The Crown - Deathrace King (#4705)

metalgod · **Joined:** Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:50 am **Posts:** 5515

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The Crown - Deathrace King
Thrash/Death Metal
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OldSchool · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:21 pm

Good review! Criminally underrated band. In fact, I think this should belong in the classics section. It doesn't get more classic than this album when it comes to death/thrash.

Thomas · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:25 pm

yeah... In three years! Fantastic band. Their earlier stuff falls short of this though.

Esiel · **Posted:** Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:53 pm

metal_xxx wrote:

yeah... In three years! Fantastic band. Their earlier stuff falls short of this though.

Yeah, Deathrace is when the band really started to stick out. I like this one just a little bit more than Crowned in Terror, myself. It's too bad the remnants of this band has become the unimpressive Angel Blake... although Lindstrand's One Man Army and the Undead Quartet kicks ass, IMO... but not anywhere as much as The Crown.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:54 am

I like Angel Blake therefore I'm going to go check this out.

Faffel · **Posted:** Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:01 am

I hate how nearly no one I've met has heard of one of the best bands to grace metal.

Esiel · **Posted:** Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:53 am

traptunderice wrote:

I like Angel Blake therefore I'm going to go check this out.

You do? Well, I'll admit the self-titled debut had some good stuff (Lycanthropy, The Forsaken and Thousand Storms) and that I do own and spin it once in a while but the follow up really didn't do it for me.

Very different in style from The Crown, though. Don't go into Deathrace King expecting some heavy gothic-ish metal or you're in for a surprise. :lol:

Dago · **Posted:** Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:14 pm

I've only listened to Possessed 13.. Didn't really like it to tell you the truth, was never a big fan of Death/Thrash, but ill check this out anyways. The review got me interested.

Esiel · **Posted:** Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:29 pm

Dago wrote:

I've only listened to Possessed 13.. Didn't really like it to tell you the truth, was never a big fan of Death/Thrash, but ill check this out anyways. The review got me interested.

Well, you really should. Honestly, I'm not big on "pure" thrash (like 80s thrash) myself. But I like some death/thrash stuff when the thrash element isn't more present than the death sound. Stuff like Hatesphere's Ballet of the Brute, for example.

Possessed 13 was more of a nearly melodeath shift for them but Crowned in Terror and Deathrace King are much more brutal and frantic. More death than thrash and pretty brutal.

Ness · **Posted:** Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:30 pm

All I've heard is Crowned in Terror and it is one of my favorite albums. I always thought everything else they did was shit, or was told so anyway. I guess I've been mislead. I'll need to check this out.

Kathaarian · **Posted:** Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:54 pm

Amazing band. One of the best bands of their own genre. I don't think they have released a bad album under this name.

crast · **Joined:** Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:29 pm **Posts:** 1502

This album is one of my favorite albums ever. Every track is
just awesome! Too bad they split up, I'm glad I was able to see
them live a few times before that happened,

.:crast:.

OldSchool · **Posted:** Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:16 pm

metalNESS wrote:

All I've heard is Crowned in Terror and it is one of my favorite albums. I always thought everything else they did was shit, or was told so anyway. I guess I've been mislead.

You've definitely been mislead. Deathrace King is even better than Crowned In Terror and Hell Is Here is great too. Perhaps Possessed 13 is a bit of a step down, but even that is pretty good. I never got around to listen to their first two albums, the ones they released under the name Crown of Thorns, some friends told me those are pretty kick ass too.

Thomas · **Posted:** Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:39 pm

I've been meaning to review their debut for a while now. Will get to it eventually=)

Ness · **Posted:** Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:16 am

OldSchool wrote:

metalNESS wrote:

All I've heard is Crowned in Terror and it is one of my favorite albums. I always thought everything else they did was shit, or was told so anyway. I guess I've been mislead.

You've definitely been mislead. Deathrace King is even better than Crowned In Terror and Hell Is Here is great too. Perhaps Possessed 13 is a bit of a step down, but even that is pretty good. I never got around to listen to their first two albums, the ones they released under the name Crown of Thorns, some friends told me those are pretty kick ass too.

I better get on that.

Thomas · **Posted:** Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:42 am

I won't promise you that you'll love it at first, but good starters would be Back From the Grave, Rebel Angel, and I Won't Follow for some fucking great melodeath tunes, and Executioner: Slayer of the Light, and Blitzkrieg Witchcraft for the more aggressive and intense side.

Wintermute · **Posted:** Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:53 am

There are no laws
Nothing is sacred
Total Satan Anarchy!

This album rules.

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:02 am

All I know is that Possessed 13 is really really cool.

DeadRed · **Posted:** Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:55 am

One of few album from gothenburg that I really enjoy, deserves all praise!

OldSchool · **Posted:** Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:41 am

DeadRed wrote:

One of few album from gothenburg that I really enjoy, deserves all praise!

Maybe because they're from Trollhottan? :lol:

Anyway, this isn't Gothenburg metal. Far from it.

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