A New Disease Is Born is the third full-length studio album

Studio album

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 by the Greek

Greece

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/Swedish

Sweden

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 melodic death metal

Melodic death metal

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 band, Nightrage

Nightrage

Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G. who later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.-Sweet Vengeance:...

. It was released by Lifeforce Records

Lifeforce Records

Lifeforce Records is a German record label that specializes in metalcore, death metal, and post-hardcore. Their current roster contains bands such as Burning Skies, This or the Apocalypse, Light Pupil Dilate and Nightrage, and they have helped to launch the careers of a number bands who went on to...

 on 12 March 2007. The album features an entirely new lineup, excluding guitarist Marios Iliopoulos

Marios Iliopoulos

Marios Iliopoulos, born December 16, 1969 in Thessaloniki, Greece is an acclaimed Greek heavy metal guitarist and founder of the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band Nightrage, and a former member of Exhumation....

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A New Disease Is Born appears in the lyrics to the song "Drug" from the previous album Descent into Chaos

Descent into Chaos (Nightrage album)

Descent into Chaos is the second full-length studio album by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band Nightrage. It was released by Century Media Records on 21 February 2005 in Europe, on 5 April 2005 in the US and by King Japan on 27 April 2005 in Japan...

, which suggests a possible origin for the name of this album.

Track listing

Videography

The album features a video for the song, "Scathing" directed by Bob Katsionis

Bob Katsionis

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Band members

• Jimmie Strimmell − vocals
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• Marios Iliopoulos
  Marios Iliopoulos
  Marios Iliopoulos, born December 16, 1969 in Thessaloniki, Greece is an acclaimed Greek heavy metal guitarist and founder of the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band Nightrage, and a former member of Exhumation....
  
   − guitar
  Guitar
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• Olof Mörck
  Olof Mörck
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   – guitar
  Guitar
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• Henric Carlsson − bass
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• Alex Svenningsson − drums
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External links

• Nightrage Discography page