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Years active
  
1989–1999, 2003

Origin
  
Finspång, Sweden (1989)

Labels
  
Black Mark

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Associated acts
  
Pan.Thy.Monium, Bloodbath, Nightingale

Past members
  
Dan Swanö Andreas Axelsson Sami Nerberg Anders Lindberg Benny Larsson Robert Karlsson

Members
  
Dan Swanö, Benny Larsson, Jonas Granvik

Genres
  
Melodic death metal, Technical death metal

Albums
  
Crimson, Purgatory Afterglow, Crimson II, The Spectral Sorrows, Nothing But Death Remains

Edge of Sanity was a Swedish death metal band that, alongside Opeth, is commonly regarded as being the first to fuse extreme metal styles like death and black metal with progressive rock. The group was founded by Dan Swanö in 1989 and ended in 2003.

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History

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Edge of Sanity began as a death metal band with their debut release Nothing But Death Remains. The band's second release, Unorthodox, with tracks like "Enigma" and "When All Is Said", showed Edge of Sanity 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 Crimson (1996), Edge of Sanity was a progressive metal band. 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, Infernal (1997), guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Dan Swanö left Edge of Sanity, 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, Cryptic, the band split up.

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In 2003, Swanö revived the outfit as a one-man band (with several session musicians), and recorded a sequel to Crimson, Crimson II. Immediately after, he re-dissolved the project.

The Kur-Nu-Gi-A demo was re-released on LP in 2011, and on CD in 2012.

Last lineup

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  • Dan Swanö – vocals (1989–1997, 2003), piano (1992–1993, 1997), keyboards (1994–1996, 2003), guitar (1994–1997, 2003), bass (1997, 2003), drums (2003)

    • Previous members

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  • Andreas Axelsson − guitar (1989–1999), vocals (1997)
  • Sami Nerberg − guitar (1989–1999)
  • Anders Lindberg − bass (1989–1999)
  • Benny Larsson − drums (1989–1999)
  • Robert Karlsson − vocals (1997–1999)

    • Albums

  • Nothing But Death Remains (1991)
  • Unorthodox (1992)
  • The Spectral Sorrows (1993)
  • Purgatory Afterglow (1994)
  • Crimson (1996)
  • Infernal (1997)
  • Cryptic (1997)
  • Crimson II (2003)

    • EP

  • Until Eternity Ends (EP, 1994)

    • Demos

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  • Euthanasia (1989)
  • Kur-Nu-Gi-A (1990)
  • The Dead (1990)
  • The Immortal Rehearsals (1990)
  • Dead but Dreaming (1992)
  • Darkday (1993)
  • Lost (1993)
  • The Spectral Sorrows Demos (1993)
  • Infernal Demos (1996)

    • Compilations

  • Evolution (1999)
  • When All Is Said (2006)

    • Videos

  • "Black Tears" (1994) from Purgatory Afterglow
  • "Uncontroll Me" (1997) from Cryptic
  • Live in Norrköping 1991

    • Songs

    Black TearsPurgatory Afterglow · 1994
    DarkdayThe Spectral Sorrows · 1993
    Uncontroll MeCryptic · 1997

    References

    Edge of Sanity Wikipedia
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