Crimson II

 ( 2003 Albums ) 

Crimson II is the eighth and final full-length studio album by Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity and is a continuation of the storyline first heard on the album Crimson (1996). It is the only Edge of Sanity release that does not feature original members Andreas Axelsson and Benny Larsson. Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt, who provided vocals and guitar on the first album, also does not appear. Instead, it features contributions from guest musicians Mike Wead, Jonas Granvik, and brothers Roger and Simon Johannson.

Released during the advent of online music piracy, the album was indexed into over 40 track splits on the CD pressings, Crimson II at Discogs running from 18 seconds to a minute and a half, to discourage ripping and sharing (despite software like iTunes having the ability to rip groups of tracks as one file). When it was later released to digital stores and streaming services, the album was indexed into 11tracks that are not all split according to the song movements. This caused the movement names to be extended with "Aftermath II" and "III" even though only the final track contains the movement itself. Crimson II at Amazon MP3 Neither Swanö nor label Black Mark Production have commented on why this is the case or why the edited version was used.

The album was remastered and edited for the compilation When All Is Said (2006) so it would fit on one CD along with the original Crimson. When All Is Said at Discogs Full versions of both songs were used for a combined vinyl release in 2003. For this, the song was split in half, with side 2 picking up at "Achilles Heel." Crimson I&II on Discogs In 2011, the record was reissued on vinyl using the audio from the digital release as the source, with each track fading in and out at the exact times they do in the digital release.

The record was both remixed and remastered by Dan Swanö in 2025. Both new editions of the album were released by Century Media on August 8, 2025..

The album is dedicated to the memory of Death frontman Chuck Schuldiner.

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Track listing While the album consists of one 43-minute-long song, it has nine movements.

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When All Is Said edition The version featured in the When All Is Said compilation edits the track into eleven parts and removes certain segments to shorten the total runtime. All tracks fade in/out at the beginning/end, expect for the first and last tracks, which only feature fades at the end and beginning, respectively.

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Digital and 2025 editions Digital releases of the record, as well as the 2025 remixed and remastered releases, feature splits similar to the ones seen in When All Is Said, plus restored segments that were cut out of the previous digital editions. The 2025 editions also removed the crossfades between tracks.

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Personnel

• Dan Swanö − lead vocals and backing vocals, all other instruments, Record producer, mixing, engineering
• Roger Johansson − lead vocals
• Jonas Granvik − backing vocals
• Mike Wead − lead guitar, engineering
• Simon Johansson − lead guitar

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