Black Crown

Suicide Silence | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 12, 2011)
• Original Release Date: 2011
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B0052WNHCY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,475 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Slaves to Substance

2. O.C.D.

3. Human Violence

4. You Only Live Once

5. Fuck Everything

6. March to the Black Crown

7. Witness the Addiction

8. Cross-eyed Catastrophe

9. Smashed

10. The Only Thing That Sets Us Apart

11. Cancerous Skies

Editorial Reviews

2011 release from the Metal maniacs. Suicide Silence's music clearly represents their many influences, incorporating a savage mix of Death Metal, Grindcore, Black Metal, Hardcore and Doom elements into each track. Basically they incorporate a myriad of influences into one of the most violent musical attacks in recent memory and are gaining fans at an alarming rate. The Black Crown was produced by Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan) and mixed by Zeuss (Hatebreed). Features guest appearance from Jonathan Davis (Korn) and Frank Mullen (Suffocation).

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars WOW...Really good and unique August 13, 2011

By J. A. Brown

Format:Audio CD

I first heard this band at, I think, 2009's Mayhem festival and just thought they were another "noise" band with a "Dani Filth" style of vocalist but after seeing them at this years Mayhem festival I loved them. The new stuff was more than a wall of noise and even had some grooves. Don't think I'm just your normal metal fan, My favorites are Volbeat, Slayer, Megadeth, Behemoth, Napalm Death, Gorgoroth, Ihsahn (from Emperor), etc... This is a great cd that grows on you more every listen. For fans of Bring Me The Horizon, All Shall Parish, even Cradle of Filth's older material.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Album August 15, 2011

By Christopher Adamson

Format:Audio CD

I listened to time to bleed a while ago, and this album is better (IMHO). This is one of the rare few albums I can listen from front to back without switching songs.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Incense and Neon at the Concrete and Rebar Altar March 27, 2012

By Disco Devil

Format:Audio CD

This album is superb, both from the angle of having hooks and having raw destructive power. Listen to the riffs of "The Only Thing That Sets Us Apart" or "Witness the Addiction" and tell me they don't cave in your face with Pantera-level jackhammer force.

The other day I was reading a review in a metal magazine, and the reviewer was arguing that some band (in this case, Dyscarnate) may be the salvation for those dreaming of a new era of death metal. Of course, we hear such things every time we pick up a metal magazine. I haven't given that particular band much time other than listening to a few samples, but I can tell you right now that the reviewer was barking up the wrong tree. He was correct to mention that the classic bands are still releasing superlative material-- see the new Cannibal Corpse. But everyone knows that great musicians are not going to attempt to replicate the energy and creativity of a scene that was born decades ago, unless they were part of that scene the first time around. It's not like another band playing straight death metal on the level of the aforementioned Corpse or Suffocation or Morbid Angel is going to just come along out of the void. Heck, I'm not even fully sold on relative newcomers Behemoth, and they've been grinding in the underground since the early 90s.

It doesn't matter. Despite the misgivings of the more provincial metal-herds, a new era of death metal has already begun and everyone knows it and loves it-- it is called deathcore, and the movement features some of the most technically-precise bands in metal, with actual songs too.... They do something completely cutting edge while still performing the role that the classic death metal bands did-- that is, to create music that pushes the envelope in intensity and complexity while still possessing atmosphere and catchiness. And talk about some sick drumming. Alex Lopez's warped thrash bursts bring to mind an insolent giant-child with a tree stump for a drum stick, kinda like the great Mike Smith of Suffocation. Jonathan Davis' appearance in "Witness the Addiction" works-- even if you would rather listen to The Path to Totality's dubstep without his contributions. Someone else here mentioned that you can hardly hear the other guest vocalists, which, alas, is true.

I'll be the first to say that this band is not an easy one to get into. You need to have that one peak moment. I had "The Cleansing" for years, and never really "got it" until I got this album. Suddenly it all made sense. The nail in the metal nirvana coffin was seeing Suicide Silence open for Machine Head at the Chi-town H.O.B. That was the best show I've seen since Lamb of God, and it wasn't because of the headliners. As a side-note, Robb Flynn cannot sing all those glossy "Locust" songs live, and hearing a bunch of meatheads singing along called for an early departure. SS, on the other side, destroyed the place, with bass that made your chest feel like it was being crushed and vocals like the scream of a malevolent steam elemental escaping a turbine-powered warship. Surprisingly, the band even opened my mind to the contemporary progressive scene by expanding an outro into a Veil of Maya, Born of Osiris -style melodic space jam.

This is a new age for extreme metal. Deathcore favors breakdowns over raw speed and the lyrical subject matter is often more personal than death metal fare. The Black Crown's overall atmosphere is urban and profane in place of the mystical and profound aura of classic death. Don't even waste time worrying about whether such variations have more to do with form or substance. Consider the music from a functional standpoint, i.e., how it can be incorporated into your life. Is this the best thing since Slipknot or Cryptopsy? Hell yes. Read more ›

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Nu-Metal Influenced July 19, 2011

By law1349

Format:Audio CD

I really loved No Time to Bleed when it first hit, but I'm a little let down by Black Crown. I don't even mind the nu-metal influence on this album. It just sounds like a compilation album or something. There's no flow to the overall album. And if you bought the Hot Topic edition with the making-of DVD, it's no surprise that they seem to show up at the studio with no clear "gameplan" for how the songs are going to go. They make a lot of changes on the fly. But I do like some of the riffs on the album. My favorite is probably the song with Jonathan Davis of Korn. The other two guest appearences aren't even noticeable-they mixed them so low in the tracks that you can't even hear them. I never jumped on the bandwagon for hating these guys, so I hope one day they put out a more mature effort. But even still, this album is very catchy. I just think they should have spent more time with song structure than trying to come up with cool breakdown riffs.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars They sure didn't disappoint this time! July 16, 2011

By Dany Bosse

Format:Audio CD

I was not really a fan of their last album they did before this one (No Time to Bleed)But this time...wow, not a single sound that I don't like on the album (that's rare these days!)They truly evolved here.Jonathan Davis from Korn and Frank Mullen from Suffocation.Death Metal with Deathcore and Nu-metal...sure does one hell of a mix!Not on this one but they also did a cover of Superbeast from Rob Zombie (I-tunes only) which is awesome too.

4.0 out of 5 stars like April 22, 2013

By sstumpf

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

How do you rate a song? If you didn't like the song you wouldn't download it right?? I mean really!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album!!! October 3, 2012

By chaosisthename

Format:Audio CD

I first heard SS when I saw their video "Unanswered" and loved them instantly. NTTB came out and I loved the progression. The Black Crown came out and I was a little disappointed but it has actually grown on me. They just a more toned down sound that is not nearly as heavy as their two previous albums. However, they still capture the intensity of their traditional sound. Not a bad direction, but they should go back to their NTTB era and innovate that direction. This is still a great album and I love it, they just need a different and heavier direction.

5.0 out of 5 stars 5-STARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! June 29, 2012

By james campbell

Format:Audio CD

Not necessary to write a lengthy review.
In short, this cd is a "MUST HAVE!"
All Suicide Silence cd's are "Must Have."