Crown Of Thorns - Biography
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1990-1998
Biography
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. It made some underground attention and got the band to play at the Hultsfred-festival alongside major acts like THE RAMONES and ENTOMBED. Shortly after that appearance original guitarist Robert Österberg 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. Its´ unique blend of hellspawned riffing, blasting drums, beautiful melodies, ripping heavy metal solos, killer vocals and possessed lyrics in catchy arrangements makes "ETERNAL DEATH" a very dangerous and highly addictive album. And 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. The name-change however did not affect the bands musical future as they stated that they still are the same nightmare-team as before and will continue to spread hell and terror in an even more wicked way with more sinful material. One nasty little taster was "The Poison" featured on a compilation album from Wicked World Records, and a blasting cover of the Sepultura hymn "Arise" appeared on the "Sepultural Feast" tribute album.
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. Its´ unique blend of hellspawned riffing, blasting drums, beautiful melodies, ripping heavy metal solos, killer vocals and possessed lyrics in catchy arrangements makes "ETERNAL DEATH" a very dangerous and highly addictive album. And 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. The name-change however did not affect the bands musical future as they stated that they still are the same nightmare-team as before and will continue to spread hell and terror in an even more wicked way with more sinful material. One nasty little taster was "The Poison" featured on a compilation album from Wicked World Records, and a blasting cover of the Sepultura hymn "Arise" appeared on the "Sepultural Feast" tribute album.