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The End of All Things

by C R O W N

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Carsten Pieper
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Carsten Pieper I have to second fellow Bandcamper Arrogant Bastard: Normally, the tag "industrial metal" doesn't trigger any buying reflexes on my side. But this French project is a fine example, of how music can transcend genre boundaries (and personal tastes). I discovered the band via Karin Park (and then Pelagic Records) who opened this door for me... Favorite track: Gallows.
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Poesy Rider CROWN est ancré dans son temps, mais ses influences puisées dans la new wave des 90's donne à cet album une irrésistible nostalgie. à recommander ! Favorite track: Gallows.
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DBA The post-everything genre-transcending nature of the composition, paired with really Hi-Fi production makes this album a real gem.
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1.
Violence 04:15
2.
Neverland 04:00
3.
Shades 04:04
4.
Illumination 03:43
5.
Nails 04:43
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Gallows 04:15
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Extinction 06:21
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Fleuve 05:02
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Firebearer 04:37
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Utopia 04:33

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"The End of all Things", the new album from CROWN.
Out now via Pelagic Records.

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"The End Of All Things" is for CROWN what Kid A was for Radiohead: an album that nobody was expecting from them. Dark and moody; bleak and sublime; airy and crushing; mesmerizing and engrossing; bold yet unerring; strident, danceable and suffocating, all at the same time. An album oozing with tasteful, fragile hooklines flirting with the abyss they are hovering above, encapsulated within an ingenious major production, provided by one half of CROWN himself. Listen to CROWN on Spotify here!

David Husser has worked as a sound engineer, producer and musician all across the globe with artists like Alan Wilder o f Depeche Mode or at Peter Gabriel's Real World studio, and has toured with his industrial band Y Front alongside Rammstein in the 90s. Paul Kendall (Mute Records, NIN, Nick Cave) said about David: “a distorting diamond... we have collaborated on a number of projects and I have been amazed by his ability to teach an old dog new tricks. He is simply the best recording engineer I have ever met.”

The other half of CROWN is founding father and vocalist Stéphane Azam, who has worked as live sound engineer for French blackgaze pioneers Alcest for years. Stéphane's low, soothing voice on The End Of All Things comes as a complete surprise to anyone familiar with the band's previous 2 records, which featured mostly screamed vocals – a fact showcasing the immense versatility of the musicians at work here.

Furthermore, In contrary to previous efforts, there are (almost) no vocal guest appearances on The End Of All Things – 'almost', because Karin Park of Årabrot lends her beautiful voice to closing track Utopia. David pushed Stéphane from the start of the writing and recording process to do all the vocals himself, for the sake of coherence: he wanted the band and the album to have one single “captain of the vessel. Stéph sings with a very low voice now, and it was a challenge to make space for that sound- and production -wise, we had to find some kind of relief in the low register. It took us pretty long to find what we consider the right recipe to make it work”, Husser explains.

Crown started out in 2011 as 2 men and a drum machine, and their debut album instantly got them an invitation to the prestigious Roadburn festival in 2013, and a record deal with Candlelight. The duo's early sound was defined by hissing electronics, soaring heavy guitars and the absence of “real” drums, touching on industrial metal acts like Godflesh, Ministry or Killing Joke.

The End Of All Things is clearly a departure from that sound in almost every imaginable way. “Life is change, its the only thing we can always expect”, says Husser. “It's the same with music. I personally feel offended when a band just regurgitates their own ideas and delivers a copy of the previous album, over and again... I want to take risks and let myself in for adventures and ventures into new territories, otherwise it wouldn't be art anymore.”

The End Of All Things'is a seminal album, which could well turn into a new 'Shape Of Heavy Music To Come'. Get involved.

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released April 16, 2021

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C R O W N Colmar, France

Crown started out in 2011 as 2 men and a drum machine, and their debut album instantly got them an invitation to the prestigious Roadburn festival in 2013, and a record deal with Candlelight. The duo's early sound was defined by hissing electronics, soaring heavy guitars and the absence of “real” drums, touching on industrial metal acts like Godflesh, Ministry or Killing Joke. ... more

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