The Venomous

This article is about the Nightrage album. For similar uses, see Venomous (disambiguation).

The Venomous
Studio album by Nightrage
Released	31 March 2017
Recorded	31 August and 30 September 2016
Studios	Zero Gravity, Athens, Greece
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	49:42
Label	Despotz (Sweden)
Producers	Marios Iliopoulos Terry Nikas
Nightrage chronology
The Puritan (2015) The Venomous (2017) Wolf to Man (2019)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Rock Hard
Metal.de
Metal Hammer Germany
Powermetal.de
Dead Rhetoric

The Venomous is the seventh full-length studio album by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band Nightrage. It was released by Despotz on 31 March 2017, format CD/LP/digital. The album was recorded by Terry Nikas at Zero Gravity studios in Athens, Greece, and mixed and mastered by Lawrence Mackrory at Maskinrummet studio in Uppsala, Sweden. The Venomous was also released in Japan by record label Avalon/Marquee. The Bonus Track for Japanese release is an alternative version of the instrumental song "Denial of the Soul".

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The Venomous"	Nyman, Iliopoulos	Iliopoulos	4:31
2.	"Metamorphosis/Day of Wrath"	Nyman, Iliopoulos	Iliopoulos, Söderman	3:52
3.	"In Abhorrence"	Nyman, Iliopoulos	Iliopoulos, Söderman	3:37
4.	"Affliction"	Nyman, Iliopoulos	Söderman, Iliopoulos	4:27
5.	"Catharsis"	Nyman, Iliopoulos	Iliopoulos, Söderman	4:55
6.	"Bemoan"	Nyman, Iliopoulos	Iliopoulos, Söderman	4:07
7.	"The Blood"	Nyman, Iliopoulos	Söderman, Iliopoulos	4:12
8.	"From Ashes into Stone"	Nyman, Iliopoulos	Iliopoulos, Söderman	3:41
9.	"Trail of Ghosts"	Nyman, Iliopoulos	Iliopoulos, Söderman	4:50
10.	"Disturbia"	Nyman, Iliopoulos	Iliopoulos, Söderman	4:25
11.	"Desolation And Dismay"	Nyman, Iliopoulos	Iliopoulos	4:03
12.	"Denial of The Soul" (Instrumental)	—	Iliopoulos	3:01

Videography

Music videos were filmed for two of the album's tracks, "The Venomous" and "Affliction". Both videos were directed by Rawrec productions.

Credits

Band members

• Ronnie Nyman − vocals
• Marios Iliopoulos − guitars
• Magnus Söderman − guitars
• Anders Hammer – bass
• Lawrence Dinamarca − drums

Guest musicians

• Lawrence Mackrory – Additional vocals on "Affliction" and "The Blood".
• Peter Sundström – String/keys arrangements on "Denial of the Soul"

References

Further reading

• Review by Stormbringer.at (in German)
• Review by Metal Temple
• Review by Angry Metal Guy
• Review by New Noise Magazine
• Review by Wonderbox Metal
• Review by GBHBL
• Review by No Clean Singing
• Review by Teeth of the Divine
• Review by Earshot.at (in German)
• Review by Hellfire-Magazin (in German)