The Burning (The Crown album)

The Burning
Studio album by Crown of Thorns
Released	June 1995
Recorded	April 1995 at Berno Studio
Genre	Death metal, blackened death metal
Length	45:07
Label	Black Sun
Producer	Crown of Thorns, Berno Paulsson
Crown of Thorns chronology
The Burning (1995) Eternal Death (1997)

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The Burning is the debut album by Crown of Thorns, originally released in 1995 and later re-issued after the band changed their name to the Crown. The album infuses traditional thrash metal-based death metal with melodic black metal elements.

The song "Night of the Swords" attacks Holocaust deniers.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Of Good and Evil"	3:27
2.	"Soulicide Demon-Might"	2:42
3.	"Godless"	4:00
4.	"The Lord of the Rings"	3:16
5.	"I Crawl"	5:16
6.	"Forever Heaven Gone"	3:29
7.	"Earthborn"	3:45
8.	"Neverending Dream"	4:01
9.	"Night of the Swords"	2:03
10.	"Candles"	6:35
11.	"Forget the Light"	6:33
Total length:		45:07

Personnel

Crown of Thorns

• Magnus Olsfelt - bass
• Janne Saarenpää - drums
• Marcus Sunesson - guitar
• Marko Tervonen - guitar
• Johan Lindstrand - vocals

Production

• Kristian Wåhlin - album cover, logo
• Berno Paulsson - recording, engineering, mixing, producer
• Hasse Bergstedt - photography