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Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
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9.1 | 730 votes |
Release date: 2 April 1996
Style: Progressive death metal

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01. Crimson
02. Murder. Divided. [Japanese bonus]

Top 20 albums of 1996: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 14
Review Lyrics (1)

Line-up
Dan Erland Swanö - vocals, guitars, keyboards
Andreas Axelsson - guitars
Benny Larsson - drums
Anders Lindberg - bass
Sami Nerberg - guitars

Guest musicians
Mikael Åkerfeldt - vocals, guitars
Anders Måreby - cello

Additional info
Music written and arranged by Edge Of Sanity November 1995
Lyrics written by Axelsson/Swanö in January 1996.
Crimson was recorded and mixed in Unisound by Dan Swanö and ProMix 01 December
to January 1996.
Mastered and digitally edited by Peter in de Betou & Dan Swanö in Cutting Room,
Stockholm January 1996.

Cover artwork by Duncan C. Storr.
Cover concept by Dan Swanö.
Design & Layout by Maren Lotz.
Executive Producer: Börje Forsberg.
Promotion: Björn Schrenk

Guest review by
Stalker
Rating:
9.0
I was really surprised to see that this outstanding album didn't have any reviews here. In an effort to make that right, lets start. What we have here is an album that consists of only one, 40 minute long song. For those who are not familiar with Crimson yet, don't be afraid. Songs over 10 minutes long are not so uncommon in metal, but even the most progressive of bands often fall into the trap of making them too dull and not really enjoyable after first few minutes - the story about Crimson Queen is definitely not.

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published 24.06.2009 | Comments (12)

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25.03.2014 - 02:12
!J.O.O.E.!
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I'd say Unorthodox is the only album in EoS's discog that's really worth talking about aside from the Crimsons. I do like Purgatory Afterglow and Spectral Sorrows but was never completely sold on them. I actually only heard Unorthodox a few months ago which is shameful considering I discovered EoS nearly a decade ago, but was pretty surprised at how good Unorthodox was. Definitely the more solid and confident record than the two that came after it, which really never fulfilled their potential.
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25.03.2014 - 03:46
Lit.
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I think Purgatory Afterglow is the only album that can touch the Crimson twins. Everything else goes from modest to meh-dest.
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28.03.2014 - 15:29
Constantine
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I'd shit myself If I learned they were making a III
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28.05.2014 - 03:32
Rating: 9
Paw!!
Haaa I almost forgot to declare it. In my personal opinion this album so awesome.
I love the atmosphere in this album that's why i'll give 9/10.
I really didn't understand why once or even more to listen to this not boring at all. Maybe Crimson so gorgeous in my mind
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26.06.2014 - 20:56
Stunning Cactus
Written by Dead Eternity on 22.12.2012 at 15:14

This album is one of the most brilliant albums ever made. I still can't understand why this album is in 18th position in the Top 200, it deserves a much higher position. Besides, I think it's just ridiculous the fact that Number Of The Beast is in a higher position. It's like a joke. A BIG joke.


Not as ridiculous as Ride The Lightning being in a higher position.
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27.06.2014 - 05:45
Mattybu
Written by Stunning Cactus on 26.06.2014 at 20:56

Written by Dead Eternity on 22.12.2012 at 15:14

This album is one of the most brilliant albums ever made. I still can't understand why this album is in 18th position in the Top 200, it deserves a much higher position. Besides, I think it's just ridiculous the fact that Number Of The Beast is in a higher position. It's like a joke. A BIG joke.


Not as ridiculous as Ride The Lightning being in a higher position.


Obviously everyone's top 200 would be different in some ways, pointing out how "ridiculous" it is when you personally think something is too high or too low is pointless if you ask me.
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27.06.2014 - 06:57
Troy Killjoy
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Mattybu said it. Let's try to keep the conversation about the album in question rather than its position on the Metal Storm charts in relation to other albums. Otherwise we'd be here for a long time with x deserves to be higher than y and so forth.
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12.09.2014 - 08:06
Rating: 10
Maco
Handbanana
Best death metal song ever. There's not even one single fucking boring moment in this high class album.
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I'm derp.
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06.10.2014 - 00:04
Rating: 10
Erik M.
Yeah, you really got to hate (progressive) death metal if you dislike this album.

Total masterpiece indeed. Spun it a short while ago and even after all these years I still enjoyed as much as I used to. Probably the best concept album ever, as well.
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10.11.2014 - 17:22
quisableed
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All metal concept would be incomplete without this album.
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17.01.2015 - 08:55
Rating: 10
Necrodamus
I still cannot believe this album came out when it did. So ahead of its time. The definition of extreme progressive metal in my book.

Edit: Cannot get enough of this masterpiece. Keeps getting better and better after each listen.
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22.04.2016 - 22:03
Rating: 10
Dave FC
Written by Necrodamus on 17.01.2015 at 08:55

Cannot get enough of this masterpiece. Keeps getting better and better after each listen.


So true.
And I can not believe there' are are 7 votes from a guy from Colombia rating this album 1.
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04.11.2016 - 18:46
Rating: 8
Metren
The What The?
Not as good as everyone seems to think it is, not in my ears. I'd say there's enough material here for a great 20-25 minute song but not quite enough for 40 minutes, some parts sound uninspired and boring. Strange that this is the highest rated album by one of Dan's projects here. I'd say many of his other albums (Moontower for example) are better by a country mile.
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04.11.2016 - 23:59
Rating: 10
Dima
How dare you insult my taste
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19.06.2017 - 06:22
Rating: 10
Ad Noctis
I remember picking this up when i was about 16 and thinking, "I'll have to listen to it in short sessions"; was sure a forty-minute album could not hold my attention especially on a first listen. Needless to say I ended up listening to the album at least 5-6 times that day back-to-back and it didn't leave my CD player in my truck for at least a week all the while telling everyone I knew to check this record out. To this day their are few records that can truly capture me into another world and by god this is one of them.
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