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Purgatory Afterglow

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Purgatory Afterglow (1994)
  
Crimson (1996)

Release date
  
1 October 1994

Label
  
Black Mark Production

Artist
  
Edge of Sanity

Producer
  
Dan Swanö

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Released
  
1 October 1994 (1994-10-01)

Recorded
  
July 1994, Unisound Studios, Örebro, Sweden

Length
  
45:11 52:06 (with bonus tracks)

Genres
  
Melodic death metal, Technical death metal

Similar
  
Edge of Sanity albums, Melodic death metal albums

Purgatory Afterglow is the fourth full-length studio album by Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity. The album was recorded by Dan Swanö in Unisound Studios, Örebro, Sweden, in July 1994 and released in 1994 by Black Mark Production. Purgatory Afterglow is dedicated to the loving memory of Kurt Cobain. There are two different versions to the disc; the mirror-like disc with black letters and the black disc with gold letters. The Japanese release features the tracks "Until Eternity Ends" and "Eternal Eclipse" from the Until Eternity Ends EP. One of the two only Edge of Sanity videos was made for the song "Black Tears" and it can be viewed here (the other video was done for "Uncontrol Me" from the Cryptic album). This song was covered by the bands Eternal Tears of Sorrow, on their album Chaotic Beauty, and Heaven Shall Burn, on their album Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance).

Contents

Edge of sanity twilight


Legacy

In July 2014, Guitar World ranked Purgatory Afterglow at number 35 in their "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Dan Swanö, unless otherwise mentioned; all music composed by Dan Swanö, unless otherwise mentioned.

Personnel

Edge of Sanity
  • Dan Swanö – voices, keyboards (1, 5), guitars (lead on tracks 3, 4 and 5; acoustic guitar on track 5; harmony guitars on tracks 6 and 9), intro (4)
  • Anders Lindberg – bass
  • Benny Larsson – drums
  • Andreas Axelsson – guitars (second and fourth guitar leads on track 8; harmony guitar on track 7), backing vocals (2, 7), vocals (10)
  • Sami Nerberg – guitars (first and third guitar leads on track 8), vocals (10)
  • Production
  • Dan Swanö – engineering
  • Necrolord – cover art
  • Peter in de Betou – mastering
  • Börje Forsberg – executive producer
  • Åsa Jonsén – photography
  • Songs

    1Twilight7:51
    2Of Darksome Origin5:01
    3Blood-Colored4:00

    References

    Purgatory Afterglow Wikipedia