The Crown Crowned in Terror 1. Introduction - House Of Hades 2. Crowned In Terror 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 Songs of death shall kill the lies forever and ever 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 - Festering demons to hatred sworn What we have sown - Is ours to reap Songs of death shall kill the lies forever and ever 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 As we watch the angels die In the lake of sulfur - 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 - 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 Songs of death shall kill the lies forever and ever 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 3. Under The Whip 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 Sadistic bondage of mankind Under the whip - a hatred blind 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! Sadistic bondage of mankind Under the whip - a hatred blind 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! 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! Inject the pain then leave you dry You're falling back - A feast of flies Unholy furnace - Your funeral pyre Perpetual demise - No fucking afterlife Under the whip! [Lead: Marcus Sunesson] Sadistic bondage of mankind Under the whip - a hatred blind 4. Drugged Unholy 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 Take a breath and die away There's a gate to hell in every dream And you don't know that in the end All roads lead to that same dead end street Dead end street If you wanna taste some death Here's a trip to the other side 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 You won't believe what your soul can buy Just get deep down and make the deal 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 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 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 Driven - Drugged unholy forever Addicted to the sins of the devil Drugged unholy - I am of cancer Take my mind - Kill every answer 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 Drugged unholy - Wasted and vicious So fucking gone now - This is all madness 5. World Below 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 sulfur dreams unfurl Into the depths of no return Your souls will be cast to burn 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 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 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 As I cast aside the chains of life A world below for us - Born to die [Lead: Marcus Sunesson] Afraid inside - Born to die - Left aside Staring down into a World Below [Lead: Marcus Sunesson] As I cast aside the chains of life A world below for us - Born to die 6. Out For Blood A demon in my blood In a dark crimson urge Chained down like a dog The thirst is my curse 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 Out for blood - Out for blood 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 Out of blood - Out for blood We only come out at night To drain you of your life Undead horror alive Pulling the trigger inside [Lead: Marcus Sunesson] We only come out at night To drain you of your life Undead horror alive Pulling the trigger inside Out for blood - Out for you I want blood - I want you Out for blood - Out for you I want blood - I want you 7. The Speed Of Darkness Those who know, don't speak Those who 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 - Belief - As hollow as fear Darkness - The way of the force 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 through the night From Darkness all is born - And to Darkness all return You try so hard to follow - I can't be lost When free of all illusion - There is just force The way of no roads The freedom here at the peak of time 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 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 For those who turn to Darkness Are in Endlessness The Speed of Darkness - Rebel soul The Speed of Darkness Do you know - 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 through the night All Light Gone - All Night Long All Light Gone - All Night Long 8. I Am Hell 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 The Second Death repeated Dying again and again And the way I'm feeling now Leaves me without choice 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 Dying again and again From the things I can't remember To the things I can't forget 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 no tear in my eyes Leather bound legacy The pain of Satan The Second Death repeated Dying again and again And the way I'm feeling now Leaves me without choice The Second Death repeated Dying again and again From the things I can't remember To the things I can't forget 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 9. Death Is The Hunter Death is the hunter - Breathing down your neck The Force that will tear - Your forthless life to shreads The stench of fear upon your dying breath Charging forth I am the hunter by death possessed Prowling - Insane from hunger - But 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 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 Through your death I am reborn in a crimson tide There will be no mercy given From my blood-stained scythe 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 shreads I am the hunter - Stalking - defenseless prey Through your death I am reborn In me you'll find your bane Through your death I am reborn in a crimson tide There will be no mercy given From my blood-stained scythe 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! [Lead: Marcus Sunesson] 10. Satanist No heaven above - Nothing higher Lightning tiger ride the whirlwinds Your greatest fear and your deepest desire Thunder in the night forever!!! 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 God - Without no bounds Do - What no-one has done Shine - As no-one has shone 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!!! I'll go - Where no-one has gone Do - What no-one has done Shine - As no-one has shone Satanist - The devil's finest Satanist - The devil's finest A diamond - In the fear and silence Always and ever - Nowhere and never Unheavenly star rise up 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-defier Satanist - Spiritfire Satanist - Death-defier Satanist - Nothing higher 11. Death Metal Holocaust 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 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 Death Metal Holocaust - Death Metal Animal Death Metal Holocaust - Death is The Crown Of All Rotting, cursing, clawing at your coffin! Crowned in Terror was recorded and mixed 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