Nothing But Death Remains
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Nothing But Death Remains is the first studio album
by the Swedish death metal
band Edge of Sanity
, released by Black Mark Productions
on July 9, 1991. The album is dedicated to the memory of John Med Gummihandsken.
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 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...
on July 9, 1991. The album is dedicated to the memory of John Med Gummihandsken.
Track listing
- "Tales...." – 6:06
- "Human Aberration" – 3:38
- "Maze of Existence (Epidemic Reign Part I)" – 4:17
- "The Dead" – 3:54
- "Decepted by the Cross" – 3:50
- "Angel of Distress" – 3:28
- "Impulsive Necroplasma (Epidemic Reign Part II)" – 3:05
- "Immortal Souls" – 3:35
- "Pernicious Anguish" (Japanese Bonus Track) − 2:10
Band members
- Dan SwanöDan SwanöDan-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...
- death growlDeath growlA death growl, also known as death metal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, and harsh vocals among other names, is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal and black metal music genre, but also used in a variety of heavy metal and hardcore punk subgenres.Death... - 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 ....
- Andreas Axelsson - electric 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...
s - Anders Lindberg - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Sami Nerberg - electric guitars
Production and other
- Produced by Boss and Edge of Sanity
- Mixed by Boss, Rex and Dan
- Recording and mixing engineer: Rex
- Logo by Gunnar Swanö
- Original logo concept by Andreas
- Cover art by Lennart Lindberg
- Photo by Gunnar Johansson
- Cover layout by Micke Sjöblom