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Edge Of Sanity - Cryptic



6.5 | 117 votes |
Release date: 1 December 1997
Style: Death metal

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01. Hell Written
02. Uncontroll Me
03. No Destiny
04. Demon I
05. Not Of This World
06. Dead I Walk
07. Born, Breed, Bleeding
08. Bleed You Dry

Additional info
Recorded and mixed by Rony Lahti, August 1997, at Soundtrade Studios, Sweden
Produced by Rony Lahti and Edge Of Sanity
Mastering: Peter in de Betou, Cutting Room, Sweden
Photo: Susan Nerberg, Alejandro Palavecino
Cover motif: Martin Ahx
Layout and Typography: Michael Semprevivo
Published by: Black Mark Production 1997
Executive Producer: Anders Forsberg

Guest review by
deadone
Rating:
8.0
Cryptic has a special place in Edge Of Sanity's discography as the only album to not feature the talented Dan Swano. To many fans this might be off putting and a reason to avoid the album. However the reality is of course, very different.

Cryptic is not an album for lovers of progressive Death Metal. It is an album for fans of dirty Death Metal with more in common with Entombed or Dismember's more melodic moments. In some ways it is closer to Death N Roll and Melodic Death Metal than pure Death Metal but it's still a heavy sounding album and certainly far more brutal than most of the Gothenburg crowd.

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published 21.01.2014 | Comments (1)

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25.01.2012 - 00:19
JohnDoe
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Dan Swano is not on this album. One can even hear he's not there.
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14.05.2014 - 22:46
!J.O.O.E.!
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I don't think I ever actually listened to this one before. It's quite an amazing album as Swedish old school death metal is seemingly one of those things that's impossible to do badly. The riffs seem to practically write themselves and it almost always sounds satisfying. This though somehow manages to defy that with some of the lamest and most forgettable riffs I've heard from the genre. I often wondered if this album was maligned because it lacked Swano. Now I know it's disliked because it's boring as almighty sin. The vocals lack conviction too, though I suppose they aren't bad.
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15.05.2014 - 01:24
Lit.
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8.5?

Lolwat?
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03.02.2015 - 15:10
MichaelAngeloT

Such an underrated album...
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09.04.2016 - 03:06
Rating: 5
Reaper_Redeemer

Written by Guest on 14.05.2014 at 22:46

with some of the lamest and most forgettable riffs I've heard from the genre. I often wondered if this album was maligned because it lacked Swano. Now I know it's disliked because it's boring as almighty sin.


Well said.
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11.09.2019 - 03:51
RichardPickman

Even after a lot of listenings, i still cant figure out how this album is bad in any way. It is not the typical edge of sanity album, i must admit. But it is slugy and groovy and with a touch of the death n roll vibe of this era. It has a crowbar style of tone and riffing, Its a different project and i like it. But, to agree wih you guys, its not edga of sanity. but as a crowbar fan, i liked what i hear.
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18.09.2019 - 12:04
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Tage Westerlund
Well band tries goes back to roots whit new singer, but you have to admit Dan was all in that band, all 100% no him its failure unless you're extreme dm freak what dont see outside of coffin
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11.01.2024 - 00:47
Rating: 7
Oldy86

Another underrated album by EoS. I don't understand how they have any albums below a 7 on here. I think they're one of those bands that made 3 near perfect albums, and when they don't make an album on that level, the fans end up being harsh on them. Might be the case that Dan Swanö is a miss too. These just don't have a bad album.
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22.02.2024 - 17:56
Rating: 9
pyosisified

This album is 100% Edge od sanity for me. It is minimum a 8. Fill of pure EoS riffs. It is better tahn Inferno.
People is wrong when they think that Swano was Edge of Sanity. 50% of the songs were written by Andreas Axelsson.
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