Edge of Sanity
Edge of Sanity was a Swedish death metal band whose work often delved into … Read Full Bio ↴Edge of Sanity was a Swedish death metal band whose work often delved into experimental territory shifting from traditional death metal to melodic and progressive death metal. 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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Edge of Sanity Lyrics
1 [1.] The stranger it seems, the clearer it gets in my…
15-36 Let me invite you to my nether-world I'll show you…
15:36 Let me invite you to my nether-world I'll show you…
15:36:00 Let me invite you to my nether-world I'll show you…
A Curfew for the Damned A Curfew For The Damned (...Blind Belief) You true beiever.…
A Serenade for the Dead …
Achilles Heel I This tome presented many further views Essential rules of p…
Achilles Heel II Salvation lies in banishing this creature to the dark Let n…
Achilles Heel III And thou who didst release this most vindictive enemy Must …
Across the Fields of Forever It all began with the shades of what we never…
After Afterlife I am the master of your dreams, I am the Creator…
Aftermath I And thus was read the incantation Voices echoed round and r…
Aftermath II And with these chants of higher lore So mortal flesh began…
Aftermath IV And still inside the chamber stands A single cell with crim…
Aftermath V Lest bitterness and chaos be the harvest they wouldst reap …
Angel of Distress Death! Possession! At the gates of dawn, She awaits your ar…
Beyond the Unknown Take a trip with me, to endless insanity where no souls…
Black Tears When I'm in this state of mind I'm wishing I was…
Bleed Greetings from chosen of the dark again. I am the new…
Bleed You Dry [1.] I am the one that makes you weak I am the…
Blood Colored I hear the sound of darkness Moving closer to my…
Blood of My Enemies Three sons have I, and they ride by my side--The fierce, The…
Blood-Colored I hear the sound of darkness Moving closer to my…
Born Breed Bleeding Kneel down, yeah down on your knees We are superior, do…
Burn the Sun So what is life Don't we all dream of dying…
Cold Sun Riffs: Nerberg, Swano Lyrics: Swano (03:41) Gazing at t…
Covenant of Souls I One quiet night the lady traveled out beyond the monastery …
Covenant of Souls II Let no man breach the gate to this most blasphemous…
Covenant of Souls V She crawled across the bloodstained ground Her eyes averted…
Criminally Insane Criminally Insane Night will come and I will follow For my …
Crimson In a very distant future, the last generation of planet…
Crimson II [I - The forbidden words] [II - Incantation] [III - Passage …
Crimson Part 1 Left alone. And left to live in a rotting world. Running, se…
Crimson Part 2 [I - The forbidden words] [II - Incantation] [III - Passage …
Damned Death defying son of god Twice you died in vain…
Damned by the Damned Death defying son of god Twice you died in vain…
Darkday Whispers, Travelling with the wind Like fragments of unbecom…
Dead but Dreaming Cold, pale, to rest I'm laid No shivers from inside Entombed…
Dead I Walk All is dead in me, except my will to be Living…
Decepted by the Cross Subconscious desolation of your mind. Enter the church of l…
Decepted By the Cross Cross Subconscious desolation of your mind. Enter the church of li…
Demon I [1.] The stranger it seems, the clearer it gets in my…
Disintegration II Striking hard, striking fast in desperation The world aroun…
Disintegration III Her blindness stunts the growth of nascent power That grows…
Elegy Crying. The anger and sorrow in your eyes is shining…
Enigma [Psalm 1 'The Blessing'] [The Priest] Confess your sins to …
Enter Chaos Freedom = fuck! people secure their freedom with a gun.…
Epidemic Reign Left alone. And left to live in a rotting world. Running, se…
Eternal Eclipse I hate humanity and I will not hesitate to kill! There's…
Everlasting Bleeding tears, crying blood a human (being) emotionally odd…
Face to Face I A few more seconds spanned the path Between success or damn…
Face to Face III She veiled herself with trivial thought A mask of insignifi…
Face to Face V For a moment they were face to face No sign of…
Feedin' the Charlatan "We're Back!!!!" All your life have been living lies Locked…
Forever Together Forever Leaving the grind the mirror behind Loosing the ringth then…
Hell Is Where the Heart Is In the strangest world of formlessness I am reaching out…
Hell Written I got hell, can't you see I got hell, written all…
Helter Skelter Awakening All victims gathered One happy family "I am your…
Hollow Depression ain 'the reason why everything turns grey When m…
Human Aberration Thirty years have passed Since my dying day. My life went to…
Immortal Souls The arrival of the dead, mourning souls arise. Searching for…
Impulsive Necroplasma Impulsive necroplasma. Injected in your veins. Spiritually…
In the Veins / Darker Than Black (...eye can see you) Look into my eyes, what do you…
Incantation And now she sat alone in the concealment of the…
Incantation I And in the monastery garden sat a woman with a…
Incantation II She wavered on the threshold of a dangerous decision For th…
Incantation III For no apparent reason had the woman been drawn in Perhaps…
Incantation V For no apparent reason had the women been drawn in Where…
Incantation VI And now she sat alone in the concealment of the…
Incipience to the Butchery The ghoul has reached my coffin now he smash the…
Inferno Inserted soul denied No choice but staying alive Left hand…
Invisible Sun I don't want to spend the rest of my life Looking…
Jesus Cries In the beginning there was light. The world could feel his…
Livin' Hell Twisted mind, malesting your own seed. Yeah, bastard father …
Living Hell Twisted mind, malesting your own seed. Yeah, bastard father…
Losing Myself Losing time counting hours I'll never see myself again An…
Lost I have seen eternity I am the king of time I am…
Maze of Existence Left alone, left to live in a rotting world Running, search…
Mother Mother Tell your children not to walk my way Tell your child…
Murder Dividead eng||Drinking the water from my filthy cup, The Tv spits out…
No Destiny We live our lives in our daily fashion Confuse our lives…
Nocturnal [Intro: A hymn to the nightly] (Preserve, preserve) Preserv…
Not of This World Come follow me, yeah into the night Let me show you…
Of Darksome Origin I am immortal. I am strong. I am godforsaken. I…
On the Other Side Behold the light, dividing the sky in two. The mountains mig…
Passage of Time I But for those who seek eternity For those who yearn prosper…
Passage of Time II Oh willing host who doth not know The full desire of…
Passage of Time III Something had happened beyond her control A moment of madne…
Passage of Time IV From the moment in time that baby was born The sun…
Passage of Time IX And into those eyes, the woman gazed The look in her…
Passage of Time V But for those who seek eternity For those who yearn prosper…
Passage of Time VI Secure from the world, the child remained hidden A serpent …
Passage of Time VII But one single mind did stand out from the crowd Though…
Passage of Time VIII The three visions, the Mother Superior bore A bitter forewa…
Passage of Time X So all seemed as normal for seven short years A veil…
Sacrificed There's an evil wind blowing through my soul, a firestorm t…
Silent To live a life in silence, to live without the…
Song of Sirens War world now. Hear the song of the sirens. Then…
Tales.. Smell the taste and feel the sky controlled by lust you…
Tales.... Smell the taste and feel the sky controlled by lust you…
The Bleakness of It All Sunrise burning holes in this dead earth No chance to…
The Day of Maturity Massive nuclear death. Screams of pain And sorrow all has lo…
The Dead Passing Necrosis, The tunnel of pain is in front. You're pas…
The Forbidden Words Let no man breach the gate To this most blasphemous of…
The Last Song An empty paper in front of me And the pen…
The Masque Behind these eyes lies a mind controlled by the thrill of…
The Silent Threat I The message could clearly be discovered there In the glimps…
The Silent Threat II Now and then a question would be raised Strong misgivings t…
The Silent Threat III A journey must be made to hidden truths She must return…
The Sinner and the Sadness Born a slave. Chained since day one. From the cradle to…
The Unorthodox We were born pagans, never to live by the Book of…
Twilight I close your eyes and whisper "goodbye". You will never…
Uncontroll Me I feel that chains are holding me down "The normal norm"…
Until Eternity Ends Waiting for something to come out of the dark I know…
Velvet Dreams I wipe the dust from shoulders, the dust from velvet…
Waiting to Die Born into this world like any other child, The years went…
When All Is Said When all is said and all is done. Beneath The ground,…