DEATHCROWN Featuring IRON REAGAN / Ex-DARKEST HOUR Drummer Ryan Parrish Launch Living Hell EP Trailer
March 17, 2016, 8 years ago
Deathcrown are the new, but very old-school, death metal outfit from Richmond, VA. The band includes veteran skins-basher Ryan Parrish (Iron Reagan, ex-Darkest Hour), and seasoned frontman Mikael Parks (former touring vocalist for Arsis), and is rounded out by a group of equally brutal dudes. Their sound is visceral to the original death metal scenes from both Stockholm, Sweden and Tampa, Florida, while retaining it's own originality and attitude.
These guys are not a group of young kids trying to imitate a long-lost sound. The men of Deathcrown are the genuine article. They were buying records like Entombed's Left Hand Path and Morbid Angel's Blessed Are The Sick at the time of their release. Their bands were opening for Grave and Dismember in the '90's. All they've done here is dig up their own filthy, rotting roots, in order to return to their love of brutal, simple, heavy death metal.
Deathcrown's debut EP, Living Hell, will be released via Primitive Ways Records (first, on cassette), as well as in a digital format on June 17th. The band is also gearing up to play a string of summer shows in conjunction with the EP's release. Check out an EP trailer below:
Deathcrown is:
Mikael Parks (Vocals)
Jake Vanderband (Guitar)
Tommy Gunn (Guitar)
David James (Bass)
Ryan Parrish (Drums)
