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Dan Swanö 
Dan Swanö live at NosturiBackground information Also known as Day DiSyraah
Kill[1]Born 10 March 1973
Finspång, SwedenOrigin Örebro Genres Progressive metal, death metal, progressive rock, power metal, avant-garde metal, gothic rock, melodic death metal, doom metal Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion, saxophone, cello, programming Years active 1988–present Labels Black Mark Associated acts Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, Katatonia, Nightingale, Opeth, Ribspreader, Millencollin Dan-Erland Swanö[2] (born 10 March, 1973) is a Swedish musician who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale as well as the Owner of Unisound but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity.
As a multi-instrumentalist he is regarded as influential in the underground melodic death metal, black metal, progressive metal, death metal, progressive rock, power metal communities. He is known for his progressive rock-influenced songwriting style and his frequent use of both clean and growled vocals.
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Music
Swanö has fronted a number of bands, Brejn Dedd, Unicorn, Infestdead and Route Nine. He has also been a member of Katatonia, Ribspreader, as well as playing drums and lead guitar in death metal band Bloodbath.[3]
He has also contributed his vocal talents to Arjen Lucassen's Star One project. The two musicians are good friends, with Lucassen contributing guitar parts to Swanö's Nightingale project. He can also be heard on the albums Theli and A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming by the symphonic opera metal band Therion. He was also producer and contributing writer of the band Diabolical Masquerade, the now defunct solo avant-garde black metal band of Anders Nyström aka Blakkheim (Katatonia, Bloodbath, ex-Bewitched). He also contributed some guitar solos, backing vocals on various Diabolical Masquerade albums, and played the drums on the album Nightwork. He also produced and played the keyboards on the Memories from Nothing album by Swedish progressive rockers Another Life, released on Vic Records.
Swanö has also released a solo progressive death metal album entitled Moontower, on which he showcases his multi-instrumental talent, playing all instruments (guitar, bass, drums, keyboard) as well as providing all the vocal work.
Swanö has a diverse vocal register, encompassing many styles, which include death growls; clean, melodic singing with a warm rich tone; deep, dark, gothic vocals and thrash shouting.
As a particularity, he is a left-handed guitarist (right hand on the neck) but plays on right-handed guitars without reversing the strings (highest strings up), which is quite unusual.
During 2009 Swanö re-activated Odyssey, this time performing all instruments by himself. Swanö recorded 7 of his all time favourite songs which will be released (November 2010) on the album 'Reinventing The Past', together with the three 1999 tracks as a bonus on Dutch based Vic Records. His brother Dag played guest lead guitar on the song 'Gypsy' (Uriah Heep cover).
Family and work
Dan with his brother Dag
Despite the large amount of releases to his name, Swanö still works as chief sales assistant in a music store (Musikbörsen) in Örebro, near his home in Sweden, rarely doing live performances with any of his bands (it has been said that one of the main reasons for this is that he is unable to sustain the heavy growling death metal vocals used in many of his bands for any prolonged period of time). He has a German girlfriend and he maintains close ties to his family. He had played bass in his elder brother Dag Swanö's band Pan.Thy.Monium with Dan using Day DiSyraah, and Dag using Äag as pseudonyms. Dag also plays guitar in Nightingale, formerly under the name of Tom Nouga.
Musical contributions
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Miscellaneous
- Attention - "Demo" (1989)
- Dan Swanö - vocals, all instruments - Moontower (1998)
- Edge of Sanity - vocals, guitar, keyboards (old), all instruments (later)
- Incision
- Infestdead - guitars, bass, drum programming - Killing Christ (1996), Hellfuck (1997) & JesuSatan (1999)
- Karaboudjan - vocals, all instruments - Sbrodj (2001)
- Laodicea
- Maceration - vocals, keyboards, piano (under the alias "Day Disyraah")
- Manfred Villes
- Necrony - guest vocals, guitars, compositions (under the alias "Day Disyraah")
- Nightingale - vocals, guitars, keyboards - The Breathing Shadow (1995), The Closing Chronicles (1996), I (2000), Alive Again (2003), Invisible (2004) & White Darkness (2007)
- O - (The Circle)
- The Outcome
- Pan.Thy.Monium - bass, keyboards, effects (under the alias "Day Disyraah") - Dawn of Dreams (1992), Khaooohs (1993) & Khaooohs and Kon-Fus-Ion (1996)
- Second Sky[72]
- Schecht + Akerfeldt + Swanö '98
- Stygg Dödd
- Subway Mirror
- The Lucky Seven
- The Project Hate MCMXCIX - producer[73] on Cybersonic Superchrist. Mixing and Mastering on Deadmarch: Initiation of Blasphemy, Armageddon March Eternal - Symphonies of Slit Wrists, In Hora Mortis Nostræ, and The Lustrate Process
- Theatre of Tragedy - engineering, mixing, cello Theatre of Tragedy (1995)
- Ulan Bator
- Unicorn - vocals, drums, session bass, session saxophone on albums Ever Since (1993) & Emotional Wasteland (1995)
References
- ^ "Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - Darkified - A Dance on the Grave". The Metal Archives. http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Darkified/A_Dance_on_the_Grave/211240. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ^ "Ratsit - Gratis upplysning pĺ företag och privatpersoner". Ratsit.se. http://www.ratsit.se/BC/ReportSmall.aspx?ID=U4TC0riMqKx7XpXbF-g5_kBT7d21WZMFYPGohh7SzNc. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Bloodbath". Blabbermouth. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p398406. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "Aeon: New Album Title Announced". Blabbermouth. February 17, 2010. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=135295. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ The Last Alliance
- ^ The Last Alliance
- ^ The Last Alliance
- ^ Street Art Gallery (Album, 1996)
- ^ Duh (EP)
- ^ Duh (EP)
- ^ A Dance on the Grave (1995)
- ^ "Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - De Infernali - Symphonia De Infernali". The Metal Archives. http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/De_Infernali/Symphonia_De_Infernali/33378. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ^ Breath Of The Demiurg (Album, 2007), The Hate Chamber (Album, 2008) & Slakthus Gamleby (Album, 2010)
- ^ "Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - Demiurg". The Metal Archives. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Demiurg/88099. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ^ Catacombs of the Grotesque (Album)
- ^ Nightwork
- ^ Death's Design
- ^ The Phantom Lodge
- ^ Glorious Collision
- ^ Glorious Collision
- ^ "Evocation Prepares To Record New Album". Blabbermouth. January 24, 2010. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133961. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ On The Song "Fraud of Dark" from The Album, Frozen In Fire
- ^ Frozen In Fire
- ^ On The Song "Legend", from The Album, "Black Box"
- ^ In the Electric Mist (Album, 1995) & A Wayfarers Tears (Album, 1997)
- ^ As The Shadows Fall (Album, 1993)
- ^ "Gorath Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement". Blabbermouth. December 27, 2009. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=132589. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ Misotheism (Album)
- ^ MXCII (Album)
- ^ "Hail Of Bullets Putting Finishing Touches On New Album". Blabbermouth. March 13, 2010. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=136671. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ ....Of Frost and War (Album)
- ^ ....Of Frost and War (Album)
- ^ World of Ruin (Album)
- ^ Veni Vidi Vomui
- ^ Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival & Dance of December Souls
- ^ Tonight's Decision
- ^ Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival & Dance of December Souls
- ^ Weekend Ritual Massacre (Album)
- ^ Weekend Ritual Massacre
- ^ "Mechanization - Discography". http://www.mechanization.us/html/discography.html.
- ^ For Monkeys
- ^ Metamorphose (Album)
- ^ "Novembers Doom: A Eulogy For The Living Lost Video Released". Blabbermouth. February 16, 2010. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=135252. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ The Pale Haunt Departure
- ^ The Novella Reservoir
- ^ Into Night's Requiem Infernal
- ^ Guitar solo on the song "Dark World Burden" on the album The Pale Haunt Departure
- ^ Wish I Could Dream it Again (Album, 1994) & Arte Novecento (Album, 1996)
- ^ Rain Without End
- ^ "Odyssey: Reinventing The Past Artwork Unveiled". Blabbermouth. March 1, 2010. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=135936. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ a b Odyssey (EP, 1999) & Reinventing the Past (Album, 2010)
- ^ Odyssey & Reinventing the Past
- ^ Odyssey & Reinventing the Past
- ^ The Redshift
- ^ The Redshift
- ^ The Redshift
- ^ Morningrise
- ^ Morningrise
- ^ Morningrise
- ^ Nothing Remains The Same
- ^ "About Proserpine". Proserpine. http://proserpineband.com/news/about-proserpine.
- ^ Human Machine (Album)
- ^ Kans Mama Da Shraaph (EP)
- ^ "Albumit | Rytmihäiriö". Surmacore.com. http://www.surmacore.com/diskografia/albumit. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ^ Surmantuoja (Album)
- ^ Surmantuoja (Album)
- ^ "Легенды большого города" (Russian spelling for "Legends of a big city")
- ^ Forever More (EP)"Dan Swanö Mastering Somnae Forevermore E.P.". Somnae. http://www.myspace.com/somnae?mode=Article&newsitemID=134571.
- ^ Theli and A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming
- ^ Dead Reckoning
- ^ "Torture Division: Evighetens Dårar II Demo Details Revealed". Blabbermouth. March 2, 2010. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=135985. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "Dan Swanö Issues Update On Second Sky Project". Blabbermouth. February 4, 2010. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=134571. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "The Project Hate MCMXCIX Announces Lineup Changes". Blabbermouth. January 5, 2010. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=132926. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
External links
Dan Swanö • Andreas Axelsson • Sami Nerberg • Anders Lindberg • Benny Larsson • Robert Karlsson Albums Nothing But Death Remains • Unorthodox • The Spectral Sorrows • Until Eternity Ends • Purgatory Afterglow • Crimson • Infernal • Cryptic • Crimson IIDemos Euthanasia • Kur-Nu-Gi-A • The Dead • The Immortal Rehearsals • Dead But Dreaming • Darkday • Lost • The Spectral Sorrows Demos • Infernal DemosCompilations Videography "Black Tears" • "Uncontroll Me"Dan Swanö · Mikael Åkerfeldt · Peter Lindgren · Anders Nordin EP Heavy Metal MachineAnders Nyström · Jonas Renkse · Mikael Åkerfeldt · Martin Axenrot · Per Eriksson
Dan Swanö · Peter TägtgrenAlbums StudioCategories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- Swedish heavy metal bass guitarists
- Swedish heavy metal drummers
- Swedish heavy metal guitarists
- Swedish heavy metal singers
- Swedish tenors
- Swedish multi-instrumentalists
- Therion members
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