| Sweet Vengeance | ||||
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 Cover art by Niklas Sundin | ||||
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| Released | June 30, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 41:46 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Fredrik Nordström Patrik Sten | |||
| Nightrage chronology | ||||
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Sweet Vengeance is the debut full-length studio album by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band Nightrage. It was released by Century Media Records on June 30, 2003. Some song titles are shortened versions of ones used for demo versions of their respective songs.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Blabbermouth.net |    [2] |
Writing for AllMusic, John Serba said the album was "consistently excellent in both song and performance" and "any fan of the melodic European death metal scene should foam at the mouth upon hearing Nightrage's debut." [1]
Blabbermouth was more critical of the album, calling it an "above average slab of melodic crunch that can at different points be both skilful and disparate." [2]
All tracks are written by Marios Iliopoulos.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Tremor" | 3:17 |
| 2. | "The Glow of the Setting Sun" | 4:09 |
| 3. | "Hero" | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Elusive Emotion" | 3:45 |
| 5. | "Gloomy Daydreams" | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Macabre Apparition" | 3:31 |
| 7. | "In My Heart" | 3:19 |
| 8. | "Ethereal" | 4:50 |
| 9. | "Circle of Pain" | 4:21 |
| 10. | "At the Ends of the Earth" | 4:34 |
| 11. | "The Howls of the Wolves" (Instrumental) | 1:42 |
Japanese releases feature a bonus track, an extended demo version of "Gloomy Daydreams".
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