F*CKKKK TO THE YESSSS: THE CROWN REJOINED BY JOHAN LINDSTRAND
In 2001, screamer Johan Lindstrand departed Swedish death-thrashers The Crown, and the band went on with then-former At The Gates screamer Tomas Lindberg. But after one awesome album, The Crown reverted to its line-up with Lindstrand for Possessed 13, one of metal’s twenty best albums. Then, after a re-make of that Lindberg album, The Crown folded and so I spent about a year crying while lifting weights. Just as I fully rebounded, The Crown reformed in 2009 but without Lindstrand (whose One Man Army & The Undead Quartet has a line-up odyssey of its own). With God Macabre screamer Jonas Stålhammar, they released Doomsday King, an album titularly similar to their first classic but really the only Crown album to be less rad than its predecessor.
But here comes the best case of déjà vu ever! After one album completed with a different dude, The Crown welcomes back Johan Lindstrand. Fucking yeahhhh! Lindstrand said in a Friday announcement (via The PRP):
Yeah, from now on I am the lead singer in this classic death metal outfit called The Crown. Damn! That feels good to say. I will also take some time here to thank Jonas Stålhammar ’cause he did an amazing job on Doomsday King. You rule dude! Other than that I have to say: THE ORIGINAL 5 HAS RETURNED!!! Go hide your children.
I’m freaking out! It says here that they rehearse soon! They have more than six songs written now!! They plan shows!!! Srs it’s like The Crown has been reading my diary all year. On page after page, I write wondering about The Crown’s future (Feb. 17, March 1-5), about their rear-views on Doomsday King and its weird tone (May 1, 17-30), and about those naked pics I mailed them (Jan. 7 – July 20). Finally some answers!
-ADF
Read the 2009 MetalSucks planetary exclusive interview with Marko Tervonen of The Crown right here. Please internet with me @AnsoDF with info cuz man I didn’t even hear about this shit ’til Tuesday! I heart your tips!
