Band:	The Crown
Album:	Possessed 13
Style:	Death metal, Thrash metal
Release date:	2003
A review by:	Deadsoulman

01. No Tomorrow
02. Face Of Destruction/Deep Hit Of Death
03. Deliverance
04. Cold Is The Grave
05. Dream Bloody Hell
06. Morningstar Rising
07. Are You Morbid?
08. Bow To None
09. Kill 'Em All
10. Natashead Overdrive
11. Zombiefied!
12. Dawn Of Emptiness
13. In Memoriam

Disc I [Bonus 13] [Deluxe Digipak bonus]
01. Last Rite [First "Pro" Recording]
02. Seventh Gate [Forever Heaven Gone demo]
03. Deadspawn [Forever Heaven Gone demo]
04. Diachronic Damnation [Forever Heaven Gone demo]
05. The Lord Of The Rings [Forever Heaven Gone demo]
06. Beyond Where Darkness Dwells [Forever Heaven Gone demo]
07. Forever Heaven Gone [Forever Heaven Gone demo]
08. Soulicide Demon-Might [Forget The Light demo]
09. Godless [Forget The Light demo]
10. Neverending Dream [Forget The Light demo]
11. Candles [Forget The Light demo]
12. Burnin' Leather [Bathory cover]
13. Rebel Angel [demo]

After a bullet in the head called Crowned In Terror, the Swedes of The Crown owed their fans an album at least as good. It was a hard goal. But they had several reasons to succeed: first, after the episode Tomas Lindberg, Possessed 13 is the occasion to celebrate the comeback of Johan Lindstrand in the band. Even if, in the words of the bands, this has not influenced the music, the return of the Evil Master has brought an old alchemy back. Besides, 2003 is the year of the thirteenth birthday of the band.

This is a milestone, so the band obviously decided to get back to the very roots of The Crown. Thus, they have launched old forgotten riffs out of the closet [if you can get the limited edition bonus cd you will hear that some of the riffs of the demos are used as bases for the new tracks], and recorded it with the rawest, dirtiest and creepiest sound possible. And the result is dark, frightening [like the instrumental 'Dream Bloody Hell'] and definitely death metal. As a paradox, it is probably their most achieved album to date.

It is at the same time more melodic ['Bow To None'], darker, heavier ['No Tomorrow'], more groovy ['Cold Is The Grave'] and almost as violent ['Kill'em All'] as their previous masterpiece, even if the speed furious songs like 'World Below' and 'Drugged Unholy' have disappeared. But instead, Johan Lindstrand's vocals are more varied and even more thrashy than the hysteric screams of Tomas Lindberg.

Without any possibilty of being called sellouts, The Crown has written thirteen songs that will be sticked in your brain like nails in a coffin after two listenings [for example 'Face Of Destruction- Deep Hit Of Death' or 'Natashead Overdrive']. These guys are the specialists of the killer-riff that annihilates the competition.
As Johan Lindstrand screams :'There is no way out'... Don't resist you cannot escape this bulldozer.

Special 'Bonus 13' cd contains:
01. Last Rite
'Forever Heaven Gone' demo
02. Seventh Gate
03. Deadspawn
04. Diachronic Damnation
05. The Lord Of The Rings
06. Beyond Where Darkness Dwells
07. Forever Haven Gone
'Forget The Light' demo
08. Soulicide Demon-Might
09. Godless
10. Neverending Dream
11. Candles

12. Burnin'Leather
13. Rebel Angel