Swedish thrashers NIGHTRAGE are confirmed for the Extreme Sound Festival, taking place February 27th in Mexico City, Mexico.

Says the band, "Looking forward as hell to going over the pond to thrash with our Mexican fans!"

Further festival news to follow.

Lifeforce Records recently announced an August 4th North American release date for Wearing A Martyr's Crown, the new album from Nightrage. Check out a new video trailer for the album, below.

Wearing A Martyr's Crown was released in Europe/Japan on June 22nd.

Wearing A Martyr's Crown (artwork pictured) features the following tracklisting: 'Shed The Blood', 'Collision Of Fate', 'A Grim Struggle', 'Wearing A Martyr's Crown', 'Among Wolves', 'Abandon', 'Futile Tears', 'Wounded Angels', 'Mocking Modesty', 'Failure Of All Human Emotions', 'Sting Of Remorse', 'Holier Than Thou' (METALLICA cover, Japanese bonus), 'Failure Of All Human Emotions' (demo version, on Japenese and European digipak)

Wearing A Martyr's Crown was recorded at Studio Fredman with producer Fredrik Nordström (AT THE GATES, ARCH ENEMY, DARK TRANQUILLITY, IN FLAMES, OPETH)

According to a press release, "Wearing A Martyr's Crown finds Nightrage more mature than ever, but present is also a distinct will for experimentation and fresh ideas - though always inside the boundaries of what made the NIGHTRAGE name from the beginning; sheer brutality, swirling and soaring melodies and acoustic guitar work to evoke scenes and emotions of the deepest melancholy. Delving into a multitude of musical and lyrical vistas, this fourth opus from the international melodic death metal martyrs deals with a multi-layered journey into the darkest depths of the human psyche, the futility of human behaviour and the most dimly lit corners of the untold arcane. Expect to have these eleven incantations burn your soul, yet leaving you wanting to come back for more."