Crimson Crown are a solo project from Russia that plays a melodic mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of his 2025 album "Vae Victis" which was released as a joint effort between Satanath Records and More Hate Productions.
Clean playing and synths start off the album before going into more of a heavier and melodic direction while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Vocals are mostly black metal screams along with some death metal growls also being utilized at times and the music is heavily influenced by the Swedish style.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while a couple of the tracks also adds in a small amount of acoustic guitars. When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can also be heard along with some of the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, clear singing can also be heard briefly, tremolo picking is also added into some of the faster riffing and spoken words are also added towards the end.
Crimson Crown plays a musical style that takes the melodic forms of black and death metal and mixes them together to create a sound of his own. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover darkness, violence, blasphemy and horror themes.
In my opinion Crimson Crown is a very great sounding melodic mixture of black and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this solo project. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "King" "For The Fallen" "Burn The Chains With Unholy Fire" and "The Long War". 8 out of 10.
https://satanath.bandcamp.com/album/sat388-crimson-crown-vae-victis-2025
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