Metal Blade Records | The Crown - Howling at the Warfield (Official) @metalbladerecords | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Buy here: metalblade.com/thecrown
For "Crown of Thorns," the dynamic, ground-breaking follow-up to 2021’s "Royal Destroyer," The Crown made distinctly different creative choices to ensure that the LP’s 10 songs would stand as a unique collection. “For me, Cobra Speed Venom and Royal Destroyer are like siblings,“ says guitarist Marko Tervonen. And while Royal Destroyer was termed a “a ridiculously catchy album,” The Crown wanted to “make sure that we would take a step forward, get a bit more out of the comfort zone on Crown of Thorns.“
Musical dynamics are also on a new level with the 2022 addition of drummer Mikael Norén and bassist Mattias Rasmussen, and the return of lead guitarist Marcus Sunesson, rejoining long time members Tervonen and vocalist Johan Lindstrand. “With Mikael we managed to bring back a bit more of that crazy ‘Janne Saarenpää’ feel to the drumming, so that was a really cool energy boost. Mattias comes more from a punk/crust background, and he wrote ‘I Hunt with the Devil’ and ‘Mind Collapse’ for the album, which turned out great. This is definitely a step up in many ways, changing the way we worked on the CSV and RD albums.”
Crown Of Thorns was recorded by Marko Tervonen (Studio-MT), mixed and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren (Black Lounge Studios).
THE CROWN:
Johan Lindstrand – vocals
Marko Tervonen – guitar
Marcus Sunesson – lead guitar
Mattias Rasmussen – bass
Mikael Norén – drums
(Music: M.Tervonen and The Crown
Lyrics: J.Lindstrand)
Chaos is coming, the age of end is prominent
How will you take your leave when souls are gathered in the fire?
Answer my call as the bombs entangle all my sanity
Blooddrunk, attack with hate in trench beyond trench
World oh so blissful, the eyes of deceit are bleeding
A View of grace, the mirrors joker standing tall
Solitary elderly power of blackened doom
All hells visionarian on a throne in bloom
Dirt is flooding his way
Blood boils in his crooked heart
Venom is spreading fast
The judges gavel hitting hard
Shields of massive iron
Protector of the old ways
Ravenous conquest
Megalomaniac disorder burns bright
We are all dancing with the dead
Howling at the Warfield
Bloodmoon Calling
Stranger killing stranger
True wild turned loose
The burning of mankind
We are all dancing with the dead
Howling at the Warfield
Bloodmoon reaping
Stranger killing stranger
True wild turned loose
The burning of all
The horizon of peace drifting further away
As the wolf entertaining the lambs to the slaughter
Sickening phase of the burning of earth
Yeah, the almighty lunacy banging on your door(Solo: M.Sunesson)
Beaten and broken and mangled to pieces
Still brothers march on at the high of believing
Rising, revolting, they light up the fire
The dead men are walking raising swords on Goliath
(Solo: M.Sunesson)
We are all dancing with the dead
Howling at the Warfield
Bloodmoon Calling
Stranger killing stranger
True wild turned loose
The burning of mankind
Wasting lives for nothing
Rotting minds of misery
Bloodmoon reaping
Brother killing brother
True wild ripping flesh
The burning of all
Buy here: metalblade.com/thecrown
For "Crown of Thorns," the dynamic, ground-breaking follow-up to 2021’s "Royal Destroyer," The Crown made distinctly different creative choices to ensure that the LP’s 10 songs would stand as a unique collection. “For me, Cobra Speed Venom and Royal Destroyer are like siblings,“ says guitarist Marko Tervonen. And while Royal Destroyer was termed a “a ridiculously catchy album,” The Crown wanted to “make sure that we would take a step forward, get a bit more out of the comfort zone on Crown of Thorns.“
Musical dynamics are also on a new level with the 2022 addition of drummer Mikael Norén and bassist Mattias Rasmussen, and the return of lead guitarist Marcus Sunesson, rejoining long time members Tervonen and vocalist Johan Lindstrand. “With Mikael we managed to bring back a bit more of that crazy ‘Janne Saarenpää’ feel to the drumming, so that was a really cool energy boost. Mattias comes more from a punk/crust background, and he wrote ‘I Hunt with the Devil’ and ‘Mind Collapse’ for the album, which turned out great. This is definitely a step up in many ways, changing the way we worked on the CSV and RD albums.”
Crown Of Thorns was recorded by Marko Tervonen (Studio-MT), mixed and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren (Black Lounge Studios).
THE CROWN:
Johan Lindstrand – vocals
Marko Tervonen – guitar
Marcus Sunesson – lead guitar
Mattias Rasmussen – bass
Mikael Norén – drums
(Music: M.Tervonen and The Crown
Lyrics: J.Lindstrand)
Chaos is coming, the age of end is prominent
How will you take your leave when souls are gathered in the fire?
Answer my call as the bombs entangle all my sanity
Blooddrunk, attack with hate in trench beyond trench
World oh so blissful, the eyes of deceit are bleeding
A View of grace, the mirrors joker standing tall
Solitary elderly power of blackened doom
All hells visionarian on a throne in bloom
Dirt is flooding his way
Blood boils in his crooked heart
Venom is spreading fast
The judges gavel hitting hard
Shields of massive iron
Protector of the old ways
Ravenous conquest
Megalomaniac disorder burns bright
We are all dancing with the dead
Howling at the Warfield
Bloodmoon Calling
Stranger killing stranger
True wild turned loose
The burning of mankind
We are all dancing with the dead
Howling at the Warfield
Bloodmoon reaping
Stranger killing stranger
True wild turned loose
The burning of all
The horizon of peace drifting further away
As the wolf entertaining the lambs to the slaughter
Sickening phase of the burning of earth
Yeah, the almighty lunacy banging on your door(Solo: M.Sunesson)
Beaten and broken and mangled to pieces
Still brothers march on at the high of believing
Rising, revolting, they light up the fire
The dead men are walking raising swords on Goliath
(Solo: M.Sunesson)
We are all dancing with the dead
Howling at the Warfield
Bloodmoon Calling
Stranger killing stranger
True wild turned loose
The burning of mankind
Wasting lives for nothing
Rotting minds of misery
Bloodmoon reaping
Brother killing brother
True wild ripping flesh
The burning of all
