NIGHTRAGE - Insidious LP (Black Vinyl)

As an avid fan of Nightrage, joining the hoard from A New Disease is Born through Wearing A Martyr's Crown to this, Insidious, a shorter and much appreciated title for typing (makes me happy), it's plain to see they're like a good cheese or wine, maturing with age - and becoming much more of a musical force than anything else currently in the Melodic Death Metal genre, including In Flames' Sounds of a Playground Fading and Dark Tranquillity's We Are the Void, emulating Tomas Lindburg's decade on top of the genre with At the Gates.

I was sort of surprised by how well this album turned out. It was the one I was looking forward to the most in this genre for the year 2011. After all the hype of having most of the players from the first couple albums back again in one way or another I have to say the band lived up to it. Insidious is a shredding aggressive melodic death album that you can listen to and really appreciate the musicianship and skill present. Whether its the beautiful harmonies, top of the line guest appearances, or crazy drumming, if you love melodic death metal this is the one album you should not miss.