Grand Illusion (album)

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Grand Illusion
Studio album by Nocturnal Rites
Released September 19, 2005
Recorded Toontrack Music, Umeå, Sweden
Genre Power metal
Length 46:38
Label Century Media
Producer Shep
Nocturnal Rites chronology
Lost in Time - The Early Years of Nocturnal Rites
(2005)		 Grand Illusion
(2005)		 The 8th Sin
(2007)
Not to be confused with The Grand Illusion (album), by Styx.

Grand Illusion is the seventh album from the power metal band Nocturnal Rites released in 2005

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Fools Never Die" – 3:54
  2. "Never Trust" – 4:43
  3. "Still Alive" – 4:02
  4. "Something Undefined" – 4:08
  5. "Our Wasted Days" – 5:17
  6. "Cuts Like A Knife" – 5:10
  7. "End Of Our Rope" – 5:26
  8. "Never Ending" – 4:29
  9. "One By One" – 4:23
  10. "Deliverence" – 5:00

[edit] Band line-up

  • Jonny Lindkvist - Vocals
  • Fredrik Mannberg - Rhythm Guitar, backing vocals
  • Nils Norberg - Lead Guitar
  • Nils Eriksson - Bass
  • Owe Lingvall - Drums

[edit] Guest musicians

  • Henrik Kjellberg - Keyboards and backing vocals
  • Leif Grabbe, Ronny Hemlin (Steel Attack), L-G Persson (The Storyteller), Jens Carlsson (Persuader) - Backing Vocals
  • Jens Johansson - Keyboard solo on "Cuts like a Knife"
  • Henrik Dahnage (Evergrey) - First guitar solo on "Cuts like a Knife"
  • Kristoffer Olivius (Naglfar) - Harsh vocals on "Cuts like a Knife"
  • Stefan Elmgren - Second guitar solo on "Never Trust"
  • Per Elofsson - "pre-chorus whammy bar chaos" on "Never Trust"
  • Olec Balta - First guitar solo on "Something Undefined", left channel intro for "Our Wasted Days"
  • Emil Norberg (Persuader) - "pre-chorus whammy bar madness and end of song lead frenzy" on "Our Wasted Days"