Edge Of Sanity "Purgatory Afterglow"

Purgatory Afterglow is the fourth full-length studio album by 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 Production. Purgatory Afterglow is dedicated to the loving memory of Kurt Cobain. There are two different versions to the disc; the mirror-like disc with black letters and the black disc with gold letters. The Japanese release features the tracks "Until Eternity Ends" and "Eternal Eclipse" from the Until Eternity Ends EP. One of the two only Edge of Sanity videos was made for the song "Black Tears" (the other video was done for "Uncontrol Me" from the Cryptic album). This song was covered by the bands Eternal Tears of Sorrow, on their album Chaotic Beauty, and Heaven Shall Burn, on their album Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance).

In July 2014, Guitar World ranked Purgatory Afterglow at number 35 in their "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Dan Swanö, unless otherwise mentioned; all music is composed by Dan Swanö, unless otherwise mentioned.

1. "Twilight" 7:51
2. "Of Darksome Origin" Dan Swanö, Andreas Axelsson Swanö, Axelsson 5:02
3. "Blood-Colored" Swanö, Axelsson 4:01
4. "Silent" 5:06
5. "Black Tears" 3:15
6. "Elegy" Swanö, Axelsson 3:57
7. "Velvet Dreams" Axelsson Axelsson, Swanö 7:11
8. "Enter Chaos" Axelsson Axelsson 2:24
9. "The Sinner and the Sadness" 3:07
10. "Song of Sirens" Sami Nerberg, Axelsson Swanö, Axelsson, Nerberg 2:33
11. "Until Eternity Ends" (Japanese bonus track) 4:02
12. "Eternal Eclipse" (Japanese bonus track) 2:53

Total length: 52:06

Originally Edge of Sanity wanted to release two separate EP's: ''Purgatory''; the more traditional death metal oriented songs & ''Afterglow''; the experimental/hard rock songs. However Black Mark warned them it would be a huge financial & career risk so the band opted to release all of the material together as a full length.

A music video was made for song "Black Tears".

Comes as a silver CD with black writings and a black CD with gold writings.

Layout & typography : The Graphic Beat / Berlin, Germany.

Distribution: Cargo Records (Montréal, Canada).

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Unisound (Sweden), July 1994.

Produced by Edge Of Sanity.