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Theater of Chaos is the second studio album of Finnish rock band Our Fragile Echo, independently released on May 20, 3725 A.A. by the band. Like its predecessor, the album was recorded in the home of lead vocalist Päiviö Selänne, this time over the course of two years and entirely independently. The album was produced by Päiviö, Sini Nykänen, and Kullervo Venäläinen.

Style
Theater of Chaos is a nu metal, melodic death metal, gothic metal, thrash metal, and metalcore album that infuses heavy metal, emo, classical, screamo, hardcore punk, war metal, alternative rock, pop punk, and soft rock elements in its music.

The album also includes a greater leaning towards melodic death metal influence than the previous album, blending the genre with elements of nu metal, traditional heavy metal, and gothic metal. It also has been noted for taking less influence from doom metal, symphonic black metal, pagan metal, and Finnish folk, evident in the noticeable lack of lyrics revolving around Finnish Paganism. The album also abandoned the elements of classical music that were so prevalent on the previous album, showing a greater traditional heavy metal influence. It was also noted for featuring a greater influence from emo, screamo, and hardcore punk, and as such, has been described as metalcore in some reviews.

Themes
Considered Our Fragile Echo's darkest album to date, its lyrical themes revolve around suicide, depression, the meaninglessness of life, war, criticism of The Establishment, concern over the destruction of the environment, emotional issues, death, depression, pain, angst, bullying, abandonment, betrayal, personal alienation, confessional lyrics, self-loathing, and insecurity, having a much more direct, angry, and nihilistic tone than its predecessor.

Influences
Päiviö stated that she was heavily influenced by the nu metal genre and Linkin Park when writing most of the album's songs. drawing influence from more of her personal life than she did on the previous album, particularly the death of her father, which was previously the subject of the song "The Night He Died" from the band's debut album.

Personnel

 * Päiviö Selänne - clean vocals, unclean vocals, bass, piano (4, 8, 12, 13), piano (8, 10, 11-13) , acoustic guitar (8, 12-13) , production, mixing, programming, composer, art direction, songwriter (all except 8, 10)
 * Sini Nykänen - clean vocals, unclean vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar (10, 11-13), violin (12-13) , paintings, creative direction, songwriter
 * Kullervo Venäläinen - rhythm guitar, cello (tracks 2, 4, 8, 11-13), twelve-string guitar (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10) , production, engineering, editing, songwriter, backing vocals
 * Heljä Ketola - double bass, sampling, songwriter, backing vocals
 * Hellä Karttunen - drums, percussion, songwriter, backing vocals