Группа увидела свет в '90 как примитивная Death/Thrash/Grindcore
формация, но уже в '92, после выхода какого-то местного сборника, в
который вошла и их композиция, Crown углубились в техничный и
мелодичный Death Metal. (но все еще весьма сырой и примитивный).
'93 - группа записывает демку ”FOREVER HEAVEN GONE” с более толковым
материалом - темным, брутальным Death Metal с влиянием американской
школы. ”F.H.G” получило множество положительных отзывов. Вследствии
этого Crown выступает на "Hultsfred-festival” вместе с такими мажорными
группами, как THE RAMONES, IGGY POP и Entombed.
Вскоре Robert Osterberg уходит из группы, мотивируя это различиями в
музыкальных взглядах и переходит в шведскую панк-формацию (The
Beerdrinkers). Гитарный ас Marcus Sunesson заменяет его в '94,
непосредственно перед записью второй демы ”FORGET THE LIGHT”
Профессиональный рост музыкантов и вокалиста привел к улучшению саунда
- теперь его можно охарактеризовать, как "брутальнейший, быстрый и
яростный Death Metal с элементами мелодичности", многие издания назвали
стиль Crown "гремучей смесью американского и шведского саунда".
Crown заключают контракт с новым шведским лейблом ”Black Sun Records”.
Дебютный альбом ”THE BURNING” содержит некоторые треки с демок + новый
материал. Альбом стал одним из самых брутальных и злых Death
Metal-релизов '95 года. Был снят видеоклип на ”Of Good and Evil”,
попавший на MTV, ZTV, Viva и прочие известные ТВ-каналы. Группа
отметилась также на трибьюте Slayer-у "Slaytanic Slaughter" с песней
"Mandatory Suicide".
'96 - запись второго альбома ”ETERNAL DEATH”. На нем очень жесткий
саунд, очень тяжелые гитарные риффы, множество бластбитов, причем все
это в смеси с прекрасной мелодичностью. Снят видеоклип на "Angels Die".
Июль '97 - группа вынуждена сменить название на THE CROWN из-за проблем
с какой-то христианской глэм-поп группой CROWN OF THORNS. Так бы Crown
послали этих клоунов в задницу, но тех поддержали Paul Stanley и Gene
Simmons из KISS, и пришлось уступить... Однако изменение названия никак
не повлияло на творчество группы - все те же антихристианские и
хулительные тексты и обезбашенный металл. Вскоре записанные музыкантами
тема "The Poison" и кавер на Sepultura-вскую "Arise" вошли на сборник,
выпущенный Wicked World Records, и трибьют альбом, посвященный
Sepultura "Sepultural Feast” соответственно.
Январь-февраль '98 - THE CROWN в компании с Sacrilege и Tomas
Lindberg(ex-At The Gates) с шиком проехались в турне по Германии,
Бельгии, Франции и Нидерландам, где с удовольствием прокатились
бетонным катком по ушам своих фанатов.
Удивленные успехами тура The Crown боссы лейбла "Metal Blade Records"
предложили тем контракт, на что незамедлительно последовал
положительный ответ - как же, записываться у столь легендарного лейбла!
Последовало летнее выступление на шведском фесте ”Parkrock” и
бельгийском ”With a Dragon's Blaze”, после которого довольно быстро был
записан материал к третьему альбому - ”HELL IS HERE”.
Для этого группа заперлась в "Berno Studio" и не выходила оттуда четыре
недели, за которые было записано 11 треков смерти, тьмы, разрушения,
революции, сатанизма, наркотиков, армагеддона, черной магии и
рок-н-ролла. И альбом доказал - АД ЗДЕСЬ!
Чтобы закрепить успех, THE CROWN пускаются в турне NO MERCY TOUR и
штурмуют Европу в апреле '99 с такими королями и принцами Death/Black
Metal, как Morbid Angel, Emperor, IMPALED NAZARENE, LIMBONIC ART и
PECCATUM. Да уж, в такой компании турне просто обязано было вывести The
Crown в элиту металла, что оно и сделало!
Август '99 - наши пять джентльменов выступают на германском концерте на Wacken Open Air с более чем 4000-ной аудиторией.
The Crown записывают трек для сборника "Power from the North” -
своеобразном трибьюте сегодняшних шведских металл-формаций шведским
металлерам прошлого. Трек назывался "Burnin' Leather" и являлся кавером
на песню Великих И Ужасных Bathory - Богам Шведского Металла. Также на
сборнике отметились YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, Entombed и THE HAUNTED.
Четвертый альбом, "DEATHRACE KING”, записан за 21 день в течении ноября
и декабря '99 в "Studio Fredman". Прослушивая альбом, сами The Crown
говорили, что он подобен пуле, попавшей в голову - бешеный и
неукротимый, резкий и жесткий саунд врезался глубоко в уши.
Итак, с выпуском четвертым альбомом стало понятно, что The Crown
окончательно избрали оригинальнейший стиль - Death Metal с сильным
влиянием классического рок-н-ролла. В альбоме в качестве приглашенных
музыкантов помогали Tomas Lindberg (ex-At The Gates) и Mika Luttinen
(IMPALED NAZARENE).
The Crown was a death/thrash metal band from
Trollh?ttan, Sweden. Originally, they used the name Crown of Thorns but
were forced to change their name due to another band already using that
name. Their music and lyrics were inspired by death, antireligious
themes and rebellion. They were known to fuse death metal with thrash
influences. The Crown disbanded in 2004 – see (dis-)band statement here
-. After that, Lindstrand went on to form One Man Army and the Undead
Quartet. Tervonen formed Angel Blake, named after a song by Danzig.
On
their 2002, the Crown gave a stuning show at Wacken festival. They were
filmed for TV broacast purposes. It finally ended up on their last
triple DVD set. This Killer set was obviouly heavyly traded among fans
until its official realease – Do not trust the .nfo file content – .download
The Crown was a death/thrash metal band from Trollhättan, Sweden. Originally, they used the name Crown of Thorns but were forced to change their name due to another band already using that name. Their music and lyrics were inspired by death, antireligious themes (mostly targeting Christianity) and rebellion. They were known to fuse death metal with thrash influences. The Crown disbanded in 2004. After that, Lindstrand went on to form One Man Army and the Undead Quartet.[citation needed] Tervonen formed Angel Blake, named after a song by Danzig; and was joined by Saarenpää on drums. He now focuses on his new project Lady Mourning. Sunesson is in a band called Engel. Olsfelt is also in a band called Stolen Policecar.
Final band line-up
* Johan Lindstrand - Vocals [1990-2001, 2002-2004] * Marko Tervonen - Guitar [1990-2004] * Marcus Sunesson - Guitar [1993-2004] * Magnus Olsfelt - Bass [1990-2004] * Janne Saarenpää - Drums [1990-2004]
Other members
* Robert Österberg - Guitar [1990-1993] * Tomas Lindberg - Vocals [2001-2002]
* The Burning - (1995 as Crown of Thorns) * Eternal Death - (1997 as Crown of Thorns) * Hell Is Here - (1999) * Deathrace King - (2000) * Crowned in Terror - (2002) * Possessed 13 - (2003) * Crowned Unholy - (2004)
Videography
DVD
* 14 Years of No Tomorrow - (2006), 3 DVDs consisting of a documentary and live shows
Formerly Known As: Crown Of Thorns (1990-1997) The band was originally
formed back in 1990 as a primitive garage act. And it was first in 1992
that they made their first public appearance on a local compilation CD.
In 1993 the band records the now infamous 'FOREVER HEAVEN GONE' demo
with its dark & brutal sound. Shortly hereafter original guitarist
Robert sterberg left the band and got replaced by Marcus Sunesson, just
before the recording of the second Demo 'FORGET THE LIGHT'. Now the
band had grown into better songwriters and musicians and the result was
a very brutal, intense and evil Death Metal but with a lot more feeling
and melody to it, some zines wrote that it was the perfect mix between
the American and the Scandinavian sound
This led to a deal with the new Swedish Metal label 'Black Sun
Records'. The debut CD 'THE BURNING' featured songs from both the demos
alongside some new material and was praised as being one of the
strongest and most brutal albums of 1995. A video was shot for the
track 'Of Good and Evil' and the band also featured on the 'Slaytanic
Slaughter' tribute album to SLAYER with their version of 'Mandatory
Suicide'. In 1996 the band once again entered the studio to record
their second album entitled 'ETERNAL DEATH' which shows an even more
focused and breathtaking sound. It also features a mindblowing version
of their 1991 garage cult-classic 'Kill (The Priest)'. A video was made
for the song 'Angels Die'. In July 1997 the band is forced to cut their
name short into just THE CROWN, due to pressures made by a Christian
glam-pop outfit also called CROWN OF THORNS. Another song, 'The
Poison', was recorded for a compilation album from Wicked World
Records, and a blasting cover of the Sepultura hymn 'Arise' appeared on
the 'Sepultural Feast' tribute album. In January / February of 1998 THE
CROWN hit the road and raised some serious hell; after having seen a
show on this European tour a member of the Metal Blade Records-team was
very impressed. And after some conspiracy the deal was done between the
hellish band and the legendary metal label. After a busy summer playing
festivals plus extremly hard extensive rehearsing and writing of new
material THE CROWN was ready for the third album: 'HELL IS HERE'.
To celebrate and promote this musical hell on earth THE CROWN was proud
to participate on the NO MERCY TOUR part III. The tour including Wacken
Open Air was a huge success with thousands and thousands of people
witnessing and getting off to the sheer power of THE CROWN on stage.
The 4th album entitled 'DEATHRACE KING' was recorded during winter '99
in the new-built Studio Fredman. The result is a top-notch superfat and
modern production to really push the music like a bullet through your
soul. The recording session also featured guest vocal performances from
Tomas Lindberg (ex AT THE GATES) and Mika Luttinen (IMPALED NAZARENE),
to really kick it in. In early 2001 singer Johan Lindstrand decides to
leave after 11 years down the line and Tomas Lindberg is recruited as
the new singer.
After destroying some summer festivals in 2001 their 5th album CROWNED
IN TERROR is recorded, to be released on the 8th of April, 2002. The
album is praised in the media and among other things makes the cover of
Metal Maniacs magazine. The band does a full-on blasting headline US
tour in the beginning of 2002 together with the road-warrior dudes of
DARKEST HOUR. Back in Sweden again, after a show in Stockholm Tomas is
kicked out of the band. When told about it he said he wanted to leave
anyway. So it was kind of a mutual decision to end the musical
cooperation there. Because there were still some festivals booked for
the summer, original vocalist Johan comes up and says he can do it as a
favour for the band. So there wont be any cancallations because of the
line-up trouble that he started,. Those shows went very good, so one
hazy night at the bar Marko asks Johan if he wants to be a full-time
member again, and the answer is yes. So THE CROWN is back in the
original line-up in the fall of 2002.
While rehearsing new matrial, smaller tours are done in Finland and
Italy and a full two-week headlining tour is done all over Europe. And
in May 2003 the new album is recorded at Studio Fredman. As it marks
the 13th anniversary of the band and contains 13 songs, the album is
appropriately titled POSSESSED 13. On this album THE CROWN sum up all
that they are about in one great album. It is a total tribute to all
that they have done, filled with brand new riffs next to specially
selected and finely matured 13 year old riffs ripped up from the
unreleased past and awoken in new deadly fashion. The power is
striking. Classic catchy old-school riffs in a whole fresh new way of
sound and songmaking.
The artwork is also killer, made by Locust Constructions, the people
responsible for the infamous Crenom design. It is a total hammer horror
concept; white, black and bloodstained! There will also be a black
limited edition deluxe version with a bonus disc including 13
previously unreleased demo tracks (where you can hear some of the
POSSESSED 13 riffs in their original form). The album was firstly
announced to some specially invited journalists who got to hear the
album on a boat-trip through Trollhttan. And a small teaser was also
performed at the 2003 Wacken Open Air before ten-thousands of dirty
metalheads. POSSESSED 13 will be unleashed on the 20th October 2003. So
lock up your daughters, pray to god, and send more cops THE CROWN has
arrived!!!!!
On the 7th of March 2004, Janne Saarenp announces through the band's
website: "We give up. Today, the 7th of March 2004, we, the dudes of
THE CROWN, have decided to call it quits." So after 14 years and 6
albums The Crown's career ends. As a goodbye present the band
re-recorded the album Crowned In Terror with Johan and titled it
"CROWNED UNHOLY". It was relesed later in 2004 and it had a much better
sound and a great new cover art.
Finally in 2005 Metal Blade Records relesed "14 YEARS OF NO TOMORROW", a triple DVD set all about the band. origin
