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| 1.5 very poor | EasterInTheBatcave | December 19th 15 |
A wildly inconsistent listen, which is unsurprising considering its production. Tired of Swano's progressive predilections-- which had culminated in the band's previous record, metal classic Crimson-- the rest of Edge of Sanity demanded a return to their traditional death metal roots. Unable to agree, the two sides wrote half the record each and, after it was released, Swano left the band.
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| 3.0 good | CrazyFool84 | February 22nd 11 |
Infernal serves as the beginning of the end of Edge of Sanity as a band, ushering in the era of solo-Swano recordings and eventually the retiring of the band’s name altogether. Apparently marred by creative differences between frontman Dan Swano and guitarist Andreas Axelsson, the tracks sort of reflect that environment, adding up for one of the more inconsistent recordings since the bands inception. Though this is still an Edge of Sanity recording – and really not that shabby of one when all is said and done – there is that uneasy feeling that something is not quite right; it’s unfortunate that this atmosphere was translated onto what can pretty much be considered as the “bands” final recording, though in terms of the bands overall progression, is still a pretty interesting listen.
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| 2.0 poor | I was living in constant fear of someone neg bombing all my reviews cause I know how many detest me | December 25th 21 |
It's hard to see this album as anything but an identity crisis, an inevitable result of creative tensions between Swano and the rest of the band. It's not truly bad, indeed it has some moments, although fewer and further between than previous releases. But the main issue is how haphazard, uneven and disjointed it feels, with only glimpses of Edge of Sanity's trademark semi-proggy writing sandwiched between less inspired death n roll and melodeath offerings.
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| 3.0 good | ItsOnlySkinDeep | April 17th 17 |
Many of the songs are really good but they all are just slapped together leading to a rather disjointed listen.
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| 0.0 | Lambda | October 30th 13 |
After Crimson, the rest of Edge of Sanity confronted Swano and had an ultimatum of sorts: they were tired of the progressive stuff, and wanted to get back to their roots. It was out of this dispute that Infernal was born. Unfortunately, the album is wildly inconsistent, and you can tell from listening that it is the product of a band divided. Indeed, the only common thread between the songs here is drummer Benny Larssen, who played on all eleven of them. Swano penned and performed five, and the rest of the band, with guitarist/vocalist Andreas Axelsson taking the lead, wrote the other six. Though there are some decent songs on here- namely "Hell Is Where the Heart Is," "Helter Skelter," and "15:36"- Infernal remains an extremely uneven, and almost uncomfortable, listen. 2.6
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| 2.5 average | El Olam | January 15th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Mitch | October 15th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Davey | September 23rd 23 |
| 2.5 average | haxxiy | March 5th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Bard0 | January 25th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Zac124 | December 4th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | yinei007 | September 14th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Grobeu | September 10th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Jerrad | July 19th 22 |
| 3.0 good | JoneHK | December 7th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Awake88 | September 12th 21 |
| 3.0 good | nbats | May 27th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Caribo | November 24th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Trey STAFF | June 30th 20 |
| 2.5 average | GallyP | May 15th 20 |
| 3.0 good | ulcer | April 20th 20 |
| 2.5 average | igi78 | February 4th 20 |
| 2.5 average | mEyck07 | November 19th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | bbgames | October 11th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Elynna | April 1st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Dummit | November 9th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Casavir | October 3rd 18 |
| 3.5 great | bSmith | April 13th 18 |
| 2.5 average | SuzyC | December 21st 17 |
| 3.5 great | pumi | November 24th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Death | November 16th 17 |
| 2.5 average | AriDoe | August 23rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | GazAldo | June 30th 17 |
| 3.0 good | khole | December 9th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Swarm | November 14th 16 |
| 2.5 average | GxTxK | October 24th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Leymon | February 23rd 16 |
| 3.0 good | Flave | November 13th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Pavera | September 21st 15 |
| 3.0 good | Ayil | July 10th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | trvvve | April 29th 15 |
| 2.5 average | adr | December 13th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vesquezo | September 8th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | RAM89 | April 1st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | FWX | February 2nd 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Gnome7 | August 10th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Escain | January 6th 13 |
| 3.5 great | jetfuel | September 17th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sabaton | June 15th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Thor | April 25th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Phate72 | September 19th 11 |
| 3.0 good | true | July 26th 11 |
| 3.5 great | YUJOS | March 8th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | 37er00 | January 26th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Wizard | January 20th 11 |
| 3.0 good | KILL | January 4th 10 |
| 2.5 average | drewkar | December 28th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Poet | December 15th 09 |
| 3.0 good | aeuk | November 17th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | krazaln | November 11th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | DLNation | September 24th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Ire | May 29th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | April 1st 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zoo | August 24th 07 |
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