What Edge of Sanity / Dan Swanö shit is essential?

[Dark One]

Yeah, you're in for a treat with "I" J., it's my favorite Nightingale - it also has a very large booklet with the lyrics from the first three albums in it. "Alonely" and a few other songs that escape right now are just superb.

Jason

 

[Thanatopsis123]

Nothing, I like Crimson II. And I actually just put on the first Crimson when I woke up this morning.

 

[J.]

i found it boring. though im a bigger fan of pre-purgatory afterglow

 

[skyrefuge]

What do you guys have against this album??

We're old.

Neil

 

[Ars Magna]

I'm picking up Unorthodox on vinyl, just so I can have it when I finally get a turn table (are you listening, Santa?!).

 

[Agalloch]

It's mostly the garbage production on Crimson II that puts me off.

 

[Demilich]

It's mostly the garbage production on Crimson II that puts me off.

Yeah.

 

[skeptik]

Crimson II is a decent album, pretty great when it's on, but the keyboards intrude a bit too much at times and it's irksome in parts.

Other than that, I only have Unorthodox and Crimson. I've heard Nothing But Death Remains, The Spectral Sorrows, and Purgatory Afterglow, and I remember liking them enough to want to buy them, but I haven't...I still need to buy the Pan.Thy.Monium stuff. The first Ribspreader was good, Demiurg is good. Bloodbath was good. I'm interested in hearing the Darkcide/Infestdead split. Maceration was okay. Steel was humorous.

Yeah, I lean toward the Death Metal side.

 

[Demilich]

Unicorn and Nightingale are the best Swano projects until Second Sky comes out hopefully sometime before the end of the decade. [/gay]

 

[skeptik]

[/gay]

Glad you said it.

 

[ProgMetalFan]

Lost interest in them after Alive Again, went too far with the overly polished 80s sort of thing...)...

interestingly, that's why I like "Alive Again" the best

 

[SonOfNun]

I've always liked Alive Again. How do the earlier Nightingale albums compare?

 

[J.]

Never were my thing, but I did enjoy Closing Chronicles and I.

White Darkness was not bad if you like that sickly sweet buttrock with Swano's seducing croon

 

[J.]

If you're looking for the good Swano shit, just go with EoS, Pan Thy Monium and Odyssey.

I guess the first Bloodbath EP is cool. Some people like Witherscape. Couldn't get into it.

 

[Ellestin]

Moontower

 

[NAD]

The riff at 1:23 is the most essential riff of all time.

 

[SonOfNun]

I liked Moontower back in the day. I've thought about re-purchasing it, but it's kind of hard to find for a reasonable price.

 

[J.]

I liked a few songs on it, but it never gave me a stiffy like other Swano projects

 

[spikes77]

If you're into the non metal swano--unicorn is a must--recently remastered-





Also hopefully swano finishes second sky before he turns 75 years old.

 

[einride]

love this :heart: :love:

If you're into the non metal swano--unicorn is a must--recently remastered-

ah yes, dan swanö completely ripping off marillion