ARTIST: Crown TITLE: The End of All Things LABEL: Pelagic GENRE: Metal SOURCE: WEB BITRATE: 320 kbps avg PLAYTIME: 45:34 RELEASE DATE: 2021-00-00 RIP DATE: 2021-04-18 ENCODER: LAME URL: https://pelagic-records.com/product/crown-the-end-of-all-things-down Track List ---------- 1. Violence 4:15 2. Neverland 4:00 3. Shades 4:04 4. Illumination 3:43 5. Nails 4:44 6. Gallow 4:15 7. Extinction 6:21 8. Fleuve 5:02 9. Firebearer 4:37 10. Utopia 4:33 Release Notes: ôThe End Of All Thingsö 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 GabrielÆs 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: ôa distorting diamondà 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.ö The other half of CROWN is founding father and vocalist StΘphane Azam, who has worked as live sound engineer for French blackgaze pioneers Alcest for years. StΘphaneÆs low, soothing voice on The End Of All Things comes as a complete surprise to anyone familiar with the bandÆs previous 2 records, which featured mostly screamed vocals û 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 û æalmostÆ, because Karin Park of ┼rabrot lends her beautiful voice to closing track Utopia. David pushed StΘphane 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 ôcaptain of the vessel. StΘph 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 workö, 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 duoÆs early sound was defined by hissing electronics, soaring heavy guitars and the absence of ôrealö 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. ôLife is change, its the only thing we can always expectö, says Husser. ôItÆs 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 againà I want to take risks and let myself in for adventures and ventures into new territories, otherwise it wouldnÆt be art anymore.ö The End Of All ThingsÆis a seminal album, which could well turn into a new æShape Of Heavy Music To ComeÆ.