{"id":60005,"date":"2017-01-04T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=60005"},"modified":"2017-01-04T09:01:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T15:01:23","slug":"examining-edge-of-sanity-a-discography-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/examining-edge-of-sanity-a-discography-breakdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Examining Edge of Sanity: A Discography Breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It has been a while since my last installment of this series.\u00a0Diving head first into Darkthrone<\/strong>‘s discography<\/a> the day after finishing Opeth<\/strong><\/a> was a strenuous task. My mind, fresh from being melted by death metal and prog-rock, was\u00a0not quite ready for the frozen landscapes I traversed. A bit of time was needed to recuperate my sanity. Two months went by and I was feeling the need for Death Metal. Truthfully, this genre is one that I don’t know\u00a0much about. Yes, I like it, but I had never delved past the standards. I thought it was due time for me to expand my knowledge base. After a quick consultation with the mighty Toileteers, it seemed that Edge of Sanity<\/strong> was to be the best choice. Here are the results of my death metal discog diving.<\/p>\n

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Nothing But Death Remains (1991)<\/em><\/h3>\n

Edge of Sanity’s debut album is a solid slab of death metal. Nothing quite groundbreaking here, but I can hear the seeds being sown for future reaping. The start\/stop riffs are jam-packed into this album and I have absolutely no problem with that at all. In fact, that was a huge draw for me upon the first spin. I was also immediately drawn to the mid-riff tempo changes, the slow sections really breath quite well and help place emphasis on the more technical and faster segments. Overall the tone is average to good; I still don’t know if I am in love with or despise the snare sound, only time will tell. Swan\u00f6’s demented growl is a huge plus in my book and the attempt at keyboard orchestration was a great idea, but I would’ve liked to hear it fleshed out a little more. The high point of this album for me would be the one-two punch of “Angel of Distress” and “Impulsive Necroplasma.” Those two songs slay everything else on this album.<\/p>\n