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CRIMSON consists of one 40-minute-long song.
Edge Of Sanity: Dan Swano (vocals, guitar); Dread, Sami Nerberg (guitar); Anders Lundberg (bass); Benny Larsson (drums, cymbals).
Additional personnel includes: Mike Akerfeldt (vocals).
Personnel: Dan Swanö (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards); Mikael Åkerfeldt (vocals, guitar); Sami Nerberg, Andreas Axelsson (guitar); Anders Mareby (cello); Benny Larsson (drums).
Audio Mixer: Dan Swanö.
Recording information: 12/1995-01/1996.
Perhaps Edge of Sanity's most lauded recording, Crimson is really a single 40-minute song/concept record that is perhaps one of the most interesting achievements in death metal -- a genre that generally doesn't lend itself to obscure pursuits. Generally, every death metal disc is conceptual in its single-minded focus on destruction (of life, God, art, ideas, and, especially, rock), but Crimson is different in that it delivers lyrical nuance and consistent musical themes from front to back. Often thought of as the essential Edge of Sanity disc, Crimson features the classic band lineup of Dan Swano on vocals, guitarists Dread and Sami Nerberg, Benny Larsson on drums, and Anders Lundberg on bass. Equal parts sprawling, orchestral epic and downright heavyweight slugfest, this "song" tears at many metal preconceptions. A challenging effort, Crimson is a must-have for all death metal fans. ~ Vincent Jeffries Crimson Music | List Price | $21.98 (You save $5.93) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Heavy Metal CDs, Death Metal, Rock | | Label | Black Mark | | Orig Year | 1996 | | All Time Sales Rank |  45856  | | CD Universe Part number | 1058041 | | Catalog number | 68 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 02, 1996 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Dan Swano | | Personnel | Mike Akerfeldt, Mikael Akerfeldt, Dan Swan÷, Benny Larsson, Sami Nerberg, Anders Mareby, Andreas Axelsson |
Edge Of Sanity Crimson Songs Crimson Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  nice
This is a very good album/song. Excellent riffs, outstanding vocals by Swano, Akerfeldt's vocals are good, but I'm not sure they used his voice the right way.
Production quality is good as well. Only thing I don't like is the few times when Swano sings clean vocals, sometimes it sounded a little too out of place for the song. The song has many different parts, but always repeats a few riffs to remind you that you have been listening to the same track for so long.
Submitted by Ryan (Seattle, WA, USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No totally amazin
this has to be the one of the best tracks i'v ever heard.
Submitted by harmilapsandhu (India)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Must own!
A 40 minute death metal masterpiece!!
Submitted by prowler_6993 (Pensacola, FL, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Great album
It is such a great album just 40 minutes long Edge of Sanity at their best.
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Purchase Crimson CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Edge Of Sanity Purgatory Afterglow CD (1994)
Crimson
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By the release of their fourth album, 1994's Purgatory Afterglow, Sweden's prolific Edge of Sanity was cruising -- a well-oiled machine with a growing reputation as one of death metal's most exciting, daring, and innovative acts. Like their good friends (and natural inheritors) Opeth, Edge of Sanity's excellence resides in their ability to juxtapose the most blistering, blast-beat-intensive death (bordering on black) metal offensive with melodic passages of startling beauty. In fact, Purgatory Afterglow's epic opener, "Twilight," with its wild mood swings and abrupt dynamic shifts, may well have served as a matrix for that now-legendary group's imminent debut, which, coincidentally, was engineered by Edge of Sanity's mastermind, Dan Swano. Swano's ability to alternate unintelligible death-grunts and deep, clean-singing vocals with confidence and conviction -- set in accordance to the group's musical backdrop of speedy thrash runs and grinding power riffs, respectively -- helps propel the welcome surprises heard on standout tracks like "Of Darksome Origin," "Silent," and "Velvet Dreams." But by this stage in their development, the band was also capable of pulling off straightforward, more easily digestible fare as well, and three-minute nuggets like "Black Tears" and "Elegy" come as close as death metal ever did to commercial sensibility. All this diversity and open-minded experimentation was, of course, the end result of years of gradual advances (the closing "Song of Sirens" ...
| | Edge Of Sanity Infernal CD (1997)
Crimson
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After dedicating most of their existence to defying death metal templates with a string of form-challenging albums that culminated in 1996's truly unprecedented, uninterrupted 40-minute prog metal landmark, Crimson, Edge of Sanity would arrive at the crossroads of their career with 1997's Infernal, their sixth album. Here at last, the ever-questing imagination of vocalist/guitarist/workaholic Dan Swanö was put in check by his heretofore mostly complicit bandmates, who, apparently led by guitarist Andreas "Dread" Axelsson, put their collective foot down and demanded a certain amount of "traditional" death metal flavor be reinstated for sanity's sake (or at least their sake). As a result, Infernal was recorded and even sequenced like some sort of manic compositional tug of war between Swanö and Dread, with the first's still frequently eclectic contributions alternated almost tit for tat with the latter's generally more straightforward and uniformly violent offerings, making for a very uneven listening experience -- one that wasn't without its rewards, however, including Swanö's aggressive opening gambit, "Hell Is Where the Heart Is," featuring a startlingly melodic guitar solo; the intriguing cryptology exercise "15:36"; and the latter-day Carcass-inspired "Forever Together Forever" (co-written with Mikael Åkerfeldt of Edge of Sanity's creative heir apparent, Opeth). For his part, Dread and his habitual co-writer, drummer Benny Larsson, delivered the refreshingly basic and brutal "Helter Skelter," a decent rot & roller in "Damned (By the Damned)," and a nostalgic mini-epic mood-swinger in "Burn the Sun." But Dread and Larsson also struck out as frequently as they connected ...
| | Edge Of Sanity Cryptic CD (1997)
Crimson
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The departure of longtime vocalist and Edge of Sanity mastermind Dan Swano was too much for the group to overcome on this 1997 Black Mark release. The death metal vocal forays of Swano's replacement, Robben Karlsson, aren't the problem; it's the music that is lacking on Cryptic, no doubt due to the lack of Swano's songwriting and leadership. The performances are still tight, but there are too many aimless riffs -- and an ill-suited rock vibe on songs like "No Destiny" -- that might be delivered with all the necessary fervor but somehow seem flat anyway. All is not lost, however, as standouts "Bleed You Dry" and "Not of This World" generate enough momentum to keep listeners away from their CD player's eject button. Cryptic is in no way a bad Scandinavian metal offering, but Edge of Sanity produced some of the genre's finest work just a couple years before this record's release and, ...
| | Death Human CD (1991)
Crimson
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Death includes: Chuck Schuldiner (vocals, guitar); Paul Masvidal (guitar); Steve DiGiorgio (bass); Sean Reinert (drums).
Personnel: Chuck Schuldiner (vocals, guitar); Paul Masvidal (guitar); Sean Reinert (drums).
Audio Mixer: Scott Burns .
Recording information: Morrisound Studios, Tampa, FL.
Photographer: Tim Hubbard.
Human started to break Death to a wider audience, after Chuck Schuldiner nearly disbanded the group. Schuldiner's playing has improved immensely since ...
| | Into The Grave CD (1991) + Bonus
Crimson
$9.85 
This version of INTO THE GRAVE contains all the original album tracks, as well as the TREMENDOUS PAIN single, various compilation tracks and previously unreleased recordings.
All tracks have been digitally ...
| | Edge Of Sanity Crimson II CD (2003)
Crimson
$9.85
There are two ways of looking at Crimson II: optimistically, it represents a long hoped for, never expected second installment to Swedish death metal legends Edge of Sanity's greatest triumph; pessimistically, it sees only one of said predecessor's original participants using his not inconsiderable talents and a few hired henchmen to usurp a band's good name for a personal project. A means to a selfish end? Wait, it gets even more complicated. The first fact: yes, Crimson (the original) was the work of a fully functioning band, Edge of Sanity. The second fact: yes, Crimson was also, for all intents and purposes, a solo effort by that band's dominant songwriter and undisputed driving force, Dan Swano, whose personal vision had guided Edge of Sanity's trajectory, though previously never as completely. So what's a well-intentioned metalhead to do here? Clearly, there's really no satisfying conclusion to be had; Edge of Sanity fans will simply have to make a personal choice (pick their poison, if you will) when approaching Crimson II. Judged on a purely musical basis, the album indeed represents a worthy and natural successor to the original, successfully transporting the listener back to a fantastical realm of apocalyptic science fiction -- brought to you by the wonders of progressive death metal. Of course, in a final, necessary twist, all of this is rendered whole via a single, 40-plus minute "song" (or "song suite") containing literally dozens upon dozens of riffs partitioned into oft-recurring themes, numerous soft/hard interludes, and synthesizer embellishments for added effect -- all of it combining into a canvas of downright panoramic scope. Swano really pulls out all the stops, and whether you choose to condemn or applaud ...
| | Faron Young Hi Tone Poppa CD (1991)
Crimson
$10.19
Includes liner notes by Bruce Bastin.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Claude King; Faron Young; Tex Grimsley; Teddy Wilburn ; Tillman Franks.
While Gotham was seen as a blues/R&B/doo wop label, the Philadelphia-based company also distributed hillbilly material, a great deal of it from the Louisiana-based Pacemaker label, run ostensibly by singer Webb Pierce. Although almost everything here was issued in 1951 on Gotham, a lot of it was certainly cut before that, crude hillbilly with a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants quality to it. Faron Young is the big name here, with four of the 14 tracks credited to him, including "I'm a Free Man Now" and "I Heard the Jukebox Playing," both fine early indicators of his signature style. Tracks from Tillman Franks (the title track and the jumping "Hot Rod-Shotgun Boogie No.2"), the mysterious Tex Grimsley (very Western-style takes on "Teardrops" and "Walking the Dog"), Claude King (the hilarious "Beer and Pinballs"), and a pair from a very young Teddy Wilburn complete this marvelous collection of tracks, ...
| | Shania Twain Send It With Love CD (2005)
Crimson
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| | Saxon Denim & Leather CD (2007) (Import) Japan; Remastered
Crimson
$28.79
Remastered Japanese pressing. EMI. 2006.
| | Firewind Allegiance CD (2006) (Import)
Crimson
$23.65
Track Listing of songs: ...
| | Boogie Nights - Disco Daze - Live CD (2008) (Import)
Crimson
$11.65
The era of boogie nights and disco fever explodes from these star-studded live performances of irresistibly funky music from the original giants of the disco scene: KC & The Sunshine Band, Bee Gees, Leo Sayer, Wild Cherry, Irene Cara and many more. The non-stop, throbbing party was beautifully shot at an exciting concert in Asbury Park, New Jersey, bringing together an amazing number of disco greats. Also includes a special Bee Gees performance and a bonus track: "Last Dance" from Donna Summer. "That's The Way I Like It", "Le Freak", "It's Raining Men", "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "Play That Funky Music", "How Deep Is Your Love" and many more get the full-scaled concert treatment while an over-the-top ...
| | Pests Up For Anything CD (2008)
Crimson
$16.45
Recorded in 1999 after Chuck Diesel's departure, "Up For Anything" was the second album by two founding members of The Pests. "I've Got a Feeling" quickly replaced "I Hate My Girlfriend" as the band's calling card, and with the help of college and some local commercial radio, fans knew the lyrics and the song was heard regularly. The album has been re-packaged for re-release ...
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