The Spectral Sorrows

The Spectral Sorrows
Studio album by Edge of Sanity
Released	November 15, 1993
Recorded	July–August 1993 at Unisound Recordings
Genre	Melodic death metal, progressive death metal
Length	54:02
Label	Black Mark
Producer	Dan Swanö Edge of Sanity
Edge of Sanity chronology
Unorthodox (1992) The Spectral Sorrows (1993) Until Eternity Ends (1994)

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The Spectral Sorrows is the third studio album by the Swedish death metal band, Edge of Sanity, recorded by Börje Forsberg in July–August 1993 and released by Black Mark Production in 1993. The bassist Anders Lindberg could not record the album due to mandatory military service.

This album begins Edge of Sanity's progression from pure death metal to a more progressive and melodic death metal sound. There's more focus on clean vocals than the album's predecessor, specifically on their cover of "Blood of My Enemies" by Manowar and "Sacrificed", the latter showing more of a cleanly-sung rock style.

The cover art was done by artist Dan Seagrave.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Spectral Sorrows" (instrumental)	1:44
2.	"Darkday"	4:28
3.	"Living Hell"	4:19
4.	"Lost"	4:35
5.	"The Masque"	6:38
6.	"Blood of My Enemies" (Manowar Cover)	3:29
7.	"Jesus Cries"	4:49
8.	"Across the Fields of Forever"	6:07
9.	"On the Other Side"	5:43
10.	"Sacrificed"	3:51
11.	"Waiting to Die"	3:11
12.	"Feeding the Charlatan"	2:45
13.	"A Serenade for the Dead" (instrumental)	2:23
Total length:		54:02

Personnel

Edge of Sanity

• Dan Swanö - Vocals, Piano, Guitars
• Benny Larsson - Drums, Percussion
• Sami Nerberg - Guitars
• Andreas Axelsson - Guitars, Bass, Vocals (on 2, 7, 12)

Production

• Dan Swanö - Engineering
• Åsa Jonsén - Photography
• Dan Seagrave - Artwork
• Peter in de Betou - Mastering
• Börje Forsberg - Executive producer
• Maren Lotz - Layout, Graphics