Photo by Roger Dunder

Swedish Death Metal legends THE CROWN have returned to Metal Blade Records for a multiple album deal! Comments THE CROWN on the agreement: “We are very honored to be back working with the label that supported us through many albums. The biggest ‘steps’ during our career have been thanks to Metal Blade. We have always had a strong mutual will to make the best possible albums. Now let’s fire up this Death Metal engine again!”

THE CROWN have just finished recording their new, currently untitled long-player at Studio Fredman, and the record promises to be one of the biggest surprises of the upcoming year. A return to Death Metal speed and darkness in full glory!

Metal Blade will release Iron Crown, the first single from the upcoming album, as a limited 7″ on January 12th. Make sure to check out a video teaser of the song at:

The B-side features the exclusive new song, “Ride The Fire” (not to be featured on the long-player). The Iron Crown 7″ will be released in these colors: black (300 copies), silver (200 copies), red transparent (100 copies). Pre-order them from Indiemerch (US), EMP (Europe) and Ebay (Europe) now!