Wearing a Martyr's Crown

Wearing a Martyr's Crown is the fourth album by the melodic death metal band Nightrage. The album was released on 22 June 2009 through German label, Lifeforce Records. The European digipak includes a demo version of "Failure of All Human Emotions" as a bonus track. The Japanese version of the album includes a cover of Metallica's "Holier Than Thou."

On 18 February 2010 Nightrage released their third music video for the song Wearing a Martyr's Crown while on a tour of Greece. The video was once again directed by Bob Katsionis and was recorded at Zero Gravity Studios which is located in Athens.

The title for the instrumental Sting Of Remorse was inspired by lyrics from the song Surge Of Pity which appears on the album A New Disease Is Born.

Musical appearances

 * "A Grim Struggle", "Collision of Fate", "Shed the Blood", and "Wearing a Martyr's Crown" were made available as downloadable content for the Rock Band video game series on Xbox. On 30 June 2011 "A Grim Struggle" was made available for download on the PlayStation 3 console.

Band members

 * Antony Hämäläinen – Vocals, Lyrics
 * Marios Iliopoulos – Guitar, Music composition, Lyrics
 * Olof Mörck – Guitar, Music composition
 * Anders Hammer – Bass guitar
 * Johan Nunez – Drums

Guest musicians

 * Gus G. – guitar solo on "Sting of Remorse"
 * Sakis Tolis – backing vocals on "Mocking Modesty"
 * Elias Holmlid – orchestrations and keyboards on "Shed the Blood", "Futile Tears", "Mocking Modesty", and "Sting of Remorse"

Production

 * Fredrik Nordström – Production, Mixing, keyboards on "Abandon"
 * Peter In de Betou - Audio Mastering at Tailor Maid Productions
 * Henrik Udd – Audio Engineering, Mixing
 * Andy Hayball – Assistant Engineer