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Podcast: Dreams of Consciousness
Episode: Episode 173: The Crown
Description: Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 173, featuring an interview with Marko Tervonen of The Crown.
It was on an obscure regional compilation that I discovered The Crown, back when they were still known as Crown Of Thorns. Amidst tracks by Grotesque, Liers In Wait, and Sacrilege, The Crown represented a resurgence in the Swedish Death Metal scene, as well as a new standard of extremity in the region. A few years later, they would sign to Metal Blade and eclipse virtually every other band on that comp, becoming trailblazers with their own brand of feral rock-inflected death metal.
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