THE CROWN - 2002
"Crowned In Terror"
Track List:
 1. Introduction – House Of Hades 	0:55
 2. Crowned In Terror		4:48
 3. Under The Whip		3:58
 4. Drugged Unholy		4:14
 5. World Below	        	5:47
 6. The Speed Of Darkness	5:01
 7. Out For Blood		2:45
 8. (I Am) Hell		4:15
 9. Death Is The Hunter		4:18
10. Satanist			3:47
11. Death Metal Holocaust   	3:16

Line-up:
Janne Saarenpδδ 	– drums,
Magnus Olsfelt 	– electric bass,
Marko Tervonen 	– guitars,
Marcus Sunesson 	– guitars,
Tomas Lindberg 	– vocals

Facts:
Crowned in Terror was recorded and mied at Studio Mega between September 2001 and January 2002.
Produced by The Crown and Chris Silver, recorded by Chris Silver,
Marko Tervonen and Marcus Sunesson, mixed by Chris Silver assisted by M. Engstrom.
Mastered by Kenneth Svensson at Digitalfabriken Gothenburg Sweden
Guest vocals on 'Death Metal Holocaust by Dr J. Lindstrand
Photos by Kenneth Johansson
Cover and layout by Thomas Ewerhard

1. Introduction - House Of Hades


2. Crowned In Terror
Music: Marko Tervonen
Lyrics: Tomas Lindberg
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It's not over yet
Consuming flames of the faceless one
There's no time to repent
As you bow before the serpent god
There is no turning back
Festering demons to hatred sworn
And ready to attack
The jaws of death are hungry like a war

Bridge:
Songs of death shall kill the lies forever
And ever

Chorus:
Baptized burning, cold flames
Will purify my soul
Our hearts are rotten to the core
Behead the prophets, their skulls
Trophies in the final war
The plague of man, crowned in terror
Hate and soulless might
It's not over yet
Racing down these dead-end streets
There's no time to repent
One last shot of the end complete
There is no turning back
Festering demons to hatred sworn
What we have sown
Is ours to reap

(Bridge & Chorus)

As we watch the angels die
In the lake of sulphur, we'll watch 'em drown
A massacre divine
Blasphemous locust in genocide reborn
The beating of your heart
Echoing in silence, the sound of death
As your soul is torn apart
A violent cry of pain, riding your final breath

(Lead: Marcus Sunesson)

It's not over yet
Consuming flames of the faceless one
There's no time to repent
The Serpent god, Damnation lord
There is no turning back
Festering demons to hatred sworn
And ready to attack
The jaws of death are hungry like a war

(Chorus)



3. Under The Whip
Music: Marko Tervonen
Lyrics: Tomas Lindberg
Title: Magnus Olsfelt
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Into the crypts
The pits of the end
We are thrown towards the black
The earth opens wide for our violent descend
Nightmare visions attack
Tired lives in regression
Vicious circles close
Upon a world of chaos
Lack of time will take its' toll

Bridge:
Sadistic bondage of mankind
Under the whip – a hatred blind

Chorus:
Inject the pain then leave you dry
You're falling back – a feast for flies
Unholy furnace – your funeral pyre
Perpetual demise – no fucking afterlife
Under the whip!
(Lead: Marcus Sunesson)
Hunted down hard, you beg for relief
From stress, from pressure, from life
Pain will plague out lives built on deceit
Your dreams of utopia were lies!

(Bridge & Chorus)

Deafened by the beat of vulture wings
As they circle overhead
They ride the wings of retaliation
Upon an unsuspecting prey descend
On the receiving end of a hatred blind
Darkness closes in on tired lives
Hounds of hell encircle thee
Under the whip – our nightmares come alive!
Under the whip!

(Chorus)

(Lead: Marcus Sunesson)

(Bridge)


4. Drugged Unholy
Music & Lyrics: Magnus Olsfelt
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Don't you try to follow me
'Cause where I go no one can
Ever last – Everlast
I won't turn back, I won't burn out
Won't fade away, so get down
On your knees – On your knees
Bridge:
Take a breath and die away
There's a gate to hell in every dream
And don't you know that in the end
All roads lead to that same
Dead-end street – Dead-end street
Bridge:
If you wanna taste some death
Here's a trip to the other side
Chorus 1:
Driven, drugged unholy forever
Addicted to the sins of the devil
Drugged unholy, I am of cancer
Take my mind, kill every answer
Preacher won't you just shut up
'Cause I don't give a fuck
No, I don't care – I don't care
To you who try to put me out
Just watch me now, I'll make you
Feel my hell – Feel my hell
Bridge:
You won't believe what your soul can buy
Just get deep down and make the deal

Chorus 2:
In dreams, in drugs, in death and in heaven
Addicted to the sins of the devil
In dreams, in drugs, in death and in heaven
All is gone, kill every answer
Are you ready? Do you dare
To take that step, cross that line,
Leave it all behind?
I am ready, I don't care
So close my eyes, blow my mind,
Bless my soul tonight

Bridge:
Feel the darkness kicking in
Sweat it out, that goddamn pain!
Bite my lip and breath the blood
Sucked through the teeth, I'll spit it
Back to you – Back to you
Pushed too hard for much too long
The night is hard, cold steel rains
Down the street – Down the street

Bridge:
Wasted, vicious, gone for sure
But I survive, I am still alive
Upon a world without no hope
My body walks, my mind goes on and on

(Lead: Marcus Sunesson)

On and on, on and on, on and on
Beyond the pain
Beyond the grave
Beyond the law
Beyond it all

(Chorus 1 & Chorus 2)

Drugged unholy
Wasted and vicious
So fucking gone now
This is all madness


5. World Below
Music: Marko Tervonen
Lyrics: Tomas Lindberg/Marko Tervonen
Title: Magnus Olsfelt
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A wicked heart prowls through the void
That lives dormant deep inside
In violent rapture now behold
The harvester of souls
At the seven gates the seal is broken
As sulphur dreams unfurl
Into the depths of no return
Your souls will be cast to burn
Bridge:
Suicide, dead inside
Inject your horrors' blood
Hell unfurls on the world
But no-one seeks the cause
To decide if the life
Is worth all its' pretend
Hollow shells left to die
Seeking still the spark of life
Chorus:
As I cast aside the chains of life
A world below for us – born to die
As I cast aside the chains of life
A world below for us – born to die
It takes a poisoned heart to see the light
Buried deep inside
Spewing forth the burning black
Now there is no turning back
(Bridge & Chorus)
(Lead: Marcus Sunesson)
Afraid inside – born to die – left aside
Afraid inside – born to die – left aside
Staring down into a world below
(Lead: Marcus Sunesson)
(Chorus)


6. The Speed Of Darkness
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THE SPEED OF DARKNESS
Music & Lyrics: Magnus Olsfelt
Those you know – don't speak
Those you speak – don't know
Knowledge no words can contain
In the silence between your chattering thoughts
You dream of light that do not die
Well, think again
Saying prayers for your soul to save
You're wrong again
Helpless, weak and afraid
Drawn into the light of doom
And like moth to the flame
You're consumed
Bridge:
Belief – as hollow as fear
Darkness – The way of the force
Chorus:
The Speed of Darkness – Rebel soul
The Speed of Darkness
Riding with the Speed of Darkness
Faster than the speed of light
Together with the Speed of Darkness
Shining on through the night
From Darkness all is born
And to Darkness all return
You try so hard to follow – I know no path
You pray and kneel and worship – I do not care
With no way to follow – I can't be lost
When free of all illusion – There is just force
Bridge:
The way of no roads
The freedom here at the peak of time
Chorus:
The Speed of Darkness – Rebel soul
The Speed of Darkness
Riding with the Speed of Darkness
Faster than the speed of light
Together with the Speed of Darkness
Shining on through the night
The Speed of Darkness (x6)
Hell – for the helpless ones
I take and make it my heaven
Hell – for the helpless ones
I am at one with Darkness
(Lead: Marcus Sunesson)
Before the beginning
After the end
Like cattle who in panic flee
From the fire
You will run in fear until you fall
All burning
(But) those who stand and turn towards the flames
Through the inferno
Shall survive on the other side
Where the ground is cleansed
Bridge:
For those who turn to Darkness
Are in Endlessness
Chorus:
The Speed of Darkness – Rebel soul
The Speed of Darkness – Do you know
The Speed of Darkness
The Speed of Darkness
Riding with the Speed of Darkness
Faster than the speed of light
Together with the Speed of Darkness
Shining on through the night
Riding with the Speed of Darkness
Faster than the speed of light
Forever with the Speed of Darkness
Shining on through the night
All Light Gone – All Night Long (x4)


7. Out For Blood
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OUT FOR BLOOD
Music: Marko Tervonen
Lyrics: Tomas Lindberg
Title: Magnus Olsfelt
A demon in my blood
In a dark crimson urge
Chained down like a dog
The thirst is my curse
Bridge:
Out for blood
Out for blood
We prowl the streets at night
Blood hot – heart cold
In the shadows we await
To feast upon your soul
Bridge:
Out for blood
Out for blood
Chorus:
We only come out at night
To drain you of your life
Undead horror alive
Pulling the trigger inside
A demon in my blood
In a dark, crimson urge
Chained down like a dog
The thirst is my curse
(Bridge & Chorus)
(Lead: Marcus Sunesson)
(Chorus)
Out for blood – Out for you
I want blood – I want you
Out for blood – Out for you


8. I Am Hell
Music & Lyrics: Magnus Olsfelt
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Armageddon Karma – the Devil's got my heart
Loosen all hope and walk through me
There are people cold and people burning
Are you one of the damned
Born to burn – mad to live
Bridge 1:
The Second Death repeated
Dying again and again
And the way I'm feeling now
Leaves me without choice
Chorus:
I am HELL – I've got to suffer
every time it holds me
I am HELL – It's growing stronger
every time it swallows me again
Damnation's Flame
You tell me not to scream
As if you knew about pain
You tell me not to bleed
As if you knew about hate
You tell me to turn around
As if I ever had a choice
To take your hand
As if you could save this soul of mine
Bridge 2:
(The Second Death repeated)
Dying again and again
From the things I can't remember
To the things I can't forget
Chorus:
I am HELL – I've got to suffer
every time it holds me
I am HELL – It's growing stronger
every time it swallows me again
Damnation's Flame
Burning deep in my soul
(Lead: Marcus Sunesson)
I've put my faith to fire
Laid my life in the flames
Descended and met myself
A thorn of pain in all I do
But not a tear in my eyes
Leather bound legacy
The pain of Satan

(Bridge 1,2 & Chorus):


9. Death Is The Hunter
Music: Marko Tervonen
Lyrics: Tomas Lindberg
Title: Magnus Olsfelt
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Death is the hunter
Breathing down your neck
The Force that will tear
Your worthless life to shreds
The stench of fear upon your dying breath
Charging forth
I am the hunter by death possessed
Prowling – Insane from hunger
By terror blessed
I raging thirst for death
Behold the endless depths
A surge of power
In darkness I descend
Your souls are mine
Together down the line

Bridge:
Through your death I am reborn
In a crimson tide
There will be no mercy given
From my blood-stained scythe
Death is The Hunter
I am the hunter
Stalking defenseless prey
Through your death I am reborn
In me you'll find your bane
Watching as the innocent they flee
You know there's no escape
Beware my killing spree

Bridge:
Through your death I am reborn
In a crimson tide
There will be no mercy given
From my blood-stained scythe

Chorus:
The grin across my face
The hunger in my stare
As I feed upon your fear
I am the hunter
Your worst fucking nightmare
Death your release
I will set you free!
Death is the hunter
Breathing down on your neck
The Force that will tear
Your worthless life to shreds
I am the hunter
Stalking defenseless prey
Through your death I am reborn
In me you'll find your bane

(Bridge & Chorus)

(Lead: Marcus Sunesson)


10. Satanist
Music & Lyrics: Magnus Olsfelt
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No heaven above – Nothing higher
Lightning tiger ride the whirlwinds
Your greatest fear and your deepest desire
Thunder in the night forever!!!

Bridge 1:
I'll go – Where no-one has gone
Do – What no-one has done
Shine – As no-one has shone
Satanist
I am the way – The truth and the life
No restriction – Every life is a crime
On the throne – Exalted by soul
The true living image of a

Bridge 2:
God – Without no bounds
Do – What no-one has done
Shine – As no-one has shone

Chorus:
Satanist – The devil's finest
A diamond – In the fear and silence
Always and ever – Nowhere and never
Unheavenly star rise up

(Lead: Marcus Sunesson)

No heaven above – Nothing higher
Lightning tiger ride the whirlwinds
Your greatest fear and your deepest desire
Thunder in the night forever!!!

(Bridge 1 & Chorus)

Trident revenge
To be all that I am
Freedom and joy
To be all that I am
To Be All That I Am
Satanist – Death-defyer
Satanist – Spiritfire
Satanist – Death-defyer
Satanist – Nothing higher


11. Death Metal Holocaust
Music & Lyrics: Magnus Olsfelt
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Counted, counted, weighed and parted
Ripped to pieces, ruled and numbered
Hands of doom – Break your wings – Bury you alive
Die before death – Nowhere to hide
A cold systematic ritual
Of silent choking torture
Pain beyond pain
Lay your soul to waste
Drive your dreams to dust
So I wreak my revenge
Draped in disguise
House of Hades, open for me
Strength in darkness – Blasphemy
Smiling at the gates of hell
Pure soul distortion

Chorus:
Death Metal Holocaust
Death Metal Animal
We're shadows – Living dead
Ghouls to this world
Wilder, wilder, wilder, wilder
Counted, counted, weighed and parted
Wilder, wilder, wilder, wilder
Ripped to pieces, ripped apart
My spirit exiled
My mind like space
My body – a weapon
Like a bullet through the void
Motorgods of apocalypse
Blood-engined Death-machines
High-speed Lords of the Underworld
Soul Hulks on the other side
A Natural force
Death black massive
Timeless storms
Ripping through the void
Like a roaring lion

(Lead: Marcus Sunesson)

Stalking the earth
With all sins of the world
Upon your shoulders
Morbid fulfillment of obscure dreams
Pure soul distortion
Awaken reprisal
The young blasphemic assault

Chorus:
Death Metal Holocaust
Death Metal Animal
Death Metal Holocaust
Death is The Crown Of All
Rotting, cursing, clawing at your coffin!