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The Crown<\/a><\/strong> is back for the first time in three years with their new record Crown Of Thorns<\/em>, due out October 11. Crown Of Thorns<\/em> is named after The Crown<\/a><\/strong>‘s original band name before it got changed in 1998, and is the first to feature new bassist Mattias “Arvid” Rasmussen<\/strong> and new drummer Mikael Nor\u00e9n<\/strong>. Crown Of Thorns<\/em> is also The Crown<\/a><\/strong>‘s first album since 2010 to feature guitarist Marcus Sunesson<\/strong>, who left the band in 2012.<\/p>\n “With Mikael<\/strong>, we managed to bring back a bit more of that crazy ‘Janne Saarenp\u00e4\u00e4<\/strong>‘ feel to the drumming, so that was a really cool energy boost. Mattias<\/strong> comes more from a punk\/crust background, and he wrote ‘I Hunt With The Devil’ and ‘Mind Collapse,’ which turned out great,” said The Crown<\/a><\/strong> guitarist Marko Tervonen<\/strong>. “This is definitely a step up in many ways, changing the way we worked on the CSV and RD albums.”<\/p>\n On the single “Chruchburner”, Tervonen<\/strong> notes that it’s not usualy a style that The Crown<\/a><\/strong> touches on. Which is surprising considering how good it is. “‘Churchburner’ starts out with a nod to ‘Postmortem’ [Slayer<\/a><\/strong>] but then explodes into quite a different type of monster. It has a great groove to it, and it basically has a tempo\/beat that we don’t use that often. It’s mostly in triplets. It’s a very strong song with Johan<\/strong> being on fire here and Marcus<\/strong> adds a killer solo as well.”<\/p>\n Pre-orders for Crown Of Thorns<\/em> are available here<\/a>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n