The Crown Deathrace King Review
When they are good the crown are very very good.
The crown deathrace king review. Ill be reviewing deathrace king the fourth full length by this band and the second under the crown moniker. Released 23 may 2000 on metal blade catalog no. After six full length albums the swedish extreme thrashdeath metal band the crown packed their bags and left the world of metal.
These leather clad swedes play a superb synthesis of blackeneddeathened thrash rocknroll with an awesome mix of speed brutality and groove. Like its sucessor the even more amazing crowned in terror deathrace king helps reestablish the vitality of thrash metal with blinding speed precise musicianship and boundless enthusiasm. Deathrace king an album by the crown.
The crown have perfected the death metalparty rock genre by adding hilarious b movie esque pseudo satanic lyrics lets hope theyre not for real and if they are well take a whole lot of points off of my rating resulting in one big high speed shooting down the christians guzzling back the gasoline muscle car riding apocalypse is a comin so were a laughin all the way to satans pad funfest. Even though we know whats coming its royally gripping the much anticipated fourth season of the crown lands on netflix next week and it certainly doesnt. Magnus olsfelt bass johan lindstrand vocals marko tervonen guitar assistant engineer marcus sunesson guitar assistant engineer janne saarenpaeae drums the crown producer fredrik nordstroem producer engineer.
The aptly titled opener deathexplosion sets the tone for whats to follow building in speed and intensity for its first minute until it almost hurts to listen to. Thrash metal death metal. The term thrash might sound like a relic of the 80s but the crown are a throwback the thrashspeed metal spirit infusing their muddy underground sound.
These leather clad swedes play a superb synthesis of blackeneddeathened thrash rocknroll with an awesome mix of speed brutality and groove. Throw the disc on though and all suspicions will be confirmed by the snare drums classic hardcore sound. It makes my neck tickle.
This album displays a deaththrash style with the death metal part leaning more towards melodic death metal. Splitting up in 2004 the crown has seven albums on their conscience. Ill be reviewing deathrace king the fourth full length by this band and the second under the crown moniker.
This album displays a deaththrash style with the death metal part leaning more towards melodic death metal. But dont let that style of music fool you deathrace king is actually one of the best albums in its genre. Speed is the impetus and deathrace king is pure killer thrash.
This was released in 2000 and is stated by frontman johan lindstrand as their best release. The crown season 4 review.