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Rating: Do you want a precise, quick, and clear idea of what these The Crown are capable of? Skip the tracks of this Deathrace King to the 10th, turn up your stereo volume to the maximum, and get ready because in the next four minutes, your brain and ears will be subjected to the torture inflicted by the death/thrash assault of these five Swedes.
What you just heard was Total Satan (which also features an appearance by Mika Luttinen of Impaled Nazarene), but the result would have been the same if you had chosen Deathexplosion or I Won’t Follow or any other song on the album as your executioner. The Crown has been active since 1990 (and right around now, Possessed 13 is being released, celebrating 13 years of pure massacre by these death/thrashers) and under the name Crown of Thorns, they recorded a couple of albums, but the progressive emergence from the underground comes with the name change and the album Hell is Here. After that, we have this Deathrace King which...well, without beating around the bush, really kicks ass. Our guys offer a lethal mix of Swedish Thrash and Death metal, smoothed by the typical melodies of the bands from Gothenburg and surroundings (At The Gates above all), as we can hear very well in the granite riff of I Won’t Follow but, and this is where this band’s peculiarity lies, adding a ruthlessly punk/rock’n’roll attitude slightly à la Motorhead.
So it wouldn't be out of place to draw a comparison with Carpathian Forest who do the same thing on a base of icy Norwegian black metal. The technique displayed by each individual member is jaw-dropping, especially the pyrotechnic evolutions of the Tervonen-Sunesson duo who really know their way around their six-strings...and not just a little. Excellent growl/screaming by Johan Lindstrand and notable work by bassist Magnus Olsfelt, especially in the songwriting phase. All that's left to mention is the structure on which the devastating Swedish war machine stands...Janne Saarenpää (1.93m for 84kg). You often hear about such greats as Gene Hoglan, Hellhammer, Nick Barker, and company, but I assure you, after listening to the work of this kind of human drum machine, you’ll have some doubts about the actual greatness of his much more famous colleagues.
For those looking for a CD to keep them company during long winter afternoons and give a good kick in the ass when needed.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Deathexplosion (03:57)
Of beast and man am I,
Transformed by the full moon's shine
I'm ripping the flesh, and eating the young
I am the unhuman one
All legends tell of me, creating a killing spree
What the legend doesn't say, is that I'm coming back one day!
[chorus]
Hide your children and lock the doors
Soon I come on my blackened horse and scythe!
Hide your daughters and shut off the lights
I'll come back for more when Satan needs more soldiers out for war:
It's a Deathexplosion!
I'm riding fast, creating a storm, you can not hide from me
My horse is black but not as black as my soul
Death is about to soon explode!
[chorus]
It's a Deathexplosion! It's a deathexplosion!
It's a Deathexplosion! Deathexplosion!
[chorus]
The death that they know that is me is what keeps them in fear
Their lives are still haunted, not in life, but at night when they dream
Old legends they say that his offspring will keep on killing
I see the morning star glowing brighter day by day!
07 I Won't Follow (04:28)
My will grows strong when Heaven falls down Hell breaks new ground
Tear up, break down and burn the circles around my life
God cries, who cares? Your paradise is a childish dream
Behind the door death stands tall, awaiting all
This is our life of Heaven and Hell
This is our time for pleasure and pain
And the dead start to sing:
"When you go, you go forever
When you go, you go alone
When you go, you won't remember
When you go, you'll never leave!"
My will stays strong. Commit the sin of being myself
Awake what sleeps, to be alive in a waking dream
I won't fade away, I won't trust the lies, I won't waste more time
Your world I leave, and as I look back, there's nothing I miss
Never will I give up my soul, nothing you say can change my way
You say: "Obey!"
Where I go, I go forever
Where I go, I go alone
Where I go, I won't remember
Where I go, I'll never leave
Darkness forever - death in excelsis. Hell after Hell, after Hell, after Hell!
Death is forever - black non-existence. Time beyond time, beyond time, beyond time!
Death after death, after death, after death!
Empty me of all your worries, concentrate on death
To find what really matters, it cuts me free, and I see it clear...
You try so hard to hide, to follow and fit in
But serving your life to the system's shit won't save you from your death!
So useless in the face of this! So useless in the face of death!
There is only one thing to make me strong, to cleanse my mind from all the filth
My death...guides my life!
I won't follow! I won't follow! I won't follow! I won't follow!
No... No! NO!!
Death after death, after death, after death!
08 Blitzkrieg Witchcraft (03:37)
I saw it flash before my eyes!! Blitzkrieg witchcraft!
Evil night, Hell on earth! As the black sky turns to a white out of light!
Mushroom clouds of endless size rise and shine, blinding all, total fear is all you feel!
Scream in silence as your soul explodes! Death construction war machine flying free on nightmare wings!
The only thing that you see is an insane black abyss open up, still the missiles strike!
You're gonna learn the hard way, that the world don't wanna be saved
So when it calls for doomsday...
I'll kick back, step out! I see...
Blitzkrieg witchcraft - massmurder megaslaughter!
Madness, terror - the occult power of destruction!
Nuclear warfare - burning storms of radiation!
H-bomb! Sieg Satan - Exploding bodies uber alles!
Come and take it away!
Fatal end from beyond. Black magician, politician, devastation ritual!
To be king, on the other side, a psychedelic kamikaze to kill all life
Burst command! Death is done! Horror power holocaust! Demons dance in nuclear winds!
Extreme evil! Terrify! The sky caves in and breaks as you're falling down to Hell!
You're gonna learn the hard way, that your soul don't wanna be saved
So when it calls for doomsday...
Kick back, step out, watch it all fall apart! You'll see:
Blitzkrieg witchcraft - massmurder megaslaughter!
Madness, terror - the occult power of destruction!
Nuclear warfare - burning storms of radiation!
A-Bomb! Pure deathfuck - yeah, God really loves his children:
There will be peace and silence... in eternity
Your prayers have finally been answered!
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