Original Version Japanese Version 1. The spectral sorrows 1:44 1. The spectral sorrows 1:44 2. Dark day 4:28 2. Dark day 4:28 3. Livin' hell 4:19 3. Livin' hell 4:19 4. Lost 4:35 4. Lost 4:35 5. The masque 6:38 5. The masque 6:38 6. Blood of my enemies (Manowar cover) 3:29 6. Blood of my enemies (Manowar cover) 3:29 7. Jesus cries 4:49 7. Jesus cries 4:49 8. Across the fields of forever 6:07 8. Across the fields of forever 6:07 9. On the other side 5:43 9. On the other side 5:43 10. Sacrificed 3:51 10. Sacrificed 3:51 11. Waiting to die 3:11 11. Waiting to die 3:11 12. Feedin' the charlatan 2:45 12. Feedin' the charlatan 2:45 13. A serenade for the dead 2:23 13. A serenade for the dead 2:23 14. Bleed 2:08 total time 54:02 total time 56:10
Darkday Music by Axelsson * Keyboards by Dan * Dubbed lead vocals by Dread Whispers, Travelling with the wind Like fragments of unbecoming, the gathering of our sins. Crying, tears from the blind man. Now you see so much better without eyes, when something dies. He sees the unbecoming. The one's nevermade. The unmaking (of worlds) he knows them. This man now weeps and prays. No. This wasn't meant to be. In all the dreams that I have dreamt this wasn't our destiny. As explorer of earths and adventurer of the stars I know that I should've known. Now the sorrow spectrum grows and the world will stay unsaved. I know that I should've seen. I know the unbecoming. The worlds nevermade. The unmaking, I know them. And now I weep and pray. Whispers, Travelling... (chorus) Now, the darkday has come. Now O know, now I see, that evil never dies, it just sleeps. It just sleeps... Livin' hell Music by Swanö/Axelsson * Lyrics by Axelsson * Arranged by Swanö/Axelsson/Larsson * Keyboards by Dan Twisted mind, malesting your own seed. Yeah, bastard father you make me puke!! "Your own flesh and blood" You're killing your own breed to satisfy Your macabre needs. She's afraid to tace The outside worl. A well-known hell before an unknown paradise. She's trying to kill her memories, but she ain't got no weapon!! YEAH! She lives awaiting the end. Livin' hell She's doomed to descend! Chorus: LIVIN' HELL! LIVING WITH THE SPIRITS OF DEATH LIVING HELL, LIVING DEAD, LIVING DEAD! The way she's living, the way it is. She doesn't know anyother life. Don't tell anyone "Be daddys little girl" Scared to silence--scared to talk, noone listens, noone hears. They won't believe their livin' lies... She only knows one way to end it: To stop to funktion, to make it end Lost Music & Lyrics by Swanö * Arranged by Swanö/Axelsson/Larsson * Additional guitars by Dan * I have seen eternity I am the king of time I am off the Edge of Sanity My living ain't no crime A soldier of existence chosen to be Protector of the earth I'll last eternally I awake into another sphere reborn into the neverwhere All alone in this space There's no love nor disgrace My body aches, I tremble with fear The sky, the last I saw is no longer clear Water and ice cover the ground I can face reality, the world has drowned I try to move but I am caged in ice Floating bodies looking for their paradise But the truth is no longer fantasy in this world I am the only man to be. Chorus: I AM LOST, I WAS NEVER CREATED I AM LOST, lIFE IS DEVASTATED We melt away and I feel the mud that once was land for all the sea of ice that used to be the home of humanity My soul is frozen, longing for fire I barely believe I see this sight All I can face is eternal night. The sun awakes and shine on all the remains The ice that encaged my body now flows in strains Soon I can move, and walk away What the future brings, who can say? (chorus) Eternal eyes, I can see the sky. My lonely cries, I want my soul to die. I am all alone, the world will now reform. I'm born again, once cold sun now keeps me warm. (chorus) The Masque Music by Swanö * Lyrics by Swanö/Axelsson * Arranged by Swanö/Axelsson/Nerberg/LArsson * Keyboards by Dan Behind these eyes lies a mind controlled by the thrill of a kill. They've put a price on your head, you don't mind you got a dream to fulfill. It satisfies your every need, there's no way you will stop. A normal man in a normal world. A disguise that you'll never drop. Chorus: Belated you lie Innocent, innocent you die. As sure as sunrise, as sure as tide new blood will flow before the old has dried Helpless you cry Innocent, innocent you die. The living nightmare has been released His evil forces have been unleashed. Another scene, the truth is so mean. You blow out another human candle. To dissevere a dead cold body. To dominate, to devastate, psycho! Do you love to twist their dreams? Do you come when you hear their screams? Do you covet their lifeless limb? The world is shocked, the cage is locked, forever. The dismal truth, so hard to face, we're running out of time. He loves the world, where he is king, where he does whatever he pleases! In his mind, he is God. Sacrifices in human blood. His sickened art is holy deeds. Examined piece by piece. (chorus) My face looks so much stronger now My ashes all decayed I'll put you six feet under And make you fucking stay My anger, leaves the ground Spiritualize, I'm lost then found The Masque will always symbolize The states of him, and in their eyes In silence we all drown In an ocean so red The beauty of my killing Behind the needs you had It causes fear. It causes pain. It drives us all insane. Stay grey that we must pay Dominate, To devastate, Psycho! Abuse, before you lose You must never give it chance Is it right? Eternal hate Sins in blasphemy (chorus) Belated you lie! Innocent, Innocent you die. As sure as sunrise, As sure as tide. New blood will flow before the old has dried. Helpless you cry. Innocent, innocent you die. The Masque will always symbolize, The states of death will end their lives Blood of my enemies Music and Lyrics by MANOWAR * Arranged by EDGE OF SANITY Three sons have I, and they ride by my side--The fierce, The black and the wicked are their names--we ride down my enemies on their half-hearted flight. No voice of mercy--no evangels of light. Mighty messengers--heathens rage Witness our coming--gods of the dead. I ride through the air-- I laugh as I die--with powers of evil Dark knowledge is mine. The ride of the wicked. The 1st sin was trust-- Kill without warning--for blood now I lust Strong winds--magic mist To Asgard the Valkries fly High overhead--they carry the dead Where the blood of my enemy lies Three sons have I, and they ride by my side--The fierce, The black and the wicked are their names--we ride down my enemies on their half-hearted flight. No voice of mercy--no evangels of light. Strong winds--magic mist To Asgard the Valkries fly High overhead--they carry the dead Where the blood of my enemy lies Jesus cries Music by Swanö/Axelsson/Nerberg * Lyrics by Swanö * Arranged by EDGE OF SANITY * Additional lead vocals by Dread * Hammer by Dan * Screams by Dread In the beginning there was light. The world could feel his holy might. Born into a world he soon would leave. People would not listen, people would decieve. He tried to bless, he tried to heal, he told the mighty powers to conseal. The disciples of his father, born of God, they believed that they would bleed the holy blood. Chorus: My God, my God. Why have you forsaken me? I am nailed to this cross, but spiritually I'm free. For God so loved the world, that he gave us his only begotten son and that whosoever believeth him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Jesus cries... Jesus cries... The star upon the sky, is it just another lullaby? What a world do believe could be all a fucking lie! I'll never serve in heaven. I rather rule in hell. (chorus) Jesus cries A blessing from the skies Jesus dies A holy sacrifice! Across the fields of forever Music by Swanö/Axelsson/Nerberg * Lyrics by Swanö/Axelsson * Arranged by EDGE OF SANITY * Keyboards by Dan It all began with the shades of what we never thought existed. The vision of the distorted views was no longer an illusion. It was the plain and bitter truth. My divination that I never dreamt was now to become. Th pseudo silence an all I have unseen. Life is a darkened silent barricade between all I am and ever wanted to be. We're soon to die... Inherit the wisdom of the earth Who has struck the bell? That leads us into hell... I explore myself with my inner eyes, the prodigal son dropped his disguise I stalk through the fields of my forsaken memories. Fading away like withering travesties. My inborn lust for adventures of sharpe- less nature and kind. I lie here clutching at straws, the dream savant chose me blind and then we die... Inherit the sadness of the truth Erupted are the seas The epitaphs written in the breeze. Eradicate our bounds from the earth Internally, eternally never to emerge Torment--Death on holy ground Carnage--In blood we drowned... The world cracks and we fall into decay The waves of Styx sweeps the dying as I caress their souls. My knowledge tickles as I cry, the sorrow spectrum grows. I weigh my anchor and sail thru the rainbow... There's no future to alter I enter the other side... and now we're dead... Inherit the secrets neverknown Explore the universe Behold the ancients' curse The Dead shall walk the earth. On the other side Music and Lyrics by Swanö * Arranged by Swanö/Axelsson/Larsson * Keyboards by Dan * Additional guitars by Dan Behold the light, dividing the sky in two. The mountains might, you'll never make it thru: To the other side. The night so cold, you suffer from thirst and hunger. Recall the stories told, that haunted you when you were youn- ger. Wolves are howling in the dark Evil leaves unholy mark. As scar too severe to be healed Rebuild the soul that have been peeled. Chorus: There is nowhere you can hide On the other side The wise man never lied Unholy soldiers ride Thru the forest wide Here Where brave ones died Like the light of day you should have stayed away! Behold the sky, the dawn of burning mist as the ravens fly, a sight you cannot resist. Evil rules your mind. March with fear, the only way is ahead Your final tear, to evil you are wed. Demons crawling on your way Ending, silently you lay Presence of unholiness The proof of your excess (chorus) Leaving the real world behind as you enter the one never seen The darkness will rock you to sleep In the cradle of evil you dream. Sacrificed Music & Lyrics by Swanö * Arranged by by EDGE OF SANITY * Backing vocals by Dread * Keyboards & Programing by Dan * Created in 1993 There's an evil wind blowing through my soul, a firestorm that makes the mountains roll. I can feel his might from day to night. The fires of hell I can see them burning bright. The time has come to take me away. Way down deep to where the demons stay. This day I see is my last up here. I have no guilt and I have no fear. I am off the earth. I am off the border. I am never to return. Victimized, I am his chosen In hell I shall burn. Chorus: I AM SACRIFICED. Deeper down down deeper down down deeper down. Deeper down. (repeat) I seek for cold in this world of heat, no longer a man in this world I am meat. I have to pay for all human sins, in this world where only evil wins. Where evil wins. I am off the earth. I am off the border. I am never to return. Victimized, I am his chosen. In hell I chall burn. Chorus The thunder strikes much louder here... The rain is boiling tears. You can never guess what hell is like. Until you're lying in his hearse! (chorus) Waiting to die Music by Swanö/Axelsson * Lyrics by Swanö * Arranged by Swanö/Axelsson/Larsson * Backing vocals by Dread Born into this world like any other child, the years went by and you were young and wild. But deep inside your body there was a secret that soon would be unveiled. You don't know what's waiting for you, it's something you won't believe is true. A disease so hard to cure and you will suffer like never before! Afraid of life--Because death is near! Destined to die!--Time is your seer. Chorus: WAITING TO DIE--NO USE TO DEFY ABANDON YOUR LIFE--TRUTH CUTS LIKE A KNIFE! Walk across the burial ground where you will rest, disbelief in God--You will die unblessed. Descry your future in the world below. You will be welcomed when you decide to go! Cross the bridge of sorrow and fear, say goodbye to those that you hold dear. Life may have mercy but death has none. Descend inte the netherworld, all time is gone. (chorus) You dream of life without the pain but in the castle where your anguish reigns there is black, there will be no light until the hour comes when your body will ignite! When you body will ignite! Feeding the charlatan Music & Lyrics by Axelsson/Larsson * Arranged by Axelsson/Nerberg/Larsson/Swanö * Lead vocals by Dread * "We're back" by Sami "We're Back!!!!" All your life have been living lies Locked inside your false paradise Your problem is you're too blind to see You have false illusions of being free Catch up on reality You're living in a dream your mind is twisted, Nothing is what it seems Chorus: It all comes slearer as the smokescreen falls You open up your ears to hear my calls then you'll know what you need Can't tell that the dust of angels leeds you straight to hell To play the game you must pay the cost But you'll be long gone before you're lost Then you'll be trapped in a giant web And some sunny day you will end up dead. A serenade for the dead Music by Swanö * Arranged by Swanö Instrumental Lyrics in plain text format	Line up Dan Swanö - Throat Dread - Rhythm / lead guitars Sami Nerberg - Rhythm / lead guitars Benny Larsson - Drums & cymbals Anders Lindberg - Bass* (does not play bass due to military service, all bass on this record is played by Dread.) Artwork Info Produced by Edge of Sanity Executive producer: Börje Forsberg Recorded on 16 tracks in Unisound Recordings, July/August 1993 Mixed & engineered by Dan Swanö Mastered by Peter in de Betou - Cutting Room Artwork by Dan Seagrave Photos by Åsa Jonsén Layout & Graphics by Maren Lotz, Berlin Sami uses Fender guitars, Yamaha pedals and Yamaha amps Dread uses Fender guitars, Boss pedals and Yamaha amps Benny uses Tama drums, Paiste / Zildjan cymbals, Camco pedals and any sticks Anders uses Maison basses, Dan uses his voice exclusively!! Review Actually I don't really need to say a lot about this album. Anyone who's only a little bit into Death Metal is bound to know Dan Swanö and Edge of Sanity. And The Spectral Sorrows I think is one of their best albums. 13 songs of good death metal with cool riffs, grunts and everything. And it's so varied that it never gets a bit boring. They even step away from the death metal sometimes, like "Blood of my Enemies" which is a Manowar cover, and "Sacrifice" which sounds more like an '80s gothic song. Conclusion: This rules! Rating: 8 out of 10