That pretty much was Swano's side of the story. He said he had no intention
of going "melodic" with Bloodbath. He didn't seem all that upset though.

You may want to check the bravewords.com archives for the whole scoop.

Justin

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>From: "James B Beavan III" <thespectralsorrows@...>
>Reply-To: danswanofans@yahoogroups.com
>To: danswanofans@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: Dan Swano Fan's Wow, Swano exits Bloodbath!!
>Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:09:21 -0000
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>Where is Swano's version btw? I can't find anything on him outside
>of his ultimate metal forum, seems he has no website of his own
>anymore. I too found it hard to believe that Dan would want to make
>Bloodbath more melodic since the whole point of the band is brutal
>death metal. If he wants to write melodic death metal he can do that
>with Edge of Sanity and melodic hard rock with Nightingale.
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>--- In danswanofans@yahoogroups.com, "Justin Gaines" <eva_unitjg@...>
>wrote:
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> > I read Swano's version of this event, and he has a different take
>on it.
> > Whatever the reason, I'm not bothered by it. Nightingale is far
>more
> > interesting anyway.
> >
> > Justin
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> > NP - Spiral Architect: a Sceptic's Universe
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> > >From: "James B Beavan III" <thespectralsorrows@...>
> > >Reply-To: danswanofans@yahoogroups.com
> > >To: danswanofans@yahoogroups.com
> > >Subject: Dan Swano Fan's Wow, Swano exits Bloodbath!!
> > >Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:41:00 -0000
> > >
> > >August 2, 2006 -- CHANGES THROUGH BLOOD, LIFE & DEATH
> > >Dan Swanö is no longer part of Bloodbath. The reason being
> > >restrictions on his behalf to devote more time and effort to the
> > >future of this project that it would require by taking things to
>the
> > >next level i.e. touring and playing live. Moreover, his future
>vision
> > >for Bloodbath's concept proved to head in the almost opposite
> > >direction as his desire for death metal was to be of a less brutal
> > >kind, something the remaining members regard as musical differences
> > >not interesting to pursue, so at these crossroads, we'd like to
>wish
> > >Dan Swanö good luck with his future endeavors and with the music
> > >that's closer to his heart.
> > >
> > >The audition for Bloodbath is closed. We thank everyone who tried
> > >out, but it's with dashing hopes we have to announce there's no
> > >suitable replacement that matched our expectations. It was
> > >surprising, how so many applications could barely be listened to
> > >because of the extreme low quality in talent. We found it shocking
>to
> > >say the least, that same applicants would send us emails claiming
> > >they "killed" both of our previous singers, but all they could
> > >achieve at the end of the day was our laughs or sighs. Well, one
>day
> > >we can maybe throw together a little compilation of those efforts
>and
> > >put up an exclusive mp3 right here and you'll be the judge, or
>have a
> > >good laugh or sigh, like us! But this doesn't mean all the
> > >applications were bad, actually a couple of them were damn fu**ing
> > >good, but criteria's on other levels failed. Life goes on and so
>does
> > >death!
> > >
> > >Wacken will soon release their annual DVD, but despite what was
> > >previously implied, the song 'Eaten' will not be featured on the
>2005
> > >edition. The entire footage of the show remains archived until
> > >there's been clearances by all parties, a subject to time.
> > >
> > >Stay tuned for more news on the development of Bloodbath and the
> > >future.
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