What Edge of Sanity / Dan Swanö shit is essential?

[NAD]

I have:

The Spectral Sorrows
Purgatory Afterglow
Crimson
Moontower
Crimson II

I don't need another Moontower or Crimson II, I'd rather have more Spectral Afterglow or Purgatory Sorrows type stuff.

EDIT: Whoa I just remembered I made a thread like this a long time ago. Ah who cares, somebody can search for it if they want, but I won't.

 

[Demilich]

I love ALL his stuff, pretty much, except the new Bloodbath, the Ribspreader album, Crimson II... all his more recent "death metal" stuff has been kind of weak.

Actually I haven't listened to much of anything by him lately, so I don't even know what to suggest!

 

[J.]

You need:

EoS - Unorthodox
Pan.Thy.Monium - all (well Dream II is not essential)

 

[Dark One]

Aside from what you've listed:

Edge of Sanity - Unorthodox
Edge of Sanity - Until Eternity Ends EP
Pan-thy-monium - Dawn of Dreams (death/doom)
Odyssey - Odyssey (power/doom)

EDIT - J. beat me to Unorthodox and Pan-thy-monium, but I'll second the recommendations

 

[Demilich]

Steel - Heavy Metal Machine

if you want a good laugh!

 

[JayKeeley]

Purgatory Afterglow
Crimson

Yes!

Moontower
Crimson II

Hahahaha....I would just quit while you're ahead.

 

[J.]

Edge of Sanity - Until Eternity Ends EP

This one is pretty good if you like the PA/TSS sound from EoS. It's only four songs, and it's fairly short, but it's a nice addition is you can find it for cheap.

 

[NAD]

Right, Unorthodox is next.

Steel - Heavy Metal Machine

if you want a good laugh!

That shit was FUNNY!

Hahahaha....I would just quit while you're ahead.

I was looking through an old thread, and you know what I found?

I love Moontower.

Dead serious. EDIT: Okay no you didn't say "love" but you did say it was "good" and I chuckled.

 

[Erik]

Unorthodox is your best bet.

 

[Dark One]

Moontower Rules

 

[Demilich]

Unorthodox, I find, is good, but ends up sounding mostly the same throughout.

I won't even bother trying to whore Swano's non-metal stuff here, it just isn't meant to be!

 

[JayKeeley]

I was looking through an old thread, and you know what I found? Dead serious. EDIT: Okay no you didn't say "love" but you did say it was "good" and I chuckled.

"I'm your father"
"That's IMPOSSIBLE!!"

*JK falls endlessly into the cloud city abyss....*

 

[J.]

I find Unorthodox to be EoS's best. It's old school, consistent, and doesn't have the melodic trappings of PA and Crimson.

Pan.Thy.Monium man, PTM. Why does no one want to check out this totally original band?

 

[NAD]

hahahahahahahahahahaha pwnz0red

 

[Erik]

I find Unorthodox to be EoS's best.

So does Mr. Swanö himself. For the record.

 

[Demilich]

So does Mr. Swanö himself. For the record.

Yea but he finds Moontower, Unicorn and who knows what else to be better than anything EOS did!

 

[Erik]

Yeah, he's funny like that. Steel is far better than all that sheeit, yo.

 

[J.]

yeah, he also thinks some Evergrey song is the best song to come out of Sweden.

I totally see that Unorthodox is not their best moment regarding songwriting or exhibiting their talents, but it just seems everything feels right about that album. It's old school as hell with some minor tinkerings with melody, some clean vox, but oh so Swedish death.

Chedsey nailed a perfct description of PTM: "Imagine if John Zorn, Chris Barnes (with a bad throat cold), various members of Yes, Rush, and a demon all met in an alleyway somewhere and got into a fistfight. And suppose the omnipotent Dan Swano happened to be there to capture this on tape. This is very similar to what Pan-Thy-Monium is about."

 

[NAD]

Okay I guess I do need to check out PTM, I remember hearing a song and not being impressed though.

 

[JayKeeley]

Sounds like Rwake.