- Crimson (Edge of Sanity album)
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Crimson 
Studio album by Edge of Sanity Released 2 April 1996[1] Recorded December, 1995 - January, 1996 Unisound and ProMix by Dan Swanö Genre Progressive death metal
Melodic death metalLength 40:00 Label Black Mark Producer Dan Swanö
Edge of SanityEdge of Sanity chronology Purgatory Afterglow
(1994)Crimson
(1996)Infernal
(1997)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[2]Crimson is the fifth full-length studio album by the Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity, which is their first concept album and was released in 1996 by Black Mark Productions. It features a single 40-minute track, telling a story in the distant future, when human civilization is about to end.
Contents
Album story
The album tells the story of a world where humans no longer can beget children. Into this time of despair a child is born to the King and Queen of the barren Earth. The Queen dies in the childbirth, and the King is left to rule the Earth and raise his daughter on his own. The people think the child is a sign that God will give them back the ability to reproduce, but the child grows into a teenager and humanity remains infertile. In time, the King dies and men fight over his throne.
The new King crushes rebellions against his illegitimate rule and is generally hated by the populace. Eventually they persuade the Child to lead a coup. As she is left alone to plan, the forces of evil beckon to her. She accepts an unholy Master and gains mighty magical powers. She slays the false King easily and begins ruling Earth. The people watch her obsessively, because it was thought that by restoring the rightful ruler they might be returned the gift of breeding. But the new Queen misleads the people, and slays the elders who the humans had preserved for their wisdom. Word of this gets out and a group of rebels gathers to stop her. They find a way to neutralize her power (by blinding her) and then place her in the same preservative tank of "crimson fluid" that the elders were kept in.
Track listing
- "Crimson" – 40:00
- "Murder. Divided." – 3:16 (Japanese Bonus Track)
Credits
Band members
- Dan Swanö − clean and death vocals, center rhythm guitar and harmony guitar, clean and acoustic guitar, keyboards
- Andreas Axelsson − right guitar
- Benny Larsson − drums, inspiration
- Anders Lindberg − bass
- Sami Nerberg − left guitar
Additional musicians
- Anders Måreby − death-cello bizarre
- Mikael Åkerfeldt − lead guitar and additional death vocals
Production and other
- Lyrics written by Axelsson/Swanö January 1996
- Crimson was recorded and mixed in Unisound by Dan Swanö and ProMix 1 December 1995 to January 1996
- Mastered and digitally edited by Peter in de Betou & Dan Swanö in Cutting Room, Stockholm January 1996
- Cover artwork by Duncan C. Storr
- Cover concept by Dan Swanö
- Design and Layout by Maren Lotz
- Executive Producer: Börje Forsberg
- Promotion: Björn Schrenk
External links
References
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"Categories:- 1996 albums
- Concept albums
- Edge of Sanity albums
- Concept album series
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