Multi-national thrashers NIGHTRAGE have announced that guitarist Olof Morck will be forced to sit out the band's Frets Of Fury tour with FIREWIND, WHITE WIZZARD and ARSIS throughout the US and Canada in October. Filling in for him during the trek will be former CELLADOR/CIRCLE II CIRCLE guitarist Bill Hudson.

Says Hudson: "It'll be a blast! Nightrage is a killer band and Marios (Illiopoulos, guitarist) has one of the best right hands I've ever seen/heard, so it was a real challenge to learn the material. I have very close friends in every other band on this tour and I certainly look forward to being on the road with them."

Due to some production difficulties out of Lifeforce Records' control, they are forced to postpone the North American street date for Nightrage's new album, Insidious, from September 27th to October 11th.

Says the label: "We are very sorry for the fans out there who now have to wait two weeks longer to hold the album in their hands."

Insidious was released by Lifeforce Records on September 26th in Europe. The album track, 'Hate Turns Black', is streaming in the YouTube clip below:

Singer Antony Hämäläinen recently commented on 'Hate Turns Black': "This is one of the first songs we wrote for this record. To me this song takes you on a great ride. Very old school Gothenburg feel in the pre chorus and a traditional metal feel on the rest. This is Nightrage to the bone."

Nightrage recently issued track-by-track descriptions of Insidious. Part 1 from singer Antony Hämäläinen can be found here. Part 2, from guitarist and mastermind Marios Iliopoulos, can be found at this location.

Insidious tracklisting:

'So Far Away' (Intro)

'Delirium Of The Fallen' (with Apollo Papathanasio of FIREWIND)

'Insidious' (with Tomas Lindberg of AT THE GATYES/LOCK UP)

'Wrapped In Deceitful Dreams' (with Gus G. of OZZY OSBOURNE/ FIREWIND and Tom S. Englund of EVERGREY)

'Hate Turns Black'

'Sham Piety' (with Tomas Lindberg)

'Cloaked In Wolf Skin'

'This World Is Coming To An End' (with Tomas Lindberg and Apollo Papathanasio)

'Utmost Ends Of Pain'

'Poignant Memories'

'Hush Of Night'

'Poisoned Pawn'

'Solar Eclipse (Prelude)' (with John K of BIOMECHANICAL)

'Solar Corona' (with Gus G. and Tom S Englund)

1'Emblem Of light (Outro)' (with John K)

Japanese bonus track and digital only bonus:

'Photograph' (DEF LEPPARD cover with Apollo Papathanasio)

The Frets Of Fury Tour Itinerary:

October

9 - St Petersburg, FL - The State Theater
10 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
11 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
12 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater
13 - Manchester, NH - Rocko's
14 - Montreal, QC - Les Foufounes Electriques
15 - Ottawa, ON - Maverick's
16 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
18 - Joliet, IL - Mojoe's
19 - St Paul, MN - Station 4
20 - Winnipeg, MB - The Osborne Village Inn
21 - Edmonton, AB - Pawn Shop
22 - Kelowna, BC - Sapphire Nightclub
23 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theater
24 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
25 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
26 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
27 - Hollywood, CA - The Whisky A Go Go