Pan.Thy.Monium is a Swedish avantgarde/death metal band formed and led by Dan Swanö with several members from his another project, Edge of Sanity. Avant garde metal, sometimes called experimental, is a subgenre of heavy metal characterized by large amounts of experimentation and by non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures. ... Cover of Stop at Nothing by Dying Fetus Death metal is a form of heavy metal music with thrash influences which emerged in the United States (especially Florida and California), Europe (especially the United Kingdom and Sweden) and Canada in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Music Dan Swanö, (born on the March 10, 1973, in Finspång, Östergötland, Sweden), is a multi-talented Swedish musician, lyricist and vocalist, somewhat influential in the underground death metal and prog rock communities, with a small but devoted cult following for his numerous works. ... Edge of Sanity is a Swedish melodic death metal band. ...

The music is quite strange and complex, with structure and length of songs reminding those of progressive metal. Another features include unconventional saxophone and violin passes, cryptic song names, various noises and bizarre sounds. The cover of Dream Theaters Metropolis, Pt. ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ...

The lyrics are supposed to tell about life and death of Raagoonshinnaah, a sort of "chaos god", but actually appear to be incomprehensible gibberish sung in harsh, death metal-style growling (which corresponds to the assumed nature of song protagonist and also parodies to some extent the so-called "metal epics"), although some songs include clean or digitized vocals. Cover of Stop at Nothing by Dying Fetus Death metal is a form of heavy metal music with thrash influences which emerged in the United States (especially Florida and California), Europe (especially the United Kingdom and Sweden) and Canada in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... The death grunt (also called death growl or death vocals or, derisively, Cookie Monster vocals) is a vocal style typically employed by death metal and grindcore bands. ... The protagonist is the central figure of a story, and is often referred to as a storys main character. ...

The group disbanded in 1996, after recording "Khaoohs & Kon-Fus-Ion", which seemingly featured the death of main hero. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Band members

• Derelict (Robert Karlsson): vocals
• Winter (Benny Larsson): drums, percussion, violin
• Day DiSyraah (Dan Swanö): bass, keyboards, effects
• Mourning (Robert Ivarsson): rhythm guitars
• Äag aka Tom Nouga (Dag Swanö): lead guitars, organ, baritone saxophone

Music Dan Swanö, (born on the March 10, 1973, in Finspång, Östergötland, Sweden), is a multi-talented Swedish musician, lyricist and vocalist, somewhat influential in the underground death metal and prog rock communities, with a small but devoted cult following for his numerous works. ...

Discography

• ...Dawn (1990, demo)
• Dream II (1991, EP)
• Dawn of Dreams (1992)
• Khaooohs (1993)
• Khaooos & Kon-Fus-Ion (1996)
• Dawn Of Dreams + Khaooos (2003, re-release)