[2] On 30 June 2010, it was reported that The Crown signed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records and the band's eighth studio album, Doomsday King, was released in September 2010.

[5] On that album, The Crown used a string quartet with Alexander Bringsoniou playing violin, viola and cello.

Rather, their aggressive style with heavy riffs and deep powerful vocals was compared to Florida death metal.

[9] The lyrics deal with "diabolical blasphemy, [...] death, darkness, destruction, revolution, war, drugs, sex, black magic and of course rock'n'roll.

[11] Legacy writer Volkmar Weber described it as surprising "what depth the lyrics have [...] profound inner views and attitudes to life from people who know what they are talking about".