Nightrage announced the title of their upcoming new album, Wearing A Martyr's Crown. The album is said to be a return to form for the band, with an even more traditional melodic death metal approach. Wearing A Martyr's Crown will be recorded, produced, and mixed by Fredrik Nordström at Studio Fredman.

Having released two critically acclaimed albums on Century Media (Sweet Vengeance and Descent Into Chaos) and the LIFEFORCE debut A New Disease Is Born in 2007 this Swedish/Greek quintet takes a fresh and renewed start with Wearing A Martyr's Crown. NIGHTRAGE finds undeviating strength by looking back to a time between 94 and 98, when the almighty Gothenburg-sound was at its peak. Headed by guitar hero Marios Iliopoulos (ex-Exhumation), all songs turn out to be aggressive and in-your-face, while combining memorable melodies and sheer brutality perfectly. Being true to their core sound, the band entered legendary Studio Fredman, where all the famous Gothenburg-style acts Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, In Flames and NIGHTRAGE of course have recorded their classics. As always the guitars steal the show and Wearing A Martyr's Crown is no exception. Fast crushing riffing as well as catchy melodies, beautiful solos and some clean guitars form a specific atmosphere: Wearing A Martyr's Crown continues and truthfully upholds the original Swedish melodic death metal sound.

NIGHTRAGE has gone through a number of major line-up changes in the past, with the participation of Gus G (Firewind, Dream Evil) and Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates, Disfear) which the band did for their efforts in Wearing A Martyr's Crown. Mastermind Marios Iliopoulos recruited shouter Antony Hämäläinen (Burn Your Halo, ex- Slaves For Scores), guitarist Olof Morck Guitar (Dragonland), Jo Nunez (Suicide of Demons) on drums and bassist Anders Hammer (ex-Disdain) to find a solid line-up and to permute his death metallic vision.