– August twenty eighth, 2024 –
New Video / Single Now Taking part in + Pre-orders Obtainable
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Watch / stream THE CROWN’s “Churchburner” HERE
Swedish dying steel icons THE CROWN will unleash their Crown Of Thorns full-length on October eleventh by Metallic Blade Data.
Crown Of Thorns serves because the band’s twelfth studio album as THE CROWN and is the dynamic, groundbreaking follow-up to 2021′s Royal Destroyer. The band made distinctly completely different artistic selections to make sure that the LP’s ten songs would stand as a novel assortment. “For me, Cobra Velocity Venom and Royal Destroyer are like siblings,” says guitarist Marko Tervonen. “[We wanted] to guarantee that we might take a step ahead, get a bit extra out of our consolation zone on Crown Of Thorns. We actually wished this to sound like a brand new, contemporary album and I consider we did it.”
The strategy was full circle and creative. “I had the concept we should always work a bit backwards. I pushed to create the art work very early within the course of. We wished the album cowl to incorporate a bridge from our hometown Trollhättan known as Strömkarlsbron. It has this cool statue on it named ‘Strömkarlen’ [a water spirit]. It made sense to loop all of it again to the city the place all the pieces began; as most individuals know, we had been known as Crown Of Thorns for just a few years earlier than we needed to shorten the title.”
Giannis Nakos’ remaining cowl proved inspirational, as THE CROWN centered on the music that the majority complimented the piece. “I wished one thing actually quick, melodic, heavy, epic, punky,” explains Tervonen, “areas we’ve touched earlier than, however step it as much as a brand new stage. And to throw in just a few surprises was additionally a part of the method.“
Musical dynamics are additionally on a brand new stage with the 2022 addition of drummer Mikael Norén and bassist Mattias Rasmussen in addition to the return of lead guitarist Marcus Sunesson, rejoining longtime members Tervonen and vocalist Johan Lindstrand. “With Mikael, we managed to deliver again a bit extra of that loopy ‘Janne Saarenpää’ really feel to the drumming, in order that was a very cool power enhance. Mattias comes extra from a punk/crust background, and he wrote ‘I Hunt With The Satan’ and ‘Thoughts Collapse,’ which turned out nice. That is undoubtedly a step up in some ways, altering the way in which we labored on the CSV and RD albums.”
One other change is the guitar tuning: “We determined to tune as much as D from C,” Tervonen factors out. “We performed commonplace E tuning on our 4 first albums, then we slowly went over to D and from Possessed 13 and ahead we tuned all the way down to C. So now we have now reversed the course and are climbing slowly again to E! However the lighter D tuning added so significantly better chugs and tones that we felt is perhaps lacking a bit on among the newest data.”
The end result of the revitalized course of and personnel is clear on the primary single, “Churchburner.” “‘Churchburner’ begins out with a nod to ‘Postmortem’ [Slayer] however then explodes into fairly a unique sort of monster,” notes Tervonen. “It has an awesome groove to it, and it principally has a tempo/beat that we don’t use that always. It’s largely in triplets. It’s a really robust music with Johan being on hearth right here and Marcus provides a killer solo as nicely.”
Watch THE CROWN‘s video for “Churchburner” at THIS LOCATION.
Crown Of Thorns was recorded by Marko Tervonen (Studio-MT), blended and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren (Black Lounge Studios), and can be launched on jewel case CD (US), restricted digipak CD with three extra studio songs (EU), and digital codecs, as nicely vinyl within the following coloration variants:
Black + White Break up (US)
180g Black (EU)
White Black Marbled (EU)
White Black Mud (EU – Ltd. 300)
Iron-Gray Marble (EU – LP + bonus 7″, slip mat, patch – Ltd. 500)
Discover pre-orders at: metalblade.com/thecrown
Crown Of Thorns Observe Itemizing:
01. I Hunt with the Satan
02. Churchburner
03. Martyrian
04. Gone to Hell
05. Howling on the Warfield
06. The Evening Is Now
07. God-King
08. The Agitator
09. The place Nightmares Belong
10. The Storm That Comes
11. Eternally Infernal (Bonus Observe)
12. No Gasoline for God (Bonus Observe)
13. Thoughts Collapse (Bonus Observe)
THE CROWN Stay:
8/20/2024 Bulgasal Competition – Västerås, SE
11/23/2024 Gothenburg Corridor Of Metallic – Gothenburg, SE
3/15/2025 Heidelberg Deathfest 25 – Heidelberg, DE
“Crown Of Thorns combines all one of the best parts of dying steel, thrash, punk, and even grind on this trendy steel masterpiece! I’m completely in love with the manufacturing and every member’s efficiency, a contemporary sound with that outdated soul. THE CROWN is greater than a dying steel band, THE CROWN is an entire complete temper!” — Mike Schleibaum, Darkest Hour
“The brand new album from THE CROWN actually lives as much as the title, Crown Of Thorns. It has a vibe that goes all the way in which again to these ’90s albums. Again then, they had been the quickest and most intense Swedish dying steel band I knew of. One thing that stands out is the open thoughts to implementing new parts and particulars, whereas by no means shedding any of the aggression and depth. My favourite observe varies each time I hearken to the album and that actually says all of it. It appears like this lineup touches that old style magic and I’m actually trying ahead to seeing them deliver this beast on stage!” — Heljarmadr, Darkish Funeral
“Face-melting as all the time, THE CROWN by no means disappoint. This album has me so fired up I’m gonna go exterior to discover a canine to kick and church to throw rocks at!” — Patrik Jensen, The Haunted
“THE CROWN avenges their previous whereas racing into the long run on the aptly named Crown Of Thorns, an excellent slab of their very personal model of Swedish dying steel that can maintain you in your toes till the bitter finish. Numerous but hyper-focused, melodic but explosively brutal, this eleventh LP would possibly simply be their finest. Completely important!” — Dirk Verbeuren, Megadeth
“Sweden’s most deadly crownbearers are again, and what an unimaginable return it’s! The whole lot I really like about THE CROWN is right here, vicious riffing, blasting drums, heavier bass than most and naturally Johan Lindstrand’s incomparable and second to none vocals. Swedish dying steel doesn’t get any higher than this. Extremely, extremely really useful!” — Mikael Stanne, Darkish Tranquillity/The Halo Impact
THE CROWN:
Johan Lindstrand – vocals
Marko Tervonen – guitar
Marcus Sunesson – lead guitar
Mattias Rasmussen – bass
Mikael Norén – drums
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