Cryptic (album)
Encyclopedia
Cryptic is the seventh full-length studio album
by the Swedish death metal
band Edge of Sanity
, released on December 1, 1997 by Black Mark Productions
. It is the only Edge of Sanity album in which Dan Swanö
does not contribute. Guitarist, Andreas Axelsson hired a new vocalist in an attempt to keep the band together.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the Swedish death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band Edge of Sanity
Edge of Sanity
Edge of Sanity was a Swedish death metal band. Edge of Sanity are regarded alongside Opeth as being the first to fuse extreme metal styles like death and black metal with progressive rock.- History :...
, released on December 1, 1997 by Black Mark Productions
Black Mark Productions
Black Mark Productions is an independent record label based in Sweden and an office in Germany that specializes in extreme metal releases, perhaps best known for its close connection to Quorthon, leader of the defining black metal band Bathory until his death in 2004...
. It is the only Edge of Sanity album in which Dan Swanö
Dan Swanö
Dan-Erland Swanö is a Swedish musician who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale as well as the Owner of Unisound but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity.As a multi-instrumentalist he is...
does not contribute. Guitarist, Andreas Axelsson hired a new vocalist in an attempt to keep the band together.
Track listing
- "Hell Written" – 4:35
- "Uncontroll Me" – 5:55
- "No Destiny" – 3:36
- "Demon I" – 4:16
- "Not of This World" – 3:51
- "Dead I Walk" – 3:26
- "Born, Breed, Bleeding" – 4:30
- "Bleed You Dry" – 5:24
Credits
- Robert Karlsson − vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Andreas Axelsson − guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
- Sami Nerberg − guitar
- Anders Lindberg − bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Benny Larsson − drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....