Viking Crown

Artist: Viking Crown

Group Members:

Opan Enthroned, Phil Anselmo, Killjoy

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Genres: Rock
Representative Albums: "Banished Rhythmic Hate," "Unorthodox Steps of Ritual," "Innocence from Hell"

Biography

Known for performing incredibly raw, deliberately crummy black metal inspired by the likes of Venom, Hellhammer and Darkthrone, Viking Crown is a side-project uniting Necrophagia vocalist Killjoy and one Anton Crowley -- actually none other than Pantera legend Phil Anselmo. Brought together by their worship of the above-cited purveyors of primitive, Satan-worshipping black metal, the duo first collaborated on 1999's Unorthodox Steps Of Ritual EP and Innocence From Hell album, both also featuring Anselmo's then-girlfriend Opal Enthroned (a.k.a. Stephanie Opal) handling keyboards. The trio never toured behind, and did little to promote these releases, but, after two years back at work with their regular "day-jobs," they reconvened to record 2001's Banished Rhythmic Hate for the Season of Mist label. ~ Ed Rivadavia, All Music Guide

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Banished Rhythmic Hate

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Viking Crown
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Genres	Heavy metal, black metal
Years active	1994–2001
Labels	Baphomet
Associated acts	Pantera, Necrophagia, Down, Superjoint Ritual, Arson Anthem, Southern Isolation, Christ Inversion, The Ravenous
Former members
Phil Anselmo Killjoy Opal Anselmo

Viking Crown was a side project started by Phil Anselmo in the mid 90's. 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 (the band) liked."

Band members

Phil Anselmo (as Anton Crowley) - vocals, guitars, bass, drums
Killjoy - vocals
Opal Enthroned - keyboards

Discography

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

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