The Puritan (album)

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The Puritan
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Studio album by
Released24 April 2015
Recorded2014 at Dug Out Productions, Uppsala, Sweden
Genre Melodic death metal [1] [2]
Length37:53
Label Despotz (Sweden)
Producer George Nerantzis and Daniel Bergstrand
Nightrage chronology
Insidious
(2011)
The Puritan
(2015)
The Venomous
(2017)

The Puritan is the sixth full-length studio album by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band, Nightrage. It was released by Despotz on 24 April 2015, format CD/LP/digital. [3] It is their first album with new vocalist Ronnie Nyman.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Marios Iliopoulos and Ronnie Nyman; all music is composed by Marios Iliopoulos and Ronnie Nyman.

No.TitleLength
1."The Puritan"4:11
2."With a Blade of a Knife"2:52
3."Desperate Vows"4:13
4."Endless Night"4:09
5."Foul Vile Life"3:13
6."Stare into Infinity"3:36
7."Lone Lake" (Instrumental)2:14
8."Son of Sorrow"3:25
9."When Gold Turns to Rust"3:10
10."Fathomless"3:25
11."Kiss of a Sycophant"3:25

Credits

Band members

Guest musicians

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References

  1. "Album Review: Nightrage – The Puritan (Despotz Records)" . Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. Coulombe, Alex. "Review: Nightrage – The Puritan" . Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. "Despotz Records – Releases". Despotz Records. Retrieved 5 May 2019.