Frozen Crown is an Italian

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band formed in 2017 in

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History

In 2018, their debut album, ''The Fallen King'', garnered considerable media exposure. Four tracks from the album were also released as singles, notably ''Kings''. The band's second album, ''Crowned In Frost'', was released in 2019. In April 2019, Frozen Crown played ten European venues together with Israeli metal act Desert and fellow Italian act Elvenking, while in the following summer they appeared at Metalfest Czech Republic and

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in Sweden. In February 2020, they toured 13 European cities in support of British metal group DragonForce. A summer tour in 2020 including venues in Spain had to be called off due to the

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. In November 2020, the band announced that their third album was officially in pre-production. The band announced in January 2021 that Alberto Mezzanotte, Thalia Bellazecca, and Filippo Zavattari left the band for personal reasons, as they found it difficult to be part of a band during the lockout. The band released a final video with the original lineup, "Battles in the night", as a farewell to those members. A month later the band announced the new members, guitarist Fabiola "Sheena" Bellomo, bassist Francesco Zof and drummer Niso Tomasini. The new members were announced alongside the new album, ''Winterbane''. The album was already underway when the former members left, and as Mondelli and Etro are the main songwriters of the band their departure was not a significant delay. ''Winterbane'' was released in April by Scarlett Records, and by Marquee Inc. / Avalon in Japan. The band said "''Winterbane'' is the third Frozen Crown album, and by far the most obscure of our works. The third chapter consolidates the classic Frozen Crown trademark sound and brings it to the next level, giving priority to a straightforward and in-your-face approach based on powerful and dynamic drums and thundering bass lines. Guitar work plays a key role again, this time richer and more intricate than ever, drawing catchy melodies along lead singer Giada Etro’s vocals." The album has a cover of

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's "Nightcrawler", and singer Federica Lanna from Volturian, a side-project of Mondelli, provided guest vocals in the song "Angels in disguise". The album had previous videoclips for the songs "Far beyond" and "Embrace the night", and released another for "The water dancer" alongside the album. The aesthetics of this videoclip were based on the novel ''

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'', and had a guest appearance of Damien Von Dunkenwald and his Northern Wolfdogs Pack. On 10 March 2023, Frozen Crown released its fourth studio album, ''Call of the North''. The following day, the band began touring in support of the album and fellow Italian metal act

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across 19 European venues. In June 2023 the band announced to have signed a deal with

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for the release of their upcoming album, leaving Scarlet Records with which they released all the records until then. On 5 September 2023, Frozen Crown announced the addition of Alessia Lanzone, who will be sharing lead and rhythm guitar duties with Sheena and Federico both live and in the studio.

Band members

Current members * Giada "Jade" Etro – vocals (2017–present) * Federico Mondelli – guitars, keyboards, vocals (2017–present) * Fabiola "Sheena" Bellomo – guitars (2021–present) * Francesco Zof – bass (2021–present) * Niso Tomasini – drums (2021–present) * Alessia Lanzone - guitars (2023–present) Former members * Thalia Bellazecca – guitars (lead) (2017–2020) * Filippo Zavattari – bass (2017–2020) * Alberto Mezzanotte – drums (2017–2020) Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

* ''The Fallen King'' (2018) * ''Crowned in Frost'' (2019) * ''Winterbane'' (2021) * ''Call of the North'' (2023)

References

External links

Official site

Scarlet Records site

Napalm Records site
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