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.
Limited 2LP black vinyl pressing
1. The Return to Consciousness (Intro) (Euthanasia Remaster 2024)
2. Human Aberration (Euthanasia Remaster 2024)
3. Pernicious Anguish (Euthanasia Remaster 2024)
4. Incipience to the Butchery (Euthanasia Remaster 2024)
5. Disrupting the Inhabitants (Euthanasia Remaster 2024)
6. Decepted by the Cross (Immortal Rehearsals Remaster 2024)
7. The Day of Maturity (Immortal Rehearsals Remaster 2024)
SIDE B
1. Beyond the Unknown (Immortal Rehearsals Remaster 2024)
2. Immortal Souls (Immortal Rehearsals Remaster 2024)
3. Decepted by the Cross (kur-nu-gi-a Remaster 2024)
4. Maze of Existence (kur-nu-gi-a Remaster 2024)
5. Beyond the Unknown (kur-nu-gi-a Remaster 2024)
DISC 2
SIDE A
1. The Day of Maturity (kur-nu-gi-a Remaster 2024)
2. Immortal Souls (kur-nu-gi-a Remaster 2024)
3. Serenade for the Dead (Outro) (kur-nu-gi-a Remaster 2024)
4. The Dead (The Dead Remaster 2024)
5. Angel of Distress (The Dead Remaster 2024)
6. Impulsive Necroplasma (The Dead Remaster 2024)
SIDE B
1. The Gathering (Intro) (Dead But Dreaming Remaster 2024)
2. A Curfew for the Damned (Dead But Dreaming Remaster 2024)
3. Everlasting (Dead But Dreaming Remaster 2024)
4. When All is Said (Dead But Dreaming Remaster 2024)
5. The Departure (Outro) (Dead But Dreaming Remaster 2024)
