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Grey marbled vinyl with bonus 7”, patch and slipmat. Limited 500 copies

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 albums 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 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. We really wanted this to sound as a new fresh album and I believe we did it, says Tervonen. The approach was full circle and inventive: I had this idea that we should work a bit backwards, to try something new. 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 art proved inspirational, as The Crown focused on ’what kind of music does this artwork need?’ I wanted something really fast, melodic, heavy, epic, punky… 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, explains Tervonen.

Track list:
1. I Hunt 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 That Comes

Vinyl Single: Eternally Infernal
1. Eternally Infernal
2. No Fuel For God
3. Mind Collapse