Viking Crown

Viking Crown
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Genres	Black metal
Years active	1994–2001
Labels	Baphomet, Season of Mist
Past members	Phil Anselmo Killjoy Opal Anselmo

Viking Crown was a side project started by Phil Anselmo in the mid 1990s. The first Viking Crown release was an EP recorded in 1994 titled Unorthodox Steps of Ritual which featured Phil, credited as Anton Crowley, on guitar, bass, drums and vocals. The two later Viking Crown releases would feature Necrophagia frontman Killjoy on vocals and Phil's now ex-wife Opal on keyboards. Killjoy would later go on to describe Viking Crown as "a selfish band in which we recorded without regard for conventional methods, songwriting, or any goals except to make truly dark depressing, lo-fi black metal that we liked." Following an interview in which Philip regarded the project as a joke, there was a fallout between himself and Killjoy that would culminate in Philip leaving all Baphomet Records related projects altogether.

Band members

• Phil Anselmo (as Anton Crowley) – vocals, guitars, bass, drums
• Killjoy – vocals (d. 2018)
• Opal Enthroned – keyboards

Discography

Date of Release	Title	Label	US sales
1999	Unorthodox Steps of Ritual (EP)	Baphomet Records	177,000+
April 11, 2000	Innocence from Hell	Baphomet Records	211,000+
November 13, 2001	Banished Rhythmic Hate	Renegade Records/Season of Mist	129,000+

Sources

• Rock Detector
• Album Review - Chronicles of Chaos
• Allmusic biography
• 2001 Album Review - Allmusic
• Album Review - Metal.de