Finnish folk influenced melodic death metal band Crowen released their debut EP and “Black” music video, featuring Shade of Sorrow & Mira Cibulka!

Finnish folk influenced melodic death metal band Crowen released their long-awaited debut EP “Prophecy” via Inverse Records. To celebrate the release, the band decided to make a music video for the song “Black“. It features Shade of Sorrow and Mira Cibulka.

The making of the song “Black” took place just before the previous “Exosus” single. As far as I remember, I first made “Exosus” and then “Black“. This is the only full song I’ve composed on an acoustic guitar from start to finish. The original harmony chords didn’t sit well with the distorted guitar tones, so I used basic chords, and the song worked better. Mira Cibulka composed the piano parts for the song, which gave it a certain kind of longing feeling, and this way, we finished with playing the instruments. The song definitely needed clean vocals for the chorus, so the only good option was Mika Kankainen (Shade of Sorrow). I’ve recorded, mixed and mastered three singles in Mika’s project myself, so it was easy to ask him to join the songs. When I heard the demos (sung on a cell phone with head deep in the bathtub), I thought the song was then finished. This is the slowest song on the EP, and it balances those blast beats. I’m very pleased with the outcomeEsa Uusimaa, vocalist/guitarist of Crowen

Listen to the “Prophecy” EP on:
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Crowen was founded in 2019 by Esa Uusimaa (Rain of Acid, Ex-Wolfheart [live]). The band released their fist single “In Arms” in September 2020 and released their debut EP “Prophecy” in late 2021 via Inverse Records.

Track list:
01. Her Words
02. Seer’s Prophecy
03. Submission
04. Black
05. Exosus

Cover art by: Minna Heikkilä

Line-up:

Esa Uusimaa – Vocals, Guitars
Aki Örni – Bass
Teemu Hauta – Drums
Mira Cibulka – Feature Vocals