Dan Swanö

Dan-Erland Swanö[1] (born 10 March 1973) is a Swedish musician and record producer who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale, lately vocalist, keyboardist and drummer for the band Witherscape, as well as the owner of Unisound, but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity.

Dan Swanö
Dan Swanö live at Nosturi
Background information
Also known asDay DiSyraah
Born (1973-03-10) 10 March 1973
Finspång, Sweden
OriginÖrebro
GenresProgressive metal, death metal, progressive rock, power metal, avant-garde metal, gothic rock, melodic death metal, black metal, doom metal
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion, saxophone, cello, programming
Years active1988–present
LabelsBlack Mark
Associated actsTherion, Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, Katatonia, Nightingale, Opeth, Ribspreader, Millencolin, Witherscape, Marduk, Threshold, Star One (band)

As a multi-instrumentalist he is regarded as influential in the underground melodic death metal, black metal, progressive metal, death metal, progressive rock, power metal communities. He is known for his progressive rock-influenced songwriting style and his frequent use of both clean and growled vocals.

Career

Swanö has fronted a number of bands, including Edge of Sanity, Brejn Dedd, Unicorn, Infestdead and Route Nine. He has also been a member of Katatonia and Ribspreader, as well as playing drums and lead guitar in death metal band Bloodbath.[2]

He has also contributed his vocal talents to Arjen Lucassen's Star One project. The two musicians are good friends, with Lucassen contributing guitar parts to Swanö's Nightingale project. He can also be heard on the albums Theli and A'arab Zaraq – Lucid Dreaming by the symphonic opera metal band Therion. He was also producer and contributing writer of the band Diabolical Masquerade, the now-defunct solo avant-garde black metal band of Anders Nyström aka Blakkheim (Katatonia, Bloodbath, ex-Bewitched). He also contributed some guitar solos, backing vocals on various Diabolical Masquerade albums, and played the drums on the album Nightwork. He also produced and played the keyboards on the Memories from Nothing album by Swedish progressive rockers Another Life, released on Vic Records.

Swanö has also released a solo progressive death metal album entitled Moontower, on which he showcases his multi-instrumental talent, playing all instruments (guitar, bass, drums, keyboard) as well as providing all the vocal work.

During 2009 Swanö re-activated Odyssey, this time performing all instruments by himself. Swanö recorded 7 of his all-time favourite songs which was released in November 2010 on the album 'Reinventing The Past', together with the three 1999 tracks as a bonus on Dutch based Vic Records. His brother Dag played guest lead guitar on the song 'Gypsy' (Uriah Heep cover).

In 2013, Swanö released with his new project Witherscape the full studio album The Inheritance, with Ragnar Widerberg as co-member, and the collaboration of, amongst other guest musicians, Novembers Doom's founder Paul Kuhr. It was followed a year after by the EP The New Tomorrow. In 2016, the full studio album The Northern Sanctuary was released, via Century Media Records like its predecessors, featuring once again Paul Kuhr.[3][4]

Dan Swanö has a diverse vocal register, encompassing many styles, which include death growls; clean, melodic singing with a warm rich tone; deep, dark, gothic vocals and thrash shouting. As a peculiarity, he is a left-handed guitarist, but plays on right-handed guitars without reversing the strings (highest strings up), which is quite unusual.

Unisound Studio

Unisound Studio (also Unisound Recordings[5][6] or Gorysound Studio)[7] is a recording studio owned and operated by Dan Swanö. It used to be in Finspång, Sweden, but was closed down in around 2001 because of his family.[8] The studio was later relocated into Swanö's home in Örebro, Sweden.

Family and work
Dan with his brother Dag

Despite the large amount of releases to his name, Swanö up until recently worked full-time in a music store[9] (Musikbörsen) in Örebro, near his home in Sweden, rarely doing live performances with any of his bands. Dan has an older brother, Dag Swanö who plays guitars and keyboards in Nightingale, formerly under the name of "Tom Nouga".[10]

Musical contributions
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BandsAudio
engineering		Audio
mastering		Audio
mixing		Backing
vocals		Bass
guitar		Drum
kit		Electric
guitar		Electronic
keyboard		Former
member		MemberOther InstrumentsRecord
producer		Vocals
Aeon[11]YY
AltarYY
AncientYYYYY
Ancient AscendantY[12]Y[12]
Another LifeYYY
Another Perfect DayY
ArgentumYY
As Light DiesYYY
BattleloreYYY
BloodbathYYYYYYYY
Bombshell RocksY
Brejn DeddYYY
BucovinaYY
CanopyYY
ColdworkerY
CoraxoY[13]
CronianY
Dark FuneralY
DarkcideYYY
DarkifiedYYY
DawnY
Dawn of DreamsY[14]Y
De InfernaliY
DemiurgY>YY
Demon ProjectY
DenialY
Diabolical MasqueradeYYYYY
DissectionY
Edge of SanityYYYYYYYYYYYY
EffloresceYY
EvergreyYY
Evocation[15]Y
EvokeY
Fall of SerenityY
FleshcrawlY
Fractal GatesYYY[16]
FrameshiftY
Gates of IshtarY
GhostY
GhostormY>YY
GodsendYYY
Gorath[17]Y
Hail of Bullets[18]YY
Hallows DieY
HearseY
IncisionYYY
InfestdeadYYY
InsomniumY[19]
KaoteonY
KaraboudjanYYYYYYYYYYYY
KatatoniaYYY
Lay Down RottenYYY
MacerationYYY
M.E.S.S.YY
MahlstrømY
MardukY
MasticateYYYY
MechanizationY[20]
MillencolinY
Mirrors of ObsidianY
MoredhelY
Mörk GryningY
MotorowlY[21]Y
MyGrainYY
NasumYY
NecrochamberYY
NightingaleYYYYYYYY
Novembers Doom[22]YY
NovembreY
NårdegaistY
OddlandYY
Odyssey[23]Y[24]Y[24]YYY
Omnium GatherumYYYY
OpethYYY
OverflashY
PainY
Pan.Thy.MoniumYY
Proserpine[25]Y
RakshasasY
RibspreaderYYY
Route NineYYY??Y
Rytmihäiriö[26]YY
ScartownY[27]
SomnaeY[28]
SörskogenYYYY
Star OneYYY
SteelYY
Subway MirrorYY
The Foreshadowing[29]YY
Theatre of TragedyYYY
TherionY
ThresholdY
Torture Division[30]Y
Total DeathYYYY
Total TerrorYYY
UncannyY
Under Black CloudsYYYY
VinterlandYY
Wake ArkaneY
WindsY
WitherscapeYYYYYYYYYY
Wounded KneeYY

Discography
Year Bands Title Instruments Notes
1985 Ghost Djävulstriangeln Vocals Drums Demo
1986 Ghost Hollywood Vocals Drums Demo
1987 Ghost Solens Söner Vocals Drums Demo
1988 Brejn Dedd First Demo Backing vocals Drums Demo
1988 Brejn Dedd Ugly Tapez Backing vocals Drums Demo
1989 Brejn Dedd Born Ugly Backing vocals Drums Demo
1989 Unicorn A Collection of Worlds, Part I Vocals Drums Demo
1989 Unicorn A Collection of Worlds, Part II Vocals Drums Demo
1990 Masticate Desecration Vocals Guitars Bass Demo
1990 Stygg Död Välkommen till Helvetet Vocals Bass Demo
1990 Stygg Död 666+Våld Vocals Bass Demo
1990 Pan.Thy.Monium ...Dawn Bass Keyboards Demo
1990 Ulan Bator Gummicancer Backing vocals Drums Demo
1990 Incision Perverted Possessions Vocals Drums Demo
1990 Deppdöden Titta först på när jag dansar Drums EP
1990 Wounded Knee Searching Backing vocals Drums EP
1990 Ulan Bator På Rätt Spår Backing vocals Drums EP
1990 Subway Mirror/O(:the circle) Prime Vocals Guitars
1991 Pan.Thy.Monium Dream II Bass Keyboards EP
1991 Incision Infest Incest Vocals Drums EP, Unreleased
1991 Edge of Sanity Nothing But Death Remains Vocals Add. Guitar Keyboards
1991 Subway Mirror/O(:the circle) Golliwog Vocals Guitars
1991 Unicorn The Weirdest of Tales Vocals Drums Demo
1991 Wounded Knee Feelings Backing vocals Drums
1992 Edge of Sanity Unorthodox Vocals Add. Guitar Keyboards
1992 Pan.Thy.Monium Dawn of Dreams Bass Keyboards
1992 Maceration A Serenade of Agony Vocals
1992 Route Nine Disrupted Vacancy Vocals Bass Drums Keyboards Demo
1992 Subway Mirror/O(:the circle) RaQ Vocals Guitars
1992 Unicorn After Before Vocals Drums Demo
1993 Edge of Sanity The Spectral Sorrows Vocals Add. Guitar Keyboards
1993 Route Nine Before I Close My Eyes Forever Vocals Bass Drums Keyboards EP
1993 Pan.Thy.Monium Khaooohs Bass Keyboards
1993 Unicorn Ever Since Vocals Drums
1993 Subway Mirror/O(:the circle) Jpp Vocals Guitars
1994 Edge of Sanity Until Eternity Ends Vocals Add. Guitar Keyboards EP
1994 Edge of Sanity Purgatory Afterglow Vocals Add. Guitar Keyboards
1994 Subway Mirror/O(:the circle) Unreleased album Vocals Guitars
1995 Unicorn Emotional Wasteland Vocals Drums
1995 Nightingale The Breathing Shadow Vocals All Instruments
1996 Edge of Sanity Crimson Vocals Add. Guitar Keyboards
1996 Nightingale The Closing Chronicles Vocals Guitars Drums Keyboards
1996 Infestdead Killing Christ Guitars Bass Drum-programming EP
1996 Pan.Thy.Monium Khaooohs and Kon-Fus-Ion Bass
1997 Edge of Sanity Infernal Vocals Add. Guitar Keyboards
1998 Subway Mirror/O(:the circle) Wisepope Vocals Guitars
1997 Infestdead Hellfuck Guitars Bass Drum-programming
1998 Steel Heavy Metal Machine Vocals EP
1998 Dan Swanö Moontower Vocals All Instruments
1999 Edge of Sanity Evolution Vocals Add. Guitar Keyboards Compilation
1999 Odyssey Odyssey Vocals All Instruments EP
1999 Katatonia Tonight's Decision Session drums
1999 Infestdead JesuSatan Vocals Guitars Bass Drum-programming
2000 Nightingale I Vocals Guitars Drums Keyboards
2000 Bloodbath Breeding Death Backing vocals Drums EP
2001 Karaboudjan Sbrodj Vocals All Instruments EP
2001 Route Nine The Works Vocals Guitars Bass Drums Keyboards Compilation
2002 Bloodbath Resurrection Through Carnage Drums
2002 Nightingale Alive Again Vocals Guitars Keyboards
2002 Star One Space Metal Vocals
2003 Edge of Sanity Crimson II Vocals All Instruments
2004 Nightingale Invisible Vocals Guitars Keyboards
2004 Bloodbath Nightmares Made Flesh Backing vocals Guitars Bass
2005 Nightingale Nightfall Overture Vocals Guitars Keyboards
2005 Nightingale Alive Again Vocals Guitars Keyboards Live
2006 Edge of Sanity When All Is Said Vocals Add. Guitar Keyboards Compilation
2007 Darkcide Split EP with Infestdead Vocals All Instruments
2007 Nightingale White Darkness Vocals Guitar Keyboards
2008 Bloodbath The Wacken Carnage Backing vocals Guitar Live
2008 Total Terror Total Terror Vocals Guitar
2008 Nightingale Box of Rock Vocals Guitar Keyboards Compilation
2010 Odyssey Reinventing the Past Vocals All Instruments
2010 Star One Victims of the Modern Age Vocals
2010 Pan.Thy.Monium ...Dawn+Dream II Bass Keyboards Compilation
2012 Edge of Sanity Kur-Nu-Gi-A Vocals Add. Guitar Keyboards EP
2013 Witherscape The Inheritance Vocals Drums Keyboards
2014 Nightingale Retribution Vocals Guitars Keyboards
2014 Witherscape The New Tomorrow Vocals Guitars Keyboards EP
2015 Unicorn A Collection of Worlds Resurrection Vocals Drums Compilation
2016 Infestdead Satanic Serenades Bass Drum-programming Compilation
2016 Witherscape The Northern Sanctuary Vocals Guitars Keyboards
2017 Nightingale Rock Hard Live Vocals Guitars Keyboards Live
2018 Ghost 1983-1988 Vocals Drums Compilation

Miscellaneous

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