Dan Swanö

Dan Swanö
Dan Swanö live at Nosturi
Background information
Also known as	Day DiSyraah
Born	(1973-03-10) 10 March 1973 Finspång, Sweden
Origin	Örebro
Genres	Progressive metal, death metal, progressive rock, power metal, avant-garde metal, gothic rock, melodic death metal, black metal, doom metal.
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion, saxophone, cello, programming
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Black Mark
Associated acts	Therion Edge of Sanity Bloodbath Katatonia Nightingale Opeth Ribspreader Millencollin Witherscape Marduk

Dan-Erland Swanö^[1] (born 10 March 1973) is a Swedish musician 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.

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.

Music

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, 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 (right hand on the neck) but plays on right-handed guitars without reversing the strings (highest strings up), which is quite unusual.

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^[5] (Musikbörsen) in Örebro, near his home in Sweden, rarely doing live performances with any of his bands. He had played bass in his elder brother Dag Swanö's band Pan.Thy.Monium with Dan using Day DiSyraah, and Dag using Äag as pseudonyms. Dag also plays guitar in Nightingale, formerly under the name of Tom Nouga.

Musical contributions

Bands	Audio engineering	Audio mastering	Audio mixing	Backing vocals	Bass guitar	Drum kit	Electric guitar	Electronic keyboard	Former member	Member	Other Instruments	Record producer	Vocals
Aeon[6][7]		Y	Y
Altar				Y				Y
Ancient	Y		Y	Y				Y				Y
Ancient Ascendant		Y[8]		Y[9]
Another Life						Y	Y	Y
Another Perfect Day													Y
Argentum							Y						Y
As Light Dies		Y				Y						Y
Battlelore		Y[10]	Y[11]									Y[11]
Bloodbath	Y			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			Y
Bombshell Rocks								Y[12]
Brejn Dedd						Y			Y				Y
Bucovina		Y[13]	Y[13]
Canopy							Y						Y
Coldworker												Y
Coraxo		Y[14]
Cronian		Y
Dark Funeral												Y
Darkcide					Y		Y						Y
Darkified							Y[15]	Y	Y
Dawn	Y
Dawn of Dreams		Y[16]											Y
De Infernali													Y
Demiurg							Y[17]	Y		Y
Demon Project													Y
Denial		Y[18]
Diabolical Masquerade						Y[19]	Y[20]	Y[20]				Y	Y[21]
Dissection	Y
Edge of Sanity	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
Effloresce		Y[22]	Y[22]
Evergrey		Y[23]	Y[23]
Evocation[24]												Y
Evoke												Y
Fall of Serenity												Y
Fleshcrawl												Y
Frameshift													Y
Gates of Ishtar								Y
Ghost						Y
Ghostorm				Y[25]								Y[26]	Y[27]
Godsend								Y[28]	Y				Y[29]
Gorath[30]		Y[31][32]
Hail of Bullets[33]												Y[34]	Y[34]
Hallows Die		Y[35]
Hearse		Y[36]
Incision					Y		Y						Y
Infestdead					Y	Y		Y
Insomnium			Y[37]
Kaoteon		Y[38]
Karaboudjan	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
Katatonia				Y[39]		Y[40]		Y[41]
Lay Down Rotten		Y	Y										Y
Maceration				Y				Y					Y
M.E.S.S		Y[42]	Y[43]
Mahlstrøm													Y
Marduk			Y
Masticate					Y		Y		Y			Y
Mechanization		Y[44]
Millencolin												Y[45]
Mirrors of Obsidian		Y
Moredhel												Y[46]
Mörk Gryning												Y
MyGrain		Y	Y
Nasum		Y										Y
Nightingale	Y	Y			Y	Y	Y	Y				Y	Y
Novembers Doom[47]			Y[48][49][50]				Y[51]
Novembre												Y[52]
October Tide												Y[53]
Oddland		Y	Y
Odyssey[54]					Y[55]	Y[55]		Y[56]				Y	Y[56]
Omnium Gatherum		Y[57]	Y[58]	Y								Y[58]
Opeth	Y[59]		Y[60]									Y[60]
Overflash						Y
Pain	Y[61]
Pan.Thy.Monium					Y			Y
Proserpine[62]													Y[63]
Rakshasas		Y[64]
Ribspreader						Y	Y			Y
Route Nine					Y		Y	Y	?	?		Y
Rytmihäiriö[65]		Y[66]	Y[66]
Scartown		Y[67]
Somnae		Y[68]
Sörskogen					Y	Y		Y	Y
Star One				Y[69][70]								Y	Y[69][70]
Steel									Y			Y
Subway Mirror							Y					Y
The Foreshadowing[71]		Y	Y
Theatre of Tragedy	Y[72]		Y								Y
Therion												Y[73]
Threshold												Y[74]
Torture Division[75]												Y
Total Terror							Y		Y			Y
Uncanny	Y
Under Black Clouds	Y		Y				Y					Y
Vinterland								Y				Y
Wake Arkane													Y
Winds												Y
Witherscape	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y
Wounded Knee												Y	Y

Discography

Solo

(All Instruments/Vocals)

• 1998 – Moontower

with Edge of Sanity

(Vocals/Keyboards/Add. Guitar 1989-1997), (All Instruments/Vocals 2003)

• 1991 – Nothing But Death Remains
• 1992 – Unorthodox
• 1993 – The Spectral Sorrows
• 1994 - Until Eternity Ends (EP)
• 1994 – Purgatory Afterglow
• 1996 – Crimson
• 1997 – Infernal
• 1999 - Evolution (Compilation)
• 2003 – Crimson II
• 2006 - When All Is Said (Compilation)
• 2012 - Kur-Nu-Gi-A (EP)

with Nightingale

Drums (1994-2000), Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards (1994-present)

• 1995 – The Breathing Shadow
• 1996 – The Closing Chronicles
• 2000 – I
• 2002 – Alive Again
• 2004 – Invisible
• 2005 – Nightfall Overture
• 2007 – White Darkness
• 2014 - Retribution

with Pan.Thy.Monium

(Bass/Keyboards/FX)

• 1990 – ...Dawn (Demo)
• 1991 – Dream II (EP)
• 1992 – Dawn of Dreams
• 1993 – Khaooohs
• 1996 – Khaooohs and Kon-Fus-Ion
• 2010 – ...Dawn+Dream II (Compilation)

with Unicorn

(Drums/Lead Vocals)

• 1988 - A Collection of Worlds, Part I (Demo)
• 1989 - A Collection of Worlds, Part II (Demo)
• 1991 - The Weirdest of Tales (Demo)
• 1992 - After Before (Demo)
• 1993 - Ever Since
• 1995 - Emotional Wasteland
• 2015 - A Collection of Worlds Resurrection

with Infestdead

(Guitar/Bass/Drum-programming)

• 1996 – Killing Christ (EP)
• 1997 – Hellfuck
• 1999 – JesuSatan
• 2015 - Satanic Serenades (Compilation)

with Steel

(Vocals)

• 1998 - Heavy Metal Machine (EP)

with Katatonia

(Session drums)

• 1999 - Tonight's Decision

with Odyssey

(All Instruments/Vocals)

• 1999 - Odyssey (EP)
• 2010 - Reinventing the Past

with Bloodbath

(Guitar/Vocals/Keyboards) (Drums 00-02)

• 2000 – Breeding Death (EP)
• 2002 – Resurrection Through Carnage
• 2004 – Nightmares Made Flesh
• 2008 – The Wacken Carnage (Live album)

with Karaboudjan

(All Instruments/Vocals)

• 2001 – Sbrodj (EP)

with Total Terror

(Guitar/Vocals)

• 2008 - Total Terror

with Witherscape

(Drums/Vocals/Keyboards)

• 2013 - The Inheritance
• 2014 - The New Tomorrow (EP)
• 2016 - The Northern Sanctuary

with Incision

(Drums/Vocals)

• 1990 - Perverted Possessions (Demo)
• 1991 - Infest Incest (EP) (Unreleased)

with Darkcide

(All instruments/Vocals)

• 2007 - Split EP with Infestdead

with Masticate

(Guitar/Bass/Vocals)

• 1990 - Desecration (Demo)

with Stygg Död

(Bass/Vocals)

• 1990 - Välkommen till Helvetet (Demo)
• 1990 - 666+Våld (Demo)

with Brejn Dedd

(Drums/Backing Vocals)

• 1998 - First Demo (Demo)
• 1988 - Ugly Tapez (Demo)
• 1989 - Born Ugly (Demo)

with Wounded Knee

(Drums/Backing Vocals)

• 1990 - Searching (EP)
• 1992 - Feelings

with Route Nine

(Drums/Bass/Vocals/Keyboards)

• 1992 - Disrupted Vacancy (Demo)
• 1993 – Before I Close My Eyes Forever (EP)
• 2001 - The Works (Compilation)

with Ulan Bator

(Drums/Backing Vocals)

• 1990 - Gummicancer (Demo)
• 1990 - På Rätt Spår (EP)

with Ghost

(Drums/Vocals)

• 1985 - Djävulstriangeln (Demo)
• 1986 - Hollywood (Demo)
• 1987 - Solens Söner (Demo)

with Subway Mirror/O(:the circle)

(Guitars/Vocals)

• 1990 - Prime
• 1991 - Golliwog
• 1992 - RaQ
• 1993 - Jpp
• 1994 - Unreleased album
• 1998 - Wisepope

with Deppdöden

(Drums)

• 1990 - Titta först på när jag dansar (EP)

with Star One

(Vocals)

• 2002 – Space Metal
• 2003 – Live on Earth
• 2010 – Victims of the Modern Age

with Maceration

(Vocals)

• 1992 - A serenade of agony

Miscellaneous

• Laodicea
• Manfred Villes
• Necrony – guest vocals, guitars, compositions (under the alias "Day Disyraah")
• Second Sky^[76]
• Schecht + Akerfeldt + Swanö '98
• The Lucky Seven
• The Project Hate MCMXCIX – producer^[77] on Cybersonic Superchrist. Mixing and Mastering on Deadmarch: Initiation of Blasphemy, Armageddon March Eternal – Symphonies of Slit Wrists, In Hora Mortis Nostræ, and The Lustrate Process
• Ulan Bator

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dan Swanö.

• Unisound
• Official Odyssey Myspace page
• Interview with Swanö
• http://www.witherscape.com