---
title: "Edge of Sanity"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/edge-of-sanity"
genre: "Death Metal"
country: "Sweden"
formed: 1989
disbanded: 2003
---

# Edge of Sanity

**Edge of Sanity** is a death metal band, from Sweden, active 1989 to 2003.

Edge of Sanity was a Swedish death metal band that, alongside Opeth, is commonly regarded as being the first to fuse extreme metal styles like death and black metal with progressive rock. The group was founded by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Dan Swanö in 1989 with Swanö taking vocal, guitar and songwriting duties, and ended in 2003.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Sanity

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Edge of Sanity |
| Genre | Death Metal |
| Parent genre | Death Metal |
| Origin | Finspång, Sweden |
| Formed | 1989 |
| Disbanded | 2003 |
| Releases in catalog | 10 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Melodic Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-death) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dan Swanö](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dan-swano) | Lead vocals, Drums (drum set), Piano, Guitar, Keyboard, Bass guitar | 1989 to 2003 | Former |
| [Andreas Axelsson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andreas-axelsson) | Lead vocals, Guitar | 1989 to 1999 | Former |
| [Benny Larsson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/benny-larsson) | Drums (drum set) | 1989 to 1999 | Former |
| [Roberth Karlsson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/roberth-karlsson) | Lead vocals | 1997 to 1999 | Former |
| [Anders Lindberg](https://themetalnet.com/musician/anders-lindberg) | Bass guitar | 1989 to 1999 | Former |
| [Sami Nerberg](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sami-nerberg) | Guitar | 1989 to 1999 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1991 | [Nothing but Death Remains](https://themetalnet.com/album/4e92b377-831d-3880-8ce8-0c1d9915e5a6) | Album |
| 1992 | [Unorthodox](https://themetalnet.com/album/500d3324-fe32-3368-af0b-7486e9aa4950) | Album |
| 1992 | [Unorthodox (6 track advance copy)](https://themetalnet.com/album/badbfe95-63c6-4a40-84a9-705f36c98e4a) | EP |
| 1993 | [The Spectral Sorrows](https://themetalnet.com/album/8d47e6ee-4e1f-3e4e-963f-95db50d45688) | Album |
| 1994 | [Purgatory Afterglow](https://themetalnet.com/album/92fbd3a6-2a8f-3425-bd83-d2c8d046f276) | Album |
| 1994 | [Until Eternity Ends](https://themetalnet.com/album/e2427314-aae9-302e-93b5-837cc93c48e7) | EP |
| 1996 | [Crimson](https://themetalnet.com/album/11b01ea3-97ac-3bfe-b933-e80105d599ed) | Album |
| 1997 | [Cryptic](https://themetalnet.com/album/a41862dc-e1de-3497-805f-57a259a2648b) | Album |
| 1997 | [Infernal](https://themetalnet.com/album/0878a711-ef2b-3e21-99e6-6aab0fe15813) | Album |
| 2003 | [Crimson II](https://themetalnet.com/album/3da7b795-3e91-3e03-b2ff-6e232fa33289) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Dark Tranquillity](https://themetalnet.com/band/dark-tranquillity) (listened together)
- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)
- [Amorphis](https://themetalnet.com/band/amorphis) (listened together)
- [Hypocrisy](https://themetalnet.com/band/hypocrisy) (listened together)
- [At the Gates](https://themetalnet.com/band/at-the-gates) (listened together)
- [Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/death) (listened together)
- [Bloodbath](https://themetalnet.com/band/bloodbath) (listened together)
- [Arch Enemy](https://themetalnet.com/band/arch-enemy) (listened together)
- [Carcass](https://themetalnet.com/band/carcass) (listened together)
- [Dissection](https://themetalnet.com/band/dissection) (listened together)
- [Children of Bodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/children-of-bodom) (listened together)
- [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/1685436
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Edge_of_Sanity/106
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCdakClSRpW3gR8h40jWFqWg
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Mcy1ngqEXUXXEQEpUDGix
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Edge-of-Sanity-10494574089
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/81241274

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/edge-of-sanity](https://themetalnet.com/band/edge-of-sanity). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt