The Crown - Churchburner (Official Video)

For "Crown of Thorns," the dynamic, ground-breaking follow-up to 2021’s "Royal Destroyer," The Crown made distinctly different creative choices to ensure that the LP’s 10 songs would stand as a unique collection. “For me, Cobra Speed Venom and Royal Destroyer are like siblings,“ says guitarist Marko Tervonen. And while Royal Destroyer was termed a “a ridiculously catchy album,” The Crown wanted to “make sure that we would take a step forward, get a bit more out of the comfort zone on Crown of Thorns.“

Musical dynamics are also on a new level with the 2022 addition of drummer Mikael Norén and bassist Mattias Rasmussen, and the return of lead guitarist Marcus Sunesson, rejoining long time members Tervonen and vocalist Johan Lindstrand. “With Mikael we managed to bring back a bit more of that crazy ‘Janne Saarenpää’ feel to the drumming, so that was a really cool energy boost. Mattias comes more from a punk/crust background, and he wrote ‘I Hunt with the Devil’ and ‘Mind Collapse’ for the album, which turned out great. This is definitely a step up in many ways, changing the way we worked on the CSV and RD albums.”

Filmed and edited by Christoffer Tönnäng
Additional video/graphics by Anton Hallenberg

Video produced by Lect Production and The Crown

Crown Of Thorns was recorded by Marko Tervonen (Studio-MT), mixed and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren (Black Lounge Studios).

THE CROWN:
Johan Lindstrand – vocals
Marko Tervonen – guitar
Marcus Sunesson – lead guitar
Mattias Rasmussen – bass
Mikael Norén – drums

LYRICS:
(Music: M.Tervonen and The Crown Lyrics: J.Lindstrand)

The night is endless
Covenant obscure
Churchburner dead and alive
Warm blood in the freezing cold
Nosferatu vomit the cross

When I’m lost in the darkness
I fear myself more than ever
When I reach out to the light
I bear witness to my own desolation

Fearsome mystic power of the old
The blues of black he grant the weak

Fear him! Fear him!
The chosen God of the new world order

Leaving earth the way we know it
Scorched by light, embraced by night
Damned, undead, a shadow conquest
Stripped of all but Hunter’s pride

Night eternal
Covenant of black
Immortality feeding its youth
Warm blood on the bitter frost
Nosferatu raping the cross

When I’m lost in the darkness
I fear myself more than ever
When I reach out to the light
I bear witness to my own demise

Fearsome mystic power of the old
The blues of black he grant the weak

Fear him! Fear him!
The chosen God of the new world order

Leaving earth the way we want it
Scorched by light, embraced by night
Damned, undead, a shadow conquest
Stripped of all but Hunter’s pride

(Solo: M.Sunesson)

Churchburner
The inferior loss of life
Churchburner
Grand design of the übermensch

Leaving life
Embraced by night
Damned undead
Leaving life
Embraced by night
The Hunter’s pride

[pigdestroyer]

One of the most under rated metal bands to ever do it

[ScreamingMoon]

Deathrace King is my favorite album of all time. I'm not a casual metal fan and have been involved for almost 30 years. It still holds true. This track sounds good and I'm excited for the whole album

[DavidPerez-wkxm]

I love The Crown. Old metahead ( I'm 60) and first time I heard them, was in the 90's. They still hold the light. Awesome new song!!

[d-fens]

These guys are true and they are not goofing around. Vocals is one of a kind. Very recognizable. Track on repeat constantly

[obscureaffliction]

I'm a simple man. I see The Crown. I press like. Killer track guys!! 💥

[roberthuismans]

Still playing that raw, furious and pissed off style that most of the bands out there just cant match.

[kv]

4 minutes and 19 seconds straight of chills. Crown has never been SO back! Hail

[ai_headbanger]

The Crown ruled, rulez now and will always be ruling

[ernestoruiz]

The crown never fails...
This is a killer track... Love it...

[Phartas]

I listen to them more then 20 years and the last 2 records are one of the best they ever made. Great that they are back!!
=> pre-ordered.

[SynthLizard]

The vocalist headshake is mesmerising.

[BalashToth]

Wow it's killer. Has some Deathrace King/Crowned in Terror vibes.🤘

[arcaneExistence]

The Crown is just the most badass band out there

[lordfaustmessiah]

These guys have been kicking ass and taking names since I heard Deathrace King and it seems like they're not slowing down even a little bit. Great stuff.

[chuax]

Killer track, cheers from Argentina.🇦🇷

[rayzrrtredz]

Always been my #1 metal band, always driving to be heavy innovative and fresh, I never get bored listening to them

[MrXHammer]

Great song! Great video!! The Crown are still killing it!!! ALL HAIL THE CROWN!!!!

[AlucardsQuest]

Been a fan since Hell is Here, but I bought all of the albums! This one sounds like a scorcher... but then I haven't really been disappointed by you guys yet.

[Yasin-jdzd]

Yeah, The Crown.Love those guys so much since the beginning

[tomasandersson]

Helvete vilken leverans. Härligt jobbat gubbs och äntligen är Sune tillbaka. 🤘