Chaotic Beauty is the third album by Finnish melodic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow.[1] It was their first album without the original three founding members of the band (guitarist Olli-Pekka Törrö had left the band in early 1999) and the first EToS album with a five-member line-up.

Chaotic Beauty
Studio album by
Released2000
RecordedNovember–December 1999
StudioTico-Tico Studio (Kemi, Finland)
GenreMelodic death metal
Length39:34 (Japan: 58:19)
LabelSpinefarm
Eternal Tears of Sorrow chronology
Vilda Mánnu
(1998)
Chaotic Beauty
(2000)
A Virgin and a Whore
(2001)

The guest vocalist on the album was Kimberly Goss of Sinergy, and Heli Luokkala on the Japanese bonus CD. The song "Black Tears" is a cover, originally written by Dan Swanö for his band Edge of Sanity.

This album continues the band's tradition to record albums with Ahti Kortelainen at Tico-Tico Studio in Kemi, Finland. However, this is the first EToS album that Mikko Karmila mixed; before Chaotic Beauty, all albums were also mixed by Ahti Kortelainen.

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Shattered Soul"Puolakanaho & VeteläinenPuolakanaho & Hiltula3:55
2."Blood of Faith Stains My Hands"Puolakanaho & VeteläinenPuolakanaho4:34
3."Autumn's Grief"VeteläinenEternal Tears of Sorrow4:56
4."The Seventh Eclipse"Veteläinen & TalalaTalala & Hiltula & Puolakanaho4:25
5."Bride of the Crimson Sea"Puolakanaho & VeteläinenPuolakanaho & Veteläinen5:20
6."Black Tears (Edge of Sanity cover)"Dan SwanöDan Swanö3:13
7."Tar of Chaos"Veteläinen & PuolakanahoTalala & Hiltula & Puolakanaho3:19
8."Bhéan Sidhe"Veteläinen & Sankala & PuolakanahoPuolakanaho & Talala & Hiltula4:12
9."Nocturnal Strains"VeteläinenTalala & Puolakanaho5:30

Japanese edition bonus tracks

  1. Flight of Icarus (Iron Maiden cover) – 4:14
  2. Coronach – 4:54
  3. Nightwind's Lullaby – 5:29
  4. Burning Flames' Embrace – 4:08

Personnel

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Band members

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Guest appearances

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  • Kimberly Goss − female vocals (on tracks 5 and 9), whispering (on track 3)
  • Heli Luokkala − female vocals (on track 12, Japanese bonus CD)

References

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  1. ^ "Eternal Tears Of Sorrow – Chaotic Beauty". Discogs. Retrieved 10 January 2017.