Crown Of Thorns "Eternal Death [Sweden, Black Sun Records, BS 010]"

Eternal Death is the second album of Crown of Thorns. It was originally released in 1997 and later re-issued under the band's current name, The Crown. This album downplays the thrash metal-element of the band's sound considerably, favoring instead a more black metal-oriented sound.

The album received from 91 to 100 percent approval on Encyclopaedia Metallum.

DemonBit praised the soundtrack as well as the performance saying that "Every performance here is nothing short of impressive." and praising the ensemble members independently: "Janne Saarenpää absolutely pummels his kit in a truly dynamic performance of blast beats, fills and innovative rhythms. Vocalist Johan Lindstrand delivers coarse shrieks under sustained syllables, giving the blasphemous lyrical content some welcomed emotional power. Guitarists Marcus Sunesson and Marko Tervonen provide perhaps the most interesting aspect of the album, with their masterful blend of concise gothenburg-like and Floridian death metal riff fusion."

The re-released version which was published by Dissonance in 2018 received 8.5 out of 10 from Daniel Müller of the Cross Fire.

Track listing

1. "Angels Die" – 4:52 (M. Tervonen, M. Olsfelt)
2. "Beautiful Evil Soul" – 4:10 (M. Olsfelt)
3. "In Bitterness and Sorrow" – 3:34 (M. Tervonen, M. Olsfelt)
4. "The Black Heart" – 8:36 (M. Olsfelt)
5. "World Within" – 5:32 (M. Sunesson, J. Lindstrand, M.Olsfelt)
6. "The Serpent Garden" – 4:50 (M. Tervonen, M. Olsfelt)
7. "Kill the Priest" – 1:46 (M. Olsfelt, R. Österberg)
8. "Misery Speaks" – 4:45 (J. Lindstrand, M. Tervonen)
9. "Hunger" – 4:50 (M. Tervonen, M. Olsfelt)
10. "Death of God" – 10:08 (M. Olsfelt)

Time:  52:26

Eternal Death is the second and last release the band made before they were forced to change their name to The Crown.

Reissued under the name The Crown in 2002 by Century Media Records.

Recording information:

Recorded at Berno Studio, Malmö, Sweden.

Mastered at Mastering Room, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Co-produced by Crown of Thorns.

Göran Finnberg – mastering

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