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LP released: Feb 10, 2023

Tracklisting:
Side A
1. Into The Glory Land
2. Heart Of The Lion
3. The Era Of Darkness
4. Higher Ground
5. Together We Ride
6. In Your Eyes
Side B
1. Riding Into The Sun
2. The Forsaken
3. When Will The Wounds Ever Heal
4. Bridge To Paradise
5. A New Star
6. The Last Unicorn
CROM
THE ERA OF DARKNESS
Label: TARGET
Cat No: 1187341
Barcode: 5700907271040
Packaging: LP (100g)

There's no denying... Music has become, even in its more extreme and heavier forms, a
"market". Sales figures are thrown, marketing plans are drawn, social media strategies are
put into place. And the "success" outcome is measured by stream counts, quick likes without
even listening to the whole album and views countings. Week after week, the machine is
grinding more releases and bands, always moving forward, with listeners overwhelmed by
the quantity of new music at their disposal. CROM's new album was not written and
recorded for this "market". Mastermind Walter "Crom" Grosse has played that game (and
won in, for that matter) with Dark Fortress (he served there as bassist and guitarist between
1997 and 2001), but he retreated to his Bathory-inspired musical influences and stood his
ground with his project Crom, which slowly turned into a three-man army. "The Era Of
Darkness" is the new battlefield of the trio and, once again, it breathes and lives heavy metal
in its most epic forms. From big chorus to gigantic, fistpumping solos and breathtaking guitar
leads, the new Crom album is a collection of varied but cohesive heavy/power metal
anthems that will get your blood pumping once again for true metal, if you listen to it
properly - paying attention to the lyrics, active listening and giving it enough spins, instead of just turning to the next release stream after a few minutes.

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