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Edge of Sanity

Death metal
Death metal

Edge of Sanity is a Death metal act. Their sound grew out of Mikael Åkerfeldt, Black Mark Productions, Dew-Scented and Gojira. Those roots explain a lot about how Edge of Sanity arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dismember, Unleashed, Necrophobic, Dark Tranquillity and Sentenced, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Opeth, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Edge of Sanity, reaching back through Mikael Åkerfeldt and forward to Opeth. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Edge of SanityMikael ÅkerfeldtBlack Mark ProductionsDew-ScentedGojiraOpethDismemberUnleashedNecrophobicDark TranquillitySentencedDissectionSadistMalevolent Creation

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Edge of Sanity connections

Edge of Sanity grew out of Mikael Åkerfeldt, Black Mark Productions, Dew-Scented and Gojira, shares an orbit with Dismember, Unleashed, Necrophobic and Dark Tranquillity, went on to shape Opeth. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Edge of Sanity

Roots4

Sounds and acts that shaped Edge of Sanity.

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Kindred11

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