Deathcore slaughterhouse
-- Forsaken Crown --
16/09/2019
Stijn Daneels
Album genres:
■ | Deathcore |
Album artists:
■ | Alexandre Malachenko | Vocals |
■ | Matthieu Leclercq | Rhythm guitar |
■ | Julien Moury | Lead guitar |
■ | Thomas Vandries | Bass |
■ | Cédric Tiborcz | Drums |
Review written by Glenn “Terra Shredder” Van Bockstaele.
Forsaken Crown is a Belgian deathcore band founded in early 2015 and who’ve
opened up for bands like Leng TCh’e, Dagoba, STAB and Aborted in their first
two years’ existence. Between 2017 and 2019 they worked long and hard in order to
bring their debut album “The Ignorant One” to the masses. This album is
released independently and sent to us by our friends at Hard Life Promotion!
The Forsaken Crown guys describe their sound as a register of deathcore
and that’s precisely what you’ll be getting here. After a brief and gentle
ambient opening the band starts unleashing their droning riffs, double bass beats,
thunderous breakdowns and raging vocals onto you! It’s a very powerful sound
that’s for the most part slow to mid-paced, perfect for making those deathcore beats
drill huge and deep holes inside your skull with the album’s finale “World of
Tyrants” being a very badass tune because of those traits. In addition,
Alexandre’s vocals are top-notch and fit perfectly with Forsaken Crown’s feral
sound. He has a naturally raging voice and he effortlessly performs clean
shouts, gutturals, squeals and lengthy screams in quick succession. And the
bone crushing riffs from his band colleagues further add to his already
excellent delivery.
But don’t get me wrong, this album isn’t just a one-sided deathcore affair
as the band also showcases some sweet sense of melody, particularly in songs
such as “God Works In Mysterious Ways” and “The Lurking Fear.” In addition,
several songs, such as the opening track “Through My Eyes,” begin with a gentle
but moody opening before smoothly crashing down into deathcore territory. And
finally there’s a beautiful guitar solo intermission in the form of the track “Quand
Vint L’Aurore.” Overall, Forsaken Crown’s core sound is similar to how a pig
would feel when it enters the slaughterhouse and gets brutally slashed and cut
into pieces and given the sterile white artwork stained with blood it’s not
hard to see that allusion as well.
With this debut album, Forsaken Crown provides deathcore at a very competent
level. In those short 30 minutes they slice and dice their way through your
eardrums with laser precise machete slashes! They may have added some bells and
whistles to the traditional deathcore sound, but there’s no nonsense to be
found here! Well recommended to all deathcore freaks out there! Now get your
teeth into the “World of Tyrants.” Bon appétit!
80/100