Unisound
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Unisound is a recording studio
that used to be in Finspång
but was closed down by Dan Swanö
(who owns and operates) it because of his family but it was relocated to Örebro
, Sweden
into his Home.
A chronological "discography" of the studio can be found here:
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
that used to be in Finspång
Finspång
Finspång is a locality and the seat of Finspång Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 12,415 inhabitants in 2005.-Overview:Finspång is a traditional industrial town. The first industries were established in 1580 when a Royal factory for cannon and cannon balls was chartered. The industry...
but was closed down by 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...
(who owns and operates) it because of his family but it was relocated to Örebro
Örebro
-Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
into his Home.
A chronological "discography" of the studio can be found here:
Albums Recorded, Mixed or Mastered
- BloodbathBloodbathBloodbath is a Swedish death metal supergroup from Stockholm formed in 1998.-History:A year after being formed, the band, then consisting of Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocals, Dan Swanö on drums, Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström on guitar, and Jonas Renkse on bass, released their EP Breeding...
- Breeding DeathBreeding DeathProduced and engineered by Dan Swanö. Lyrics written by Mikael Åkerfeldt and Jonas Renkse. Recorded and mixed at The Sanctuary in Sweden.-Credits:*Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals*Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström – guitar*Jonas Renkse – bass*Dan Swanö – drums...
& Resurrection Through CarnageResurrection through CarnageResurrection Through Carnage, released in 2002 on Century Media Records, is the first full album release from Swedish death metal group Bloodbath...
(half)
- Dan Swanö - MoontowerMoontowerMoontower is a solo album by Swedish musician Dan Swanö.Swanö described the album as sounding like “If Rush played death metal in the 1970s”.The Album cover is a close up of Swanö's Eye.- Track listing :# "Sun of the Night" – 5:14...
- Dark FuneralDark FuneralDark Funeral is a black metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They are one of the bands to have emerged in Sweden during the Second wave of black metal....
- Dark Funeral & The Secrets of the Black ArtsThe Secrets of the Black ArtsThe Secrets of the Black Arts is the debut album by Dark Funeral released on January 28, 1996 by No Fashion Records. It was re-released on July 31, 2007 with a bonus disc consisting of the album original recording....
- Diabolical MasqueradeDiabolical MasqueradeDiabolical Masquerade was a Swedish one-man black metal band with progressive influences. The band was formed in 1993 in Stockholm as side project of Anders Nyström , known for his work as the guitarist of Katatonia.- History :...
- Death's DesignDeath's DesignDeath's Design is Blakkheim's fourth and final album, released under the moniker of Diabolical Masquerade and his most experimental. The album is broken up into 20 movements, the shortest of which is just 6 seconds long. Also the album seems to be without genre, changing directions many times...
, NightworkNightwork (album)Nightwork is the third album by avant-garde/black metal band Diabolical Masquerade released in 1998 through Avantgarde Music.-Track listing:#"Rider on the Bonez" – 5:54#"Dreadventurouz" – 5:46#"The Zkeleton Keyz to the Dead" – 5:17...
, Ravendusk in My HeartRavendusk in my HeartRavendusk in My Heart is the debut album by Diabolical Masquerade. It was released in 1996.-Track listing:# "The Castle of Blackheim" – 7:15# "Blackheim's Quest to Bring Back the Stolen Autumn" – 6:19# "Beyond the Spiritual Moon" – 0:57...
& The Phantom LodgeThe Phantom LodgeThe Phantom Lodge is the second album by Diabolical Masquerade. Dan Swanö played a much smaller part on this album than previously, doing heavy metal vocals on Hater only and assisting Blakkheim in producing...
- DissectionDissection (band)Dissection was a black metal band from Strömstad, Sweden. The band was formed in 1989, by Jon Nödtveidt. The band released its first EP in 1991. They disbanded in 2006, after Nödtveidt's suicide.- Band overview :...
- Storm of the Light's BaneStorm of the Light's BaneStorm of the Light's Bane is the 1995 album release by Swedish black/death metal band Dissection. That same year, Nuclear Blast released a Europe exclusive special digipak version of the album limited to 500 copies, which upon unfolding formed the shape of a cross with the song's lyrics printed on...
, The SomberlainThe SomberlainThe Somberlain is the debut album by Dissection, released in 1993. It proved to be a highly influential release for both black metal and melodic death metal. The band dedicated the album to Euronymous, who was murdered the same year....
& Where Dead Angels LieWhere Dead Angels LieWhere Dead Angels Lie is an EP by the Swedish black metal band Dissection. It was first released as a shaped CD in the form of the Dissection cross in 1996 by Nuclear Blast Records...
- Edge of SanityEdge of SanityEdge 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 :...
- CrimsonCrimson (Edge of Sanity album)Crimson is the fifth full-length studio album by Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity, which is their first concept album and was released in 1996 by Black Mark Productions...
, Crimson IICrimson II- Credits :* Dan Swanö − vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, animal sounds, music composition, production, mixing & engineeringGuests* Roger Johansson − lead death growl* Jonas Granvik − Backing death growl* Mike Wead − lead guitar & engineering...
, EvolutionEvolution (Edge of Sanity album)Evolution is a best of compilation album by the Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity, released by Black Mark Productions on November 29, 1999...
, Purgatory AfterglowPurgatory AfterglowPurgatory Afterglow is the fourth full-length studio album by the Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity. The album was recorded by Dan Swanö in Unisound Studios, Örebro, Sweden in July 1994 and released in 1994 by Black Mark Productions. Purgatory Afterglow is dedicated to the loving memory of...
& Until Eternity EndsUntil Eternity EndsUntil Eternity Ends is the first and only EP by the Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity, released by Black Mark Productions in 1994. There are two versions of this CD, one has a blue and yellow cover in a standard CD box and the other has a red and black cover in a slim-line single box...
- KatatoniaKatatoniaKatatonia is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström .-1991-1993:The early Katatonia releases, such as the EP Jhva Elohim Meth.....
- Brave Murder DayBrave Murder Day- Notes :# "Murder" & "Rainroom" is featured on Brave Yester Days.# "12" is a re-recorded version of the song Black Erotica from the W.A.R. Compilation Volume 1...
, Dance Of December SoulsDance of December SoulsDance of December Souls is the first full-length album by Katatonia.The album was released on CD in 1993 by No Fashion Records and LP by Helion Records, released in the USA in 1999 by Century Black. In 2004, record label Black Lodge reissued the album with all new artwork, but the band has stated...
, For Funerals to ComeFor Funerals to ComeFor Funerals To Come is a four-song EP released by Katatonia in 1995. All four songs later appeared on the Century Black release of the band's 1996 album Brave Murder Day....
, Katatonia / Primordial (only Scarlet Heavens) & Saw You DrownSaw You DrownSaw You Drown is a four-song EP released by Katatonia in 1998, limited to 1500 handnumbered copies.Today the EP is a true collectors' item and was recently issued on clear/blue wax 10" LP in 1000 hand-numbered copies....
- MardukMarduk (band)Marduk is a black metal band from Norrköping, Sweden. The band formed in 1990 and released their first record in 1991. Their name is derived from the Babylonian god Marduk, patron deity of Babylon.-Musical style:...
- Fuck Me JesusFuck me JesusFuck Me Jesus is the first demo by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at Gorysound Studios, and released in June 1991....
& Opus NocturneOpus NocturneOpus Nocturne is the third studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at Hellspawn Studios in September 1994 and released that December by Osmose Productions. It was re-released in digipak format that included bonus rehearsal tracks on June 27, 2006. Opus Nocturne is...
- MillencolinMillencolinMillencolin is a punk rock band that was formed in October 1992 by Nikola Šarčević, Mathias Färm, and Erik Ohlsson in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band...
- For MonkeysFor MonkeysFor Monkeys is the third album by the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin, released on April 20, 1997 in Sweden by Burning Heart Records and on May 20, 1997 in the United States by Epitaph Records...
- Infestdead - HellfuckHellfuckHellfuck is the second release from Infestdead. It was repressed with "Killing Christ" EP as bonus tracks, though the song "Bestial Genocide" is missing.-Tracks:#"Rebirth " - 00:28...
, JesuSatanJesuSatanJesuSatan is the final release from Infestdead before breaking up.It was re-released in the year 2000 in DIGIPAK form by Hammerheart Records.-Tracks:#"Re-resurrection" - 03:27#"Christinsanity" - 03:45#"Born to Burn" - 03:55#"JesuSatan" - 03:10...
& Killing ChristKilling ChristKilling Christ is the first release from Infestdead. It was recorded and mixed within the span of a week by Dan Swanö alone at his Unisound studio.This first song on this EP is "I'll Be Black", an ode to Lucifer's human manfiest upon judgement day....
- October TideOctober TideOctober Tide is a death/doom metal side project that was created in 1995 by Katatonia vocalist Jonas Renkse and then Katatonia guitarist Fred Norrman.-1995 - 1999:...
- Rain Without EndRain Without EndRain Without End is the first album by the melodic death/doom metal band October Tide.This is the last October Tide Release with Renkse on Vocals.- Track listing :#"12 Days of Rain" - 6:43#"Ephemeral" - 6:19#"All Painted Cold" - 5:45...
- Odyssey - Odyssey & Reinventing The Past
- OpethOpethOpeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years...
- MorningriseMorningriseMorningrise is the second studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. It was released on June 24, 1996 in Europe by Candlelight Records and on June 24, 1997 in the United States by Century Black. The recording sessions took place at Unisound studio, in Örebro, between March and April...
& OrchidOrchid (album)Orchid is the debut album by Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth, released on May 15, 1995 in Europe by Candlelight Records, and on June 24, 1997 in the United States by Century Black. It was reissued in 2000 with one bonus track called "Into the Frost of Winter", an early recording by the...
- Pan.Thy.MoniumPan.Thy.MoniumPan.Thy.Monium was a Swedish avant-garde metal band formed and led by Dan Swanö with several members from another project of his, Edge of Sanity...
- KhaooohsKhaooohsKhaooohs is the second album by avant-garde/progressive/death metal band Pan.Thy.Monium released in 1993.-Track listing:#"I Månens Sken Dog En Skugga" – 1:50#"Under Ytan" – 3:56#"Jag & Vem" – 5:54#"Lava" – 7:37#"Lömska Försåt" - 6:55...
& Khaooohs and Kon-Fus-IonKhaooohs and Kon-Fus-IonKhaooohs and Kon-Fus-Ion is the third and final album by avant-garde progressive death metal band Pan.Thy.Monium released in 1996.-Track listing:#"The Battle of Geeheeb" – 11:55...