Edge of Sanity
Background information
Origin	Sweden
Genre(s)	Death metal other influences: Gothic metal Black metal Doom metal Rock
Years active	1990 - 2003
Label(s)	Black Mark
Former members
Dan Swanö Andreas Axelsson Sami Nerberg Anders Lindberg Benny Larsson Robert Karlsson

Edge of Sanity are a Swedish melodic death metal band whose work often delves into experimental, even progressive, territory. While artists like Bathory and Emperor had recorded songs that could be regarded as epic, 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. Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that evolved out of thrash metal during the early 1980s. ... Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music that originated during the mid 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of doom-death, a subgenre of doom metal. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Rock is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums. ... ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Black Mark Productions is a independent record label based in Sweden that specializes in extreme metal releases and was founded by Quorthon, who was best known as the leader of Bathory until his untimely death in 2004. ... Dan Swanö, (born on the March 10, 1973, in Finspång, Östergötland, Sweden), is a Swedish music producer, vocalist, guitarist, bassist, drummer and keyboardist, regarded as influential in the underground death metal, progressive metal, and progressive rock communities, with a small but devoted cult following for his numerous works. ... It has been suggested that Scandinavian death metal be merged into this article or section. ... For the unrelated Swedish music movement, see progg. ... Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, and is regarded as one of the forefathers of the black metal and viking metal genres. ... Emperor is a seminal and infamous Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. ... Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... This article is about the musical genre. ...

History

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 Robert 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. Nothing But Death Remains is a heavy metal album by Edge of Sanity, released by Black Mark Production in 1991. ... Unorthodox is the debut album by Edge of Sanity, released in 1992 by Black Mark. ... The Spectral Sorrows is the second album by Edge of Sanity, released in 1993. ... Until Eternity Ends is an EP by Edge of Sanity, released by Black Mark Productions in 1994. ... Purgatory Afterglow is the third album by Edge of Sanity, released in 1994, by Black Mark. ... Crimson is a concept album by Edge of Sanity, recorded in 1996. ... Progressive metal is a genre of heavy metal music which shares traits with progressive rock including use of complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Apocalyptic science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of the world or civilization, through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. ... Infernal is the fifth album by Edge of Sanity, released in 1997 by Black Mark. ... Dan Swanö, (born on the March 10, 1973, in FinspÃ¥ng, Östergötland, Sweden), is a Swedish music producer, vocalist, guitarist, bassist, drummer and keyboardist, regarded as influential in the underground death metal, progressive metal, and progressive rock communities, with a small but devoted cult following for his numerous works. ... Pan. ... In popular music, a side-project is a project undertaken by one (or several) person already known for their involvement in another band. ...

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. It is widely believed that the band will not again be revived. Crimson II is an album by Edge of Sanity. ...

Members

• Dan Swanö - vocals, guitar, keyboards (1991-1997, 2003)
• Andreas Axelsson - guitar (since 1991)
• Sami Nerberg - guitar (since 1991)
• Anders Lindberg - bass guitar (since 1991)
• Benny Larsson - drums (since 1991)
• Robert Karlsson - vocals (since 1997)

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Discography

• (1991) Nothing But Death Remains
• (1992) Unorthodox
• (1993) The Spectral Sorrows
• (1994) Until Eternity Ends (4-track EP)
• (1994) Purgatory Afterglow
• (1996) Crimson (contains only a single 40-minute song)
• (1997) Infernal
• (1997) Cryptic
• (1999) Evolution (2-disc compilation of rare and unreleased tracks)
• (2003) Crimson II (consists of 43 minutes of continuous music, which is divided into either nine or forty-four tracks on some releases)
• (2006) When All Is Said (2-disc 'Best Of' compilation)

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External links

• Black Mark Records