

It seems that whenever the musicians attempt something without the permission of Dan Swano or in his absence, they fail miserably. Which I always skip, as both the music and the vocals, done by another musician in the group rather than Swano, always make me cringe. The lowest point of the album is the last song, Pseudo-goth metal band HIM heard this song and decided to make a wholeĬareer of writing similiar material. Seriously, as strange as it may sound, it seems that the musicians of the Finnish Sounds like something a group I used to listen to in my youth would have done. Tears, a song that fans often beg for on Nightingale concerts, which The other tracks here are solid and share a similar distinctive sound, which is highly enjoyable, but I need to speak about two more specific songs. Song, with dual vocal styles (both clean and extreme), great melodic riffs and a short, but a fabulous guitar solo. Blood-Coloured is also an enjoyable little Of Darksome Origin is a riff-based song, with a darkĪtmosphere and Black Metal vocals. Of the album is the very first track, Twlight, with its beautiful and hauntingly mysterious synth parts and clean vocals, amazing melodic riffs and the Joking aside, the tracks here vary from 'excellent' to 'average'. Who seems to be a common influence even among the manliest metal musicians of Swedish mastermind: Dan Swano's clean singing sounds a lot like David Coverdale, Dan also sings "cleanly" on three tracks - Twilight,īlood-Coloured and Black Tears.

Rock fans towards this album, but they are quite possibly the I know this isn't an aspect to attract Progressive The choruses are very catchy, and Dan's extreme vocals are much better than onĪny of the previous releases. The riffs and melodies are written incredibly well, Only progressive song here, the album is just a great melodic Death Metal record in the Besides the synth in the first track, which, in my point of view, is the I really enjoy this album, but its progressiveness, honestly speaking, is rather

Weaker effort lyrically, technically and conceptually. Although I do not understand why many Swanoheads consider this to be the bestĪlbum by Edge Of Sanity, I have to admit this is a great experience.Ĭompared to its successor, Crimson, released two years after, this is a
