Chaotic Beauty is the third album by Finnish symphonic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow. 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.
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
Japanese edition bonus tracks
Flight of Icarus (Iron Maiden cover) – 4:14
Coronach – 4:54
Nightwind's Lullaby – 5:29
Burning Flames' Embrace – 4:08
Personnel
Band members
Altti Veteläinen − vocals, bass
Jarmo Puolakanaho − guitar
Antti-Matti Talala − lead guitar
Pasi Hiltula − keyboards
Petri Sankala − drums
Guest appearances
Kimberly Goss − female vocals (on tracks 5 and 9), whispering (on track 3) Heli Luokkala − female vocals (on track 12, Japanese bonus CD)