22.03.2005 
Being Nothing
Phantasma
Poems
Descent into Chaos
Frozen
Drug
Silent Solitude
Omen
Release
Solus [Instrumental]
Jubilant Cry
Reality Vs. Truth
Tomas
Lindberg - Vocals
Marios Iliopoulos - Guitar
Gus G - Guitar
Henric Carlsson - Bass
Fotis Benardo - Drums
keyboards courtesy of Dream Evil’s Fredrik Nordström, a guest clean vocal appearance by Dark Tranquillity’s Mikael Stanne on the track “Frozen”
photo © by Niklas Sundin
produced by Patrik J. Sten at Studio Fredman, Gothenburg
review by Dimitris "Heartcollector83"
Theodoropoulos____ 
| The perfect successor to the incredible Sweet Vengeance. The band is surely here to stay. |
Descent
Into Chaos is the new album by the new Greek/Swedish band Nightrage.
Forming from the ashes of the Greek band Exhumation, mastermind Marios
Iliopoulos went to Sweden to form a new band and along with his friend
Gus G joined forces with the legendary Tomas Lindberg (ex-At The Gates).
This is their second album after 2003’s incredible Sweet Vengeance. Michael
Stanne from Dark Tranquillity
is the guest musician and does vocals for parts of some songs where
clean vocals are needed.
Fredman has done another miracle and the production is crystal clear
with the decent sound such album would need to have. Music wise the
album is in the same vein as it’s predecessor and we
once again have a melodic Swedish Death metal album full of maiden like
melodies from the guitars and sharp guitar riffs with aggression and
feeling at the same time. Tomas’ vocals need no comments at all, the
guy carries on his back half of Sweden’s Death metal scene and his
influence to so many singers is uncountable. His voice is a
trademark and a guarantee. The new drummer of the band is doing an
awesome work, Fotis (ex-Septic Flesh) surprised me a lot with his
playing, not that I didn’t know how much of a great drummer he was,
but his playing on such music style is the best these songs need. Trying
to judge Gus G’s performance on the album would be pointless. The guy
is a phenomenon and I don’t have to praise him in this review, there
are many others who have done that better than me. We all know what this
guy can do and his approach on the songs is amazing.
Marios has
written some really good tunes once again and his band shows a more
mature face both composition wise and performance wise as well. “Being
Nothing” which starts the album is one of the best songs of
the album and the power and aggression of this song are presenting the
trademarks of the band’s sound. “Phantasma”
is another killer song and “Poems”
which follows is in the same high standards. The self title song of the
album “Descent Into Chaos” is
among my fave songs of the album. “Frozen”
is another highlight of the album with Stanne’s clean vocals
exchanging lines with Tomas’ spitting voice. “Omen”
hits you from the first second, a very powerful song, a great death
metal song the Swedish way! “Release”
slows the tempos a bit and Foti’s drumming is spectacular. “Solus”
is a nice instrumental song with some amazing melodies thrown in and
great Gus’ solos. Last song of the album is “Reality
VS Truth” and is another diamond in this album.
In
general Descent Into Chaos is the perfect successor to the incredible
Sweet Vengeance. It might not be that perfect as the first album but it
follows very closely and there are some of the best songs Nightrage have
written so far in this album. Marios is on
top form and he and his band is the next big thing coming from Sweden.
The band is surely here to stay and we should expect more from
them. Our expectations are high from now on and I am sure these guys
won’t let us down.
rating: 8.8/10
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