What Edge of Sanity / Dan Swanö shit is essential?

[NAD]

No, this sounds like Rwake.

 

[NAD]

Could somebody do me a huge favor and send me a high quality file (like a WAV) of Waiting to Die from The Spectral Sorrows? My CD has a giant pock mock rendering it unlistenable. :Smug:

Cheers.

 

[KILL TULLY]

STEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLL!!!!!



I HAVE DECIDED TO CONQUER THIS TOWN! WITH MY HEAVY! METAL! MACHINE!! OHHHHHHHHH!!


*dugadugadugadugadugadugadugadugaduga*

 

[SonOfNun]

I like Nightingale. Relaxing soft rock style stuff.

 

[KILL TULLY]

i havn't heard any of Swan's stuff besides steel, but im sure nothing that he has done can be better then those 3 songs.

 

[J.]

what are your thoughts on Nightingale? I enjoyed "I" and "Alive Again". anyone familiar with the more recent stuff?

 

[Demilich]

The new Nightingale album, "White Darkness" has been getting a lot of plays from me the last few days. Pretty fucking good. A lot better than the middle-of-the-road Invisible.

 

[J.]

i remember i really dug alive again, and a few songs off I. the first two didnt do much for me. of course this was many years ago in my get-everything-with-dan-swano phase.

not my normal thing, but it was enjoyable, and a nice shift in gears

 

[Demonspell]

what are your thoughts on Nightingale? I enjoyed "I" and "Alive Again". anyone familiar with the more recent stuff?

Lost interest in them after Alive Again, went too far with the overly polished 80s sort of thing...for me, The Closing Chronicles is my favored disc from all things Swano (production jobs excluded)...

 

[Ars Magna]

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.

I'm not sure it could be said any better than that. I still say Unorthodox is the best EoS album. Nearly perfect.

 

[JayKeeley]

Listened to Purgatory Afterglow today. Wow, I'd forgotten (or somehow never realized) how thin those guitars sound. Almost as if they're playing through 15W practice amps. And I always thought Swano was a producer extraordinare. *confused*

 

[Jim LotFP]

And I always thought Swano was a producer extraordinare. *confused*

He produced some nappy sounding shit in the 90s, but when he was on, he was on.

To answer the question, Crimson, Closing Chronicles, and Odyssey for the win.

 

[JayKeeley]

I have that Odyssey. I think I bought it simply because I found it when it was rare as hell. I should listen to it one day.

 

[J.]

i got Alive Again for cheap. its cheesy and i know full well that there is better stuff out there, but i dont care. it hits the right spot.

odyssey was OK. i think it's being re-released

 

[Agalloch]

Pan-Thy-Monium - Khaoos and Kon-Fus-Ion

 

[NAD]

In the 2+ years since I started this thread, I have not purchased a single Swanö album, but last night I was listening to The Spectral Sorrows thinking "if I could make an album half this quality someday, I'd totally die happy."

 

[J.]

im loving Nightingale right now.

 

[Demilich]

heard the new one yet? a highlight in their catalogue, though each album has its charm

 

[J.]

yeah, the only one i dont have is "I", though it's on the way. Closing Chronicles is really good, and I still love ALive Again. Invisible is OK, but my least fave. i even have Nightfall Overture, which I enjoy and didnt realize it's limited to 500 copies, not that it matters

 

[Demilich]

"I" has probably the worst/weirdest production but the songs are great! Pretty dark album.