Dan Swano signs long-term worldwide deal with Century Media Records; WITHERSCAPE album completed

It's with great pride and joy that Century Media Records can announce the signing of a long-term worldwide deal with Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer extraordinaire Dan Swanö.

Most dedicated metalheads will not only be able to call themselves owners of certain releases by one Dan's many outstanding bands/projects (EDGE OF SANITY, NIGHTINGALE, etc.), but also the work at his own Unisound studio will surely have left a mark in everyone's record collection at some point: OPETH, KATATONIA, DISSECTION, MERCILESS, 59 TIMES THE PAIN, DARK FUNERAL, HAIL OF BULLETS, MARDUK, MILLENCOLIN and NASUM, to name but a few.

Swanö has been no stranger to Century Media Records: He was originally involved with the death metal supergroup BLOODBATH (also featuring members of OPETH and KATATONIA), who released the Breeding Death EP as well as the amazing first two albums, Resurrection Through Carnage and Nightmares Made Flesh, via Century Media. Most recently, Swanö has been heavily working again as producer and mixer of albums, including releases by Century Media artists such as ASPHYX, GRAND SUPREME BLOOD COURT, ODDLAND and MORGOTH.

Dan Swanö comments about the signing:

"It's been 23 years since I signed my first ever record-deal, but never before have I been this excited...I have now signed with Century Media Records!

I bought the first release from Century Media back in 1989, and it is amazing to see how much the label has grown over the years.

After working with CM for a few compilation CDs and for two and a half albums with BLOODBATH, I knew it would be the perfect home for me whenever I felt like returning to the recording-industry as a performer again.

And now...I am back! With a vengeance!!!"

The first result of the new cooperation between Dan Swanö and Century Media will be the release of his newly founded metal outfit WITHERSCAPE, which sees Dan teaming with another talented multi-instrumentalist, Ragnar Widerberg, to create an intense concept album-- which should not only musically please fans of earlier Swanö-works like Moontower or EDGE OF SANITY, but also attract fans of contemporary progressively atmospheric metal in the vein of OPETH, BARREN EARTH and AMORPHIS.

Swanö comments about the upcoming WITHERSCAPE album:

"I have just completed the final mixes of the first album from my new project WITHERSCAPE.

Fans of my 'Moontower' album and the catchier parts of EDGE OF SANITY won't be disappointed!

I sing, both clean and growl, play drums and keyboards. Ragnar Widerberg plays all guitars & bass and has co-written almost all the tracks with me."

Look forward to a late July 2013 release for WITHERSCAPE's The Inheritance via Century Media.

Here are some online links to past works involving Dan Swanö:

BLOODBATH - "Eaten": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBfoMgllphs
HEAVEN SHALL BURN - "Black Tears" (EDGE OF SANITY cover): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PtfyRjkn40
EDGE OF SANITY - "Crimson" (feat. Mikael Akerfeldt of OPETH): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St6lJaiHYIc

Selected Dan Swanö discography:

EDGE OF SANITY - Unorthodox / Purgatory Afterglow / Crimson I & II

Dan Swanö - Moontower

BLOODBATH - Breeding Death / Resurrection Through Carnage / Nightmares Made Flesh 

ODYSSEY - Re-Inventing the Past

NIGHTINGALE - Nightfall Overture / White Darkness

Dan Swanö will have a new website ready for a summer launch, but in the meantime, you can visit his studio site as reference for his works: http://www.unisound.se

Stay tuned for more details about WITHERSCAPE and The Inheritance to be revealed soon!