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Finspång, Sweden (1989 – 1997, 2003 – 2003)
Edge of Sanity was a Swedish progressive death metal 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 black metal with genuine progressive rock.
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 progressive metal. “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.
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 progressive metal. “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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Epsilon_X2008 wrote:
is black tears their only "catchy" song?
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SoulBlade_ wrote:
AzazelBM, wow, thanks for pointing out that.... THIS BAND HAS NOTHING COMMON WITH OPETH. Admiral Obvious.
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AzazelBM wrote:
Veryy good, but it's not Opeth !
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undeadxchild wrote:
Crimson I & II = Masterpieces.
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isixfs_ wrote:
http://culturaracional.com.br/
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Hugo_AcesHigh wrote:
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.
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Hugo_AcesHigh wrote:
i know,and i'm not even a christian.
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Hugo_AcesHigh wrote:
@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.
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Hugo_AcesHigh wrote:
can someone tell me why this band ended?
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FilthyBorgir wrote:
needz a Crimson 3
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goashem wrote:
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...
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ale193 wrote:
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.
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GrindWar wrote:
crimson and crimson 2 - they monstrously rules!
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Diademof12Stars wrote:
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.
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Hugo_AcesHigh wrote:
edge of sanity are underrated,yes.
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ponacko wrote:
Crimson = masterpiece [2]
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SteQ wrote:
Crimson = masterpiece
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todd_rivers wrote:
ZOMG STFU SLUT OLOLOLO EOS INVENTED PROGGYDEATHS THEY DESERVE TO BE NUMBA 1 DAN SWEENU FOR MOST KUVLT BR00TAL GUY OF YEAR
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s3nny wrote:
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.
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s3nny wrote:
edge of sanity is a well known band in the death metal genre and if you deny that fact you're obviously retarded. also >every person on this planet uses last.fm >edge of sanity doesn't have a huge fanbase >black tears and crimsonI/II aren't well known metalhymns >bands like heaven shall burn and eternal tears of sorrow didn't introduce them to a younger audience by covering black tears)
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