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Finspång, Sweden (1989 – 1997, 2003 – 2003)

Edge of Sanity was a Swedish band whose work often delved into experimental territory. Edge of Sanity are regarded alongside Opeth as being the first to fuse extreme metal styles like death and with genuine .

Having formed in 1989 in Finspång, Sweden, Edge of Sanity asserted themselves as a solid death-metal outfit with their debut release “Nothing but Death Remains”, but their second release “Unorthodox”, with tracks like “Enigma” and “When All Is Said”, showed them branching out from some of the genre’s conventions. “The Spectral Sorrows”, “Until Eternity Ends”, and “Purgatory Afterglow” continued the trend, so that by the release of 1996’s “Crimson” they were recording full-on . “Crimson” was a 40-minute concept album consisting entirely of one track, concerning a post-apocalyptic future in which mankind had lost the ability to breed. After one more album, 1997’s “Infernal”, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Dan Swanö left the band, and his departure is generally associated with a decline in quality in the band’s material. Swanö was replaced by Robban Karlsson, the vocalist of Pan.Thy.Monium (a side project in which Swanö was also involved), but after one more album, the same year’s “Cryptic”, the band split up.

In 2003, Swanö reconvened the outfit as a one-man band (with several session musicians, however) and recorded a sequel to “Crimson”, naturally entitled “Crimson II”. Immediately after, he re-dissolved the project, and it has been silent since.
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  • lifelovah

    vv Hollow.

    Sunday evening

  • MadTinus

    Losing Myself is in similar style. It's on the Infernal album.

    last week

  • Epsilon_X2008

    is black tears their only "catchy" song?

    last week

  • SoulBlade_

    AzazelBM, wow, thanks for pointing out that.... THIS BAND HAS NOTHING COMMON WITH OPETH. Admiral Obvious.

    14 days ago

  • AzazelBM

    Veryy good, but it's not Opeth !

    15 days ago

  • undeadxchild

    Crimson I & II = Masterpieces.

    21 days ago

  • isixfs_

    http://culturaracional.com.br/

    last month

  • Hugo_AcesHigh

    i basically said " i'm greddy and i'm not even a christian" therefore,if i was a christian,i would be even more greedy. lol is on your direction, pal.

    last month

  • Hugo_AcesHigh

    i know,and i'm not even a christian.

    last month

  • Hugo_AcesHigh

    @goashem lulz,so you actually think bands prefer to stay underground just for the 'kvlt' status? no one is stupid enough to dislike money,dude.especially when it's not compromising their music.

    last month

  • Hugo_AcesHigh

    can someone tell me why this band ended?

    last month

  • FilthyBorgir

    needz a Crimson 3

    last month

  • goashem

    They were definitely five (if not ten) years ahead of their time. If they had been signed on a bigger label, they would perhaps have been huge. They could be bigger than Opeth now. I'm not sure, though, if it would have been what Dan & the rest of the guys would have wanted...

    last month

  • ale193

    I think lesser known would be a better term than underrated, as those who do know of the band almost invariably give them respect they deserve and acknowledge their influence. that being said, they really are a less known band, even amongst moderately knowledgeable fans of the genre. its rather surprising considering how the were one of the bands that pioneered the fusion of prog into extreme metal, and are also considered to be one of the earlier progenitors of Melodic death metal.

    last month

  • GrindWar

    crimson and crimson 2 - they monstrously rules!

    last month

  • Diademof12Stars

    Edge of Sanity has to be the most diverse death metal band I have ever heard. I consider virtually all of their works to be masterpieces.

    December 2011

  • Hugo_AcesHigh

    edge of sanity are underrated,yes.

    December 2011

  • ponacko

    Crimson = masterpiece [2]

    December 2011

  • SteQ

    Crimson = masterpiece

    December 2011

  • s3nny

    so why did you come up with listeners? :) you'll find stupid people in every corner of this planet. and still, EoS are pretty well known. stupid kiddies may not know them, but the older generation and people who like to dig a bit deeper do.

    December 2011
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