Crown Of Thorns serves as the band’s twelfth studio album as THE CROWN and is the dynamic, groundbreaking follow-up to 2021’s Royal Destroyer. The band made distinctly different creative choices to ensure that the LP’s ten songs would stand as a unique collection. “For me, Cobra Speed Venom and Royal Destroyer are like siblings,” says guitarist Marko Tervonen. “[We wanted] to make sure that we would take a step forward, get a bit more out of our comfort zone on Crown Of Thorns. We really wanted this to sound like a new, fresh album and I believe we did it.”
The approach was full circle and inventive. “I had the idea that we should work a bit backwards. I pushed to create the artwork very early in the process. We wanted the album cover to include a bridge from our hometown Trollhättan called Strömkarlsbron. It has this cool statue on it named ‘Strömkarlen’ [a water spirit]. It made sense to loop it all back to the town where everything started; as most people know, we were called Crown Of Thorns for a few years before we had to shorten the name.”
Giannis Nakos’ final cover proved inspirational, as THE CROWN focused on the music that most complimented the piece. “I wanted something really fast, melodic, heavy, epic, punky,” explains Tervonen, “areas we’ve touched before, but step it up to a new level. And to throw in a few surprises was also part of the process.“
Musical dynamics are also on a new level with the 2022 addition of drummer Mikael Nor
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Tracklist:
1 – IHunt With The Devil
2 – Churchburner
3 – Martyrian
4 – Gone To Hell
5 – Howling At The Warfield
6 – The Night Is Now
7 – God King
8 – The Agitator
9 – Where Nightmares Belong
10 – The Storm Thst Comes