Frozen Crown – Call of the North (2023) – Review

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Frozen Crown - Call of the North - Album Review

Frozen Crown floated about the outer edges of our recordscape for a few years. And yet, their wares never quite connected with the cranky folks over at the review desk. But I’d like to stress that Frozen Crown‘s earlier records – The Fallen King, Crowned in Frost, and Winterbane – got duly checked out nonetheless.

So, Call of the North came along somewhat at the last minute. And once it hit our music machine over here, we just kinda sat there in a trance. It was one of those rare Holy Metal Cow moments. This record indeed … [...] Click to raid more!

Crown of Madness try some Elemental Binding!

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Do have a care, will ya? Binding elementals will work through strong magick only. And if it goes wrong, you’re so much scorched toast – or turned into a toad to croak upon the world until it or you finally disappear, whatever comes first. So, powerful metal will be needed to cast spells that will hold the forces of evil at bay.

And in come Crown of Madness with their snazzy brand of Technical Death Metal that continually reminded me of sins that Abiotic and the sick-to-god Archspire already committed some time ago. Exactly the kind of red-hot metal the … [...] Click to raid more!