Crown Of Thorns "The Burning [Sweden, Black Sun Records, BS 005]"

The Burning is the debut album by Crown of Thorns, originally released in 1995 and later re-issued after the band changed their name to the Crown. The album infuses traditional thrash metal-based death metal with melodic black metal elements.

The song "Night of the Swords" attacks Holocaust deniers.

Track listing

1. "Of Good and Evil" 3:27
2. "Soulicide Demon-Might" 2:42
3. "Godless" 4:00
4. "The Lord of the Rings" 3:16
5. "I Crawl" 5:16
6. "Forever Heaven Gone" 3:29
7. "Earthborn" 3:45
8. "Neverending Dream" 4:01
9. "Night of the Swords" 2:03
10. "Candles" 6:35
11. "Forget the Light" 6:33

Total length: 45:07

The Burning is the first full-length album released by Crown of Thorns; it is also the first of only two full-length albums released by the band before they were forced to change their name to "The Crown".

Re-released through Century Media Records in 2002 under the name The Crown with a bonus video track: Of Good and Evil.

Recording information:

Produced and mixed at Berno Studio, Malmö, Sweden April 1995.

Co-produced/mixed by The Crown.

Kristian Wåhlin - album cover, logo

Berno Paulsson - recording, engineering, mixing, producer

Hasse Bergstedt - photography