Edge of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow (Re-issue) [2CD]

Century Media Records

£18.97

Format: 2 x CD
Catalogue No.: 19658877542
Barcode: 196588775420
Release Date: 21 Jun 2024
Genre: Metal

EDGE OF SANITY – BEYOND THE UNKNOWN Edge of Sanity were not alone in their extreme metal ascent but were unique. A few Swedish bands have accomplished more conceptually and musically throughout the group's journey from eager teenagers in the late eighties to Edge of Sanity's final throes in 2003. While what they did at the time caused alarm, in hindsight, it all makes sense. The first death metal "ballad" can be found in "When All Is Said". The clean vocal in "Enigma" was uncommon and possibly too forward-thinking in 1992. Fresh out of early retirement, Edge of Sanity imposed not only a gothic rock song ("Sacrificed") but also a Manowar cover ("Blood of My Enemies") when experimentation was not de rigueur. Coloring outside of well-established lines was career suicide in then-myopic death metal. Yet, Edge of Sanity did it time and again. They dared to make a single-song album on Crimson, a 40-minute adventure out of step with industry norms. And when it was all said and done, they vanished into thin air (as they had a few times before) in 2003: fourteen years and eight albums, a strident strike against convention yet a veritable spearhead of what was to come.

Tracklisting
Disc: 1
1. Twilight (Remaster 2024)
2. Of Darksome Origin (Remaster 2024)
3. Blood-Colored (Remaster 2024)
4. Silent (Remaster 2024)
5. Black Tears (Remaster 2024)
6. Elegy (Remaster 2024)
7. Velvet Dreams (Remaster 2024)
8. Enter Chaos (Remaster 2024)
9. The Sinner and the Sadness (Remaster 2024)
10. Song of Sirens (Remaster 2024)
11. Until Eternity Ends (Remaster 2024)
12. Eternal Eclipse (Remaster 2024)
13. Bleed (Remaster 2024)
14. Invisible Sun (Remaster 2024)
Disc: 2
1. Twilight (Remix 2024)
2. Of Darksome Origin (Remix 2024)
3. Blood-Colored (Remix 2024)
4. Silent (Remix 2024)
5. Black Tears (Remix 2024)
6. Elegy (Remix 2024)
7. Velvet Dreams (Remix 2024)
8. Enter Chaos (Remix 2024)
9. The Sinner and the Sadness (Remix 2024)
10. Song of Sirens (Remix 2024)
11. Until Eternity Ends (Remix 2024)
12. Eternal Eclipse (Remix 2024)
13. Bleed (Remix 2024)
14. Invisible Sun (Remix 2024)