The Crown - Doomsday King
New singer Jonas Stalhammar (ex-guitarist of God Macabre and Macabre End) seems to have energized The Crown, although I’ll admit to not always getting the lyrics. Of course I know that these Swedish blasphemers hate the Bastard Son, as any rational person must, but I can’t growl along with insanity such as, “There is no God but God / Only The Lord is Lord,” which would make me shatter this CD and then melt the shards had this been an unknown band. Fortunately, in this case, I understand that it’s a condemnation of religion. That said, the music is the super intense Thrashy Death Metal I was expecting, and perhaps more memorable than ever. And although I could have done without the “tribute” riffs, I have to concede that a Slayer homage in a song called “Angel of Death 1839” is kind of funny. Jonas’ voice is not the most raw, but his esophagus-scarring rasp fits the music perfectly, and is understandable enough that a lyric sheet isn’t strictly necessary, although it helps. But what is necessary is tracking down the limited edition digipak version of Doomsday King, as it contains an extra CD with four bonus tracks. And that truly pisses me off. The total time for the album, with the second disc’s extra songs, is only 56:23, so it would have very easily all fit on one CD. If record labels wonder why sales are dropping off a cliff, maybe it’s because it’s easier (and certainly faster) to download something for free and get the “limited edition” bonus tracks, the iTunes bonus track, the Best Buy bonus track, and the WhyTheFuckDoYouThinkPeopleStealThisShit.com bonus track, than it is to attempt to figure out which version you need to buy to actually get the complete thing.
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