Former THE CROWN Guitarist On New Project: Don't Call It A Reunion

July 29, 2008

Four former members of the now-defunct Swedish death/thrash act THE CROWN have reunited in a brand new project which is currently working on its debut album. Magnus Olsfelt (bass),Marko Tervonen (guitar),Marcus Sunesson (lead guitar) and Janne Saarenpää (drums) have joined forces with an as-yet-undisclosed singer and are recording a collection of tunes which are being described as "pure death/thrash metal."

Commented Tervonen in a statement: "Well, this can't really be considered a THE CROWN reunion, because Johan [Lindstand; former THE CROWN vocalist] is not singing with us. But it is true that we are working on a death/thrash metal album. We just have guitar solos and vocals left to record. A total of 11 songs are being laid down — and they sound as you would expect from THE CROWN: like a mixture of 'Deathrace King' [2000] and 'Possessed 13' [2003] plus a few new ideas. As far as the singer is concerned, we will announce his identity soon — as well as the name of the band."

THE CROWN split up more than four years ago due to "too many tours gone bad due to not at all professional tour arrangements," according to a March 2004 statement released by Saarenpää. He added, "Coming home from tours with empty pockets, equipment falling apart and having a pile of bills on the doorstep is simply 'horns down'. Paying the bills with tour memories and floorscores is just not possible. We do love standing on stage but we don't know much about the business part, and that's a bad combination."

THE CROWN's video for the track "Face Of Destruction/Deep Hit Of Death" — which was filmed in Germany in August 2003 — can be viewed below. The song was the first single off the group's final CD, "Possessed 13", which was released in October 2003 through Metal Blade. The self-produced effort, which was recorded at Gothenurg's Studio Fredman during May-June 2003, was made available in a special limited-edition double-CD digipack, featuring a bonus CD that contained the band's 1993 "Forever Heaven Gone" and 1994 "Forget The Light" demos, a cover of BATHORY's "Burnin' Leather", and a demo version of "Rebel Angel" (off 2000's "Deathrace King" CD).

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