Crown, The: Possessed 13

From top to bottom this may be one of the best metal packages of the year. Not only does this, the celebration of The Crown's 13 years as a band, come with a hotter-than-hell sleeve, bonus tracks that bring us back to the band's demo days, it also serves as the return of vocalist Johan Lindstrand (credited here as "Satan From Hell"). Frankly, the band has never sounded better. Drummer Janne Saarenpåå measures out time with Swiss precision, while the guitar duo of Marko Tervonen and Marcus Sunesson deliver riffs that sound, quite simply, like the tolling of hell's bells. (Bassist Magnus Osfelt's lines sound clearer, more defined than ever before as well.) Lindstrand couldn't sound more convincing or vibrant during songs such as "Natashead Overdrive" (a death metal party anthem), "Zombified," or "Morningstar Rising." If ever you believed that The Crown would give you anything less than the best, let those beliefs be crushed beneath the mighty weight of The Crown.

Added: December 2nd 2003
Reviewer: Jedd Beaudoin
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