Most importantly, how is the album musically? I will continue just like I started. In order to banish the beast mother has to bleed the child’s eyes out and sacrifices herself in the process. Mankind’s fate with such evil in existence does not look very promising. Gazing into the eyes of the beast is fatal, as suspecting Mother Superior learns. A nun at the monastery reads a forbidden book of incantations only to plant a seed of the evil spirit inside of her. The story is very reminiscent of Omen, the female version (who is Clive Nolan who wrote the lyrics?).
The booklet, however, breaks the story in 9 chapters. Instead of being just one long track it is actually broken down in 43 little frames, probably a page taken out of Diabolical Masquerade’s Death’s Design. Just like the legendary Crimson album (maybe that is why the Edge of Sanity tag) Crimson II is a concept story. Roger Johansson and Jonas Granvik are growling away and Mike Wead ( Mercyful Fate) and Simon Johansson ( Memory Garden) pitch in the guitar leads. None of the old Edge of Sanity guys are anywhere to be seen in the credits. You see, Dan plays just about every instrument and sings in both growling and clean vocals on Crimson II. All naming rights, copyrights and any other rights aside, I don’t know why Dan elected to go with the Edge of Sanity moniker on this album instead of calling it his own. To set the record entirely straight, Crimson II is more like Dan Swano’s solo project than the Edge of Sanity latest album. Unexpectedly, because Dan Swano, a metal genius, is involved with Bloodbath, Diabolical Masquerade and Nightingale, not counting some other production jobs. And now, very unexpectedly, there is Crimson II. Well, actually it has been since 1997 Infernal, if you don’t count Swano-less years. It has been six years since the last Edge of Sanity album saw the light of day.
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