out now: The Crown -- long-running Swedish extremists new album Royal Destroyer

Three decades in (with some pauses in between) and some 12 albums in total (if count all of the albums since 1990), the Swedish band reveals their current take on death/thrash, or their latest interpretation of the hybrid style that they adopted around 2000, after they modified their more prototypical melodic death. They still sound like a death metal band, just not a cookie cutter version of the genre. For fans of all things Swedish, the album should satisfy the desire to hear the veterans do their "brutal/melodic" style, at various speeds. Apparently, they are planning on reaching a higher level of success. Maybe they have seen what fellow Swedes and label mates Amon Amarth have achieved, and are thinking that they need to step up their touring activities. This new album should provide some new songs to perform live as they follow their quest to become a bigger band.

Royal Destroyer by The Crown