In time, the King dies and men fight over his throne. The people think the child is a sign that God will give them back the ability to reproduce, but as the child grows into a teenager humanity remains infertile. The Queen dies during childbirth, and the King is left to rule the Earth and raise his daughter on his own. Into this time of despair a child is born to the King and Queen of the barren Earth. The album's single song tells the story of a world where humans no longer can bear children. This version splits the song in half, the parts running 18:38 and 21:04 respectively. While the album was originally pressed on vinyl upon release in 1996, it was later reissued with Crimson II as a double vinyl in 2003.

Both albums were remixed and slightly edited to fit together on one CD for release on the 2006 compilation When All Is Said these new mixes/edits were split into sections and released digitally to online retailers and streaming services. A sequel, Crimson II, was released in 2003 and picks up directly where the first album left off.

The album, which features Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt, received substantial critical acclaim, and is considered by most fans to be Edge of Sanity's finest achievement.

It features a single 40-minute track, telling a story in the distant future, when human civilization is about to end. Melodic death metal, progressive death metalĬrimson is the fifth full-length studio album by Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity, which is their first concept album and was released in 1996 by Black Mark Production. December, 1995 – January, 1996 Unisound and ProMix by Dan Swanö

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