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STYGIAN CROWN: LP REPRESSING AND T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE SOON!

Enrico

This week-end all of us Doom Metal Maniacs should have gathered in Wurzburg at the Hammer Of Doom.We are really sad that we won’t be able to meet to enjoy our beloved music together, have a beer and party together as we always do at this time of the year.

Stygian Crown was supposed to play the festival and was super-excited about it, together with their label-mate Death The Leveller.

However we still feel  like celebrating  the event by re-releasing the sold-out Stygian Crown LP on a vinyl edition (that will come in a regular jacket, not a gatefold, this time). And 2 awesome different T-shirts (each design limited to 50), available for the first time in Europe.

Preorders start today!

Shirts will be available in early December. While LPs will be out on Jan 21, 2021.

It’s also possible to pre-order the LP and T-shirt as a bundle and save a bit on final price and postage.

Please consider that t-shirts included in bundles will be shipped when vinyls are in stock.

“Top-notch classic doom!” – Metal Hammer (UK), 10/10 !!
 
“Stygian Crown are one of the best new bands I’ve heard in an absolute age. This is an absolute corker.” – Ave Noctum (UK), 9/10

“An album that seems tailor-made to hit lovers of the darkest and most visceral underground.” – Loud and Proud (IT), 81/100

“A contender for the Doom album of the year!” – Soundmagnet.eu (AT), 9.5/10

“This band knows how to captivate.” – Rockportaal (NL)

“Consistently varied and well-thought-out compositions.” – Metal.de (DE), 8/10

“A very rich and mystical album.” – Voices From The Darkside (DE)

“A sensational depic doom debut!” – Legacy (DE), 13/15

“A new doominion is here!” – Rock Hard (GR), 9/10

“This will become one of your most occult moments for 2020 and will remain by your side forever.” – Rock’n’Roll Monuments (GR)

“Extraordinary!” – Vampster.com (DE)

“8 tracks of Stygian Crown laying the challenge down for any who might wish to dispute their doomy credentials.” – GBHBL.com (UK)

“Epic Doom like it has to be!” – Powermetal.de (DE), 8/10, Soundcheck Pos. 3

“A strong debut album, a statement!” – Heavy Music Blog (DE), 9/10

“An epic doom highlight of 2020!” – Metalfactory (CH), 9.2/10

“Doom fanatics should definitely check this out!” – Arrow Lords Of Metal (NL)

“Dynamite!” – Rocking (GR)

“The spirit of old Candlemass combined with low tuned guitars create a heavy impact” – Deaf Forever (DE), 8.5/10, Soundcheck Pos. 6 !!

“Great talent for interesting and classical epic doom songwriting.” – Streetclip.de (DE), 8/10

“Slowly rolling Doom thunderstorms meet the low-pitched rumble of Death Metal guitars – these Americans combine the best of both worlds!”  – Metal Hammer (DE), 5.5/7

“One of the best recent examples of metal seriousness.” – Fligh Of Pegasus (GR)

“If you dig slow, heavy doom with heart and soul check out Stygian Crown.” – Reflections Of Darkness (DE)

“Good job! Epic!” – Queens Of Steel (ES)

“Great debut of this band that sets the bar already very high.” – Metalbrothers.es (ES), 8/10

STYGIAN CROWN Feat. Ex-MORGION Member Joins CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC

Enrico

Cruz Del Sur Music is proud to announce the signing of Los Angeles doom metallers STYGIAN CROWN. The label will release the band’s self-titled debut in May 2020.

STYGIAN CROWN was formed in 2018 by former MORGION and current GRAVEHILL drummer Rhett Davis, who tapped his GRAVEHILL bandmates Nelson Miranda (guitar) and Jason Thomas (bass) to help launch the band. MORBID ECLIPSE guitarist Andy Hicks was the next to join, and with the help of longtime friend Bob Kassing, vocalist Melissa Pinion was discovered after Kassing (who has since sadly passed away) showed Davis a YouTube video of her singing a cover of IRON MAIDEN’s “Hallowed Be Thy Name”.

“Jason, Nelson and I have been doing GRAVEHILL for quite a while,” notes Davis. “The three of us had always wanted to do a band in this vein so we started writing music in between commitments for GRAVEHILL. The three of us are fans of Andy’s band, MORBID ECLIPSE, and invited him to sit in with us. His chemistry with Nelson — that Adrian Smith/Dave Murray type of chemistry — you can’t fabricate that. Personally, I admire guitarists who can mesh like that. Melissa also has quite a bit of music to contribute — more than we can keep up with.”

To date, STYGIAN CROWN has only the 2018 “Through Divine Rite” demo to their credit. The demo was initially tracked before Pinion joined the band, but once she laid down her vocals and the mixing and mastering process was complete, the three-song offering quickly started making the rounds in the doom community. It wasn’t too long before STYGIAN CROWN fell into the lap of a familiar face.

“We were initially contacted by Skol Records, but while discussing with [label owner] Bart Gabriel, he handed us over to Tom Phillips of WHILE HEAVEN WEPT to instead work with Cruz Del Sur. It was surreal to find ourselves working with Cruz Del Sur, as an old friend of mine Aesop Dekker (ex-AGALLOCH) recommended the label to me months previously. Just them, nobody else.”

STYGIAN CROWN is currently hard at work on their debut self-titled album. Drums will be tracked at Trench Studios (EXHUMED, HIRAX) with John Haddad. Guitars, bass and vocals will be tracked at Miranda’s home studio, and mixing and mastering will be handled by Mark Kelson of THE ETERNAL’s Kelsonic Studios in Australia.

As for what fans can expect, try this combination on for size:

“It’s a concoction we call ‘CANDLETHROWER,’” enthuses Davis. “We wanted to expand on the approach of bands like CANDLEMASS and BOLT THROWER — our new material combines both. Add Melissa’s vocals, some synth and it’s epic all the way!”