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Buy here: 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: and The Crown Lyrics: ) 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: ) 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: ) 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
