Dan Swanö
Dan Swanö (born March 10, 1973 in Finspång ) is a Swedish music producer, singer, guitarist , bassist , drummer and keyboardist . He is considered to be extremely influential in death metal , progressive metal, and progressive rock .
Career
Swanö was a member of a variety of bands. He played for Edge of Sanity , Nightingale , Pan.Thy.Monium , Brejn Dedd , Unicorn , Infestdead , De Infernali and Route Nine . As a drummer he played with Katatonia and Bloodbath and worked on Theli as a singer for Therion .
In 2001 Dan Swanö released the concept EP Sbrodj under the band name Karaboudjan, the content of which is based on the Tintin comics by Hergé . The three pieces, whose style is called Swanical Stoned Sludge Space-Rock by the web magazine Avantgarde Metal , are named after the comic albums Flight 714 to Sydney , The Black Island and The Mysterious Star ; Figures from the comics are listed as band members in the booklet, according to Dr. Krollspell or General Alcazar.
In his Unisound studio , Swanö has produced albums by Marduk , Opeth , Dissection , Katatonia, Diabolical Masquerade , Fall of Serenity , Misery Speaks and Dark Funeral, among others . He later stated that he never wanted to be a producer, it just happened. The musicians around him had arranged for him to produce them, and he had to quit his job because of that. Today he still works in a music store. In 1993 the studio became his only activity and the situation worsened with the birth of his son. In addition, his studio was only visited by black metal bands, which he found boring copies of Marduk and Dissection and who wanted their sound without possessing their talent. The bands more interesting for Swanö, in turn, went to larger studios such as Peter Tägtgren's Abyss studio because of better budgets . In addition, his work no longer gave him freedom and the work that went with it kept him from producing himself. He stopped working as a producer and sold instruments in a music store.
Discography
- with Edge of Sanity
- with Pan.Thy.Monium
- with Darkified
- 1991: Dark (demo recording)
- 1992: Sleep Forever ... (single)
- 1995: A Dance on the Grave (EP)
- with Katatonia
- 1992: Jhva Elohim Meth (demo recording)
- 1999: Tonight's Decision
- 2007: Discouraged Ones (re-release)
- with altar
- 1992: Ex oblivione / The Fragile Concept of Affection (Split with Cartilage)
- with unicorn
- 1993: Ever Since
- 1995: Emotional Wasteland
- with Godsend
- 1993: As The Shadows Fall
- 1995: In the Electric Mist
- 1997: A Wayfarers' Tears
- with overflash
- 1993: Threshold to Reality
- with Necrony
- 1994: Necronycism: Distorting the Originals (EP)
- with Ghostorm
- 1995: Frozen in Fire
- with Nightingale
- with Therion
- 1996: Theli
- 1997: A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming (Best-of)
- with Fermenting Innards
- 1996: Myst
- with Vinterland
- 1996: Welcome My Last Chapter
- with Infestdead
- 1996: Killing Christ (EP)
- 1997: Hellfuck
- 1999: JesuSatan
- 2000: Hellfuck / Killing Christ (compilation)
- 2007: Split with Darkcide
- with Under Black Clouds
- 1996: As Darkness Falls
- with exhumation
- 1997: Seas of Eternal Silence
- with Diabolical Masquerade
- 1997: The Phantom Lodge
- 1998: Nightwork
- 2001: Death's Design: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- as Dan Swanö
- 1998: Moontower
- with Bombshell Rocks
- 1998: Street Art Gallery
- with Odyssey
- 1999: Odyssey
- with Swanö / Tägegren
- 1999: Country Girl on Holy Dio - A Tribute to the Voice of Metal: Ronnie James Dio
- with Bloodbath
- 2000: Breeding Death (EP)
- 2002: Resurrection Through Carnage
- 2004: Nightmares Made Flesh
- 2008: The Wacken Carnage (live album)
- with Eternal Tears of Sorrow
- 2000: Chaotic Beauty
- with Karaboudjan
- 2001: Sbrodj
- with Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One
- 2002: Space Metal
- 2010: Victims of the Modern Age
- with pain
- 2002: Nothing Remains the Same
- 2005: Nothing (single)
- with Hypocrisy
- 2004: The Arrival
- with rib spreader
- 2005: Congregating the Sick
- with Mountain of Power
- 2006: Mountain of Power
- with threshold
- 2007: Dead Reckoning
- with Darkcide
- 2007: Split with Infestdead
- with Merciless
- 2007: Unbound
- with demiurge
- 2007: Breath of the Demiurg
- with Heaven Shall Burn
- 2008: Iconoclast
- with Barren Earth
- 2009: Our Twilight (EP)
- with total terror
- 2009: Total Terror
- with Burden of Grief
- 2010: Follow the Flames
- with Another Perfect Day
- 2010: The Gothenburg Post Scriptum
- 2012: Four Songs for the Left Behind
- with November's Doom
- 2011: Aphotic
- with Witherscape
- 2013: The Inheritance
- 2014: The New Tomorrow (EP)
- 2016: The Northern Sanctuary
Web links
- Dan Swanö on the baby blue pages
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Karaboudjan - Sbrodj. Avantgarde Metal, December 2, 2009, archived from the original on September 3, 2016 ; accessed on May 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Zorglub: Dan Swanö. La Horde Noire, 2004, accessed August 16, 2011 (French).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Swanö, Dan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish music producer, singer, guitarist, bassist, drummer and keyboardist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Finspång |