Sun Eater (GER) - Death Crown - review
Sun Eater (GER) - Death Crown - review
Tracklist
01. Prologue02. Of Wrath And Ruin
03. Wounds
04. Carnivorous Skies
05. Death Crown
06. Bones And All
07. Harakiri Suicide [rerecorded version]
08. The Gates [rerecorded version]
09. Moira [rerecorded version]
A review by
Thryce April 08, 2026
...Rrrright. Anyway, now that I've got your attention.
Served piping hot, Death Crown is the no-nonsense debut album from this Frankfurt, Germany-based band who formed in 2022. Following the departure of Mental Cruelty vocalist Lukas Nicolai last year, the band brought in Sten Govers (of Ecocide fame), which also immediately explains why some of these tracks show up here in freshly re-recorded form.
Steamrolling through in just half an hour, the whole record hits the table with a distinctly mauled-by-a-bear kind of energy, so that by the end of it, you might legitimately require dental reconstruction from its sheer heaviness.
Stylistically, the album leans heavily on modern-day deathcore norms: the obligatory dash of symphonic elements, a sprinkle of electronic tidbits here and there, and a tolerable amount of nu-metal seepage (see "Carnivorous Sky" and "Bones And All").
The whole thing is tasty, fairly competent and decently executed. Cooked through with just enough bite... Though I'll be the first to admit that this can only be considered "groundbreaking" if your metric is whether the breakdowns can make your living room tremble.
Sun Eater (GER)’s secret recipe isn’t exactly that secret. You’ve tasted variations of this a dozen times before, so yeah, at one point or another, you’ll start to recognize the flavor. Good thing the enjoyment of this particular genre lies precisely in the crushing consistency, making the whole "lack of originality, oh noes" critique a largely irrelevant concern. Records like Death Crown are engineered for maximum replay value, making the whole listening experience more electrifying than that time I tried to fix the toaster with a fork. (Spoiler: I did not in fact fix the toaster).
So nothing new on the menu today. But when the meat’s this tender and the portions this colossal, this can be your comfort food for the next week or so.
Alright, another plate scraped clean. Dinner’s over, but the hunger isn’t. See you at the next slaughterhouse buffet. Nom, nom, nom.
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