Crown - Crowned in Terror
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Artist: CrownEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2002-04-09
Music Label: Metal Blade
Soundtracks:
- Introduction: House Of Hades
- Crowned In Terror
- Under The Whip
- Drugged Unholy
- World Below
- The Speed Of Darkness
- Out For Blood
- (I Am) Hell
- Death Is The Hunter
- Satanist
- Death Metal Holocaust
Free Music Notes for Crowned in Terror
Free Music Review: One of the genre's Crowning achievements, for sure
Hit: 5 Stars
Quite a while ago, I bought "Crowned In Terror" without hearing anything off of it first, and without even know for sure what kind of music The Crown played. But once I popped this disc in and heard the second song (which is the first real song; the first track is just an orchestral intro), I was absolutely hooked.
This album has everything I love about thrash/death/melodic death metal: catchy, almost brutal songs composed of big, lumbering riffs, quick, cracking drums, and gruff, raspy (somewhat high pitched) death metal vocals. (Original vocalist Johan Lindstrand sat out during the recording of this album, The Crown's fifth, and the frontman from the godly, seminal melodeath band At The Gates stepped in, in his place.)
The title track (which is the aforementioned second track, but first real song on here) combines deft, walloping drums beats with crushing riffs. "Under The Whip" starts out with a catchy, skipping rhythm and powerful, machine gun double bass drumming, but then segues to become a strong, churning (almost steamrolling) rhythm. "World Below" is another highlight (it features fast, chug and churning guitar hooks and a winding, ascending and descending solo), as is the blisteringly fast eighth track, "(I Am) Hell", which boasts a fiery, almost blinding guitar onslaught. One can't help but pay special attention to the three, back-to-back guitar solos on "Death Is The Hunter," and the album closer, "Death Metal Holocaust", is an ultra heavy rocker which is backed by buzzsaw riffing and very busy double bass drumming.
But "Crowned In Terror" isn't all-out mayhem. "The Seed Of Darkness" features well-placed spots of clean (almost spoken word), backing vocals, and songs like "Out For Blood" are more mid-paced and restrained. Plus, of course, this disc has an abundance of melodic guitar solos (the solos on here sometimes sound more like it's from a keyboard than a guitar), so several (maybe even most) of these songs have at least a semi-melodic edge to them. And, lastly, there are a few classical guitar interludes which were probably thrown in to break up the monotony without killing the record's momentum.
Admittedly, "Crowned In Terror" will probably only appeal to you if you are already a rabid fan of this genre. But if you are, this is a must-buy. It will undoubtedly have you saying it's the best album At The Gates will never make again, and The Crown are definitely a front-running candidate in the "kings of latter-day thrash" race.
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