Insanity (album)

Insanity is the second full-length studio album from melodic death metal band Darkane, released on March 6, 2001. It is the first Darkane album with Andreas Sydow in the band. The album's name came from the chaotic events that happened while recording the album such as a storm that caused a power outage.^[2] The opening track "Calamitas" got it name from the Latin word for "loss".

Insanity
Studio album by Darkane
Released	6 March 2001 (US) 30 April 2001 (Rest of the World) 12 December 2011 (Reissue) 10 January 2012 (Poland Reissue)
Recorded	at War Studios, Helsingborg (Drums, Choir and Additional Music) and Dug-Out Productions, Uppsala (All other Recordings) in May–July 2000
Genre	Melodic death metal, thrash metal
Length	48:50
Label	Nuclear Blast Century Media Records[1] Metal Mind Productions
Producer	Daniel Bergstrand[2]
Darkane chronology
Rusted Angel (1999) Insanity (2001) Expanding Senses (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Calamitas"	instrumental		2:40
2.	"Third"	Malmström	Malmström	3:59
3.	"Emanation of Fear"	Sydow		4:29
4.	"Impure Perfection"	Löfberg		3:09
5.	"Hostile Phantasm"	Wildoer		5:55
6.	"Psychic Pain"	Malmström		4:19
7.	"000111"	instrumental	Malmström	1:38
8.	"The Perverted Beast"	Wildoer	Ideberg	4:29
9.	"Distress"	Malmström		3:36
10.	"Inauspicious Coming"	Malmström		4:40
11.	"Pile of Hate"	Wildoer		8:16
12.	"Inverted Spheres"	instrumental	Malmström	1:43

All music is composed by Malmström & Wildoer, except where noted

Japan Bonus Track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
13.	"Convicted (Live)"	Malmström & Wildoer

Credits

Darkane Andreas Sydow - vocals Christofer Malmström - lead guitar, choir vocals Klas Ideberg - rhythm guitar Jörgen Löfberg - bass guitar Peter Wildoer - drums Darkane - engineering, backing vocals

Other personnel Additional musician Fredrik Thordendal - guitar solo on "Psychic Pain" Album design Maximilian 'Evil Twin' - logo Thomas Ewerhard - artwork, layout design Stefan Ideberg - band photos

Production Peter in de Betou - mastering (at the Cutting Room, Stockholm) Daniel Bergstrand - engineering, audio mixing Wez Wenedikter - music executive

Classical participants

Classical musicians Thomas Widlund – timpani, percussion Joacim Wåhlstedt - french horn Lars Thapper - french horn Harry Ellström - double bass Markus Närvik - double bass Dan Hedborg - cello Håkan Westlund - cello Bo-Göte Nygren - viola Lisbeth Westberg - violin and viola Jonas Dahlman - violin

The Calamitas Choir Niclas Kåse – conductor Anette Westerholm Ann Skjelmose Camilla Grahn Catharina Müller Charlotte Olsson Hans Malmström Henrik Rosenberg Inger Jarlstedt Isabelle Malmström

Jan Ahlgren Johan Engström Kajsa Åström Magnus Rosenberg Maria Andersson Martin Fröhberg Matias Steen Niclas Fröhberg Nils-Erik Rosdahl Richard Johansson Sofia Levin

Susanne Kjellsson Sven Gudmundsson Therese Malmström Thomas Bursell

References

1. "Isanity: Darkane". Amazon.com.
2. "Darkane official website".
3. Allmusic review