of "Scathing" and the folksy power metal-style melodies of "Scars of the Past" are going to be your favourites. The latter is actually a number that boasts killer staccato riffery in its intro, but with a progression into more melodic territory it offers memorable licks and guitar phrases. "Death-like Silence" is also among the heaviest songs on the album. Octopus drumming, crushing bass arpeggios, and precise rhythm guitars culminate in a melodic finale, where even the suffocating death growls turn into an anthemic pop chorus. The last song, which is the title track, is a sweet instrumental based on beautiful acoustic guitars and definitely worth a listen.

A New Disease is Born is far from original, but within the realm of Swedish melodic death, it is an album many may enjoy. The production was handled by Jacob Hansen which means the CD sounds exactly like everything else he produced, be it Mercenary, Hatesphere, or Fear My Thoughts. Contrary to many fans' opinions, I've never been too fond of his production work, as I don't favour overtly compressed records. They sort of flatten the dynamic quality in my opinion. Still sonically, the album is certainly packed with energy that suits these songs. That said, the earlier albums are slightly more to my liking, as they carry Gus G.'s signature all over them.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Still going strong..., April 17, 2007

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David Falzano (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Disease Is Born (Audio CD)

Wow! There might be a lot of changes in this band (line-up) but the sound that makes this band so damn good is still there! Every song is killer & yet still melodic like you would expect from Nightrage; & yes a soothing instrumental is in this CD (like the other albums) at the end to round off the disc nicely. This album definitely ranks up with the last 2 albums the band made & I think it sounds more like their first CD which I liked better than 'Descent into Chaos'. Check this out for some well made melodic death metal!