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Hometown: Aarhus, DK
Website: www.facebook.com
Sounds Like: Bloodbath, Morbid Angel, Hypocrisy, Amon Amarth, Vader
Genre: Metal
Crocell’s trademark is classic death metal with tons of raw, Scandinavian power.
This formula formed the basis for "The God We Drowned" (2008) and "The Wretched Eidola" (2011), just as it was vital for Crocell’s being chosen as “metal talent of the year” at the Danish Metal Awards, for gaining the band a reputation as an impressive live act, for the band to be chosen as a representative of the Danish metal scene at the SPOT Festival, for loads of great reviews along the way – and a lot more.
A reviewer once compared Crocell to "being hit in the face with a wrecking ball… in the best way possible", and nowhere is this more evident than on the live stages. Since the inception Crocell have been an active live unit, and after appearances at festivals and European tours more than ten countries have witnessed the intense incarnation of death metal epitomes such as “Winter is Coming”, “Behind the Veil” and “The Age of Iron and Rust”.
In 2012 Crocell replaced former lead singer Magnus Jørgensen with Asbjørn Steffensen (Mordax) and with this new line-up it didn’t take long to craft the third album, “Come Forth Plague”.
Without straying from the fundamental formula, “Come Forth Plague” displays a somewhat more brutal side of Crocell, not least illustrated by fast songs such as “The Dark I Will Inhale”, “Servants of Light” and the black metal-like atmosphere of “My Path of Heresy”.
Produced in Death Island Studio without triggers and with due respect for the old classic virtues, the album sounds like death metal was meant to sound: dirty, heavy and mean.
“Come Forth Plague” was released through Metal Hell Records in June 2013.
Following the release, Crocell parted ways with guitarist Ken Holst, who was replaced by Rasmus Henriksen (ex-Panzerchrist, ex-Slow Death Factory. ex-DIE, etc.).
"Death metal in international class"
Petteri Pertola - Rockfreaks
"helt oppe i toppen af dansk dødsmetal"
Judas - GFR
"Crocell continue to churn out not only quality music, but a standout in death metal releases for 2015"
Frank Rini - Teeth of the Divine
"En toneangivende faktor inden for dansk metal"
Jesper Bækgaard - Heavymetal.dk
"Crocell are like being hit in the face with a wrecking ball… in the best way possible."
John Damon - Big Cheese Magazine
“Et gennemført og overlegent album. ”
Heavymetal.dk
"High quality metal - do yourself the favour of checking it out right now!"
Thomas Nielsen - The Power of Metal
“The album is a masterpiece. I am left spellbound and truly galvanized. Brutality remains! I highly recommend this album. My excitement speaks for itself. Come Forth Plague is a ripping execution of unrelenting fervor and virtuosity: the true definition of melodic death metal.”
The Sonic Sensory
"Crocell har helt sikkert alt, hvad der skal til for at blive de nye kulsorte stjerner på den danske metalhimmel."
Michael Jose Gonzalez - Gaffa
"Damit haben CROCELL ein Mal mehr bewiesen, dass sie eigentlich zur Speerspitze der dänischen Metal-Szene gehören müssen. Tolle Scheibe, die sich jeder Fan von (Melodic) Death-, Thrash- und Black Metal ins Regal stellen sollte."
Dennis Piller - Legacy Magazine
“”The God We Drowned” est mon premier coup de cœur en ce début d’année 2009.”
Maxime Palluault - Decibels Storm
"Crocell har begået et helstøbt, velspillet og flot udført dødsmetal album, som du ikke bør snyde dig selv for, om du er kæmpe fan af genren eller ej. Come Forth Plague har sgu givet mig lyst til at høre mere af den slags!"
Kodi - GF Rock
""Come Forth Plague" er et album der hylder den rene dødsmetal. Simpelthen. Det er en rigtig god death metal udgivelse med god variation. Dette uden på noget tidspunkt at være i clinch med Crocells velvalgte og kendte formel. Albummet er tungt, råt og beskidt fra start til slut."
Kristoffer Høyrup Sørensen - Revolution Inc.
"CROCELL überzeugen mit “The Wretched Eidola“ in allen Belangen, hier stimmt einfach die Mischung aus wilder Raserei, Groove und Melodie."
Florian Hefft - Metal.de
"When a debut release is blessed with the crisp and gargantuan sized riffs that this bad boy is chockablock with, even the most staid and blase of reviewers has to perk up and take note. This album is just a great surprise for me and rocks so hard from beginning to end."
Pirage Forsi - Pure Metal
"this is a good, well-written Scandinavian death metal album, with all the aspects fans of the genre would expect."
Jonathan Butlin - Ave Noctum
"“The God We Drowned” is as vibrant as a gay pride parade and as varied as the quality of my metaphors. There’s rapid fire thrashers, epic songs that pull you off your feet and into a vortex of death metal, and my own favourite – “Winter is Coming” which turns Immortal subject matter into wicked sounding doom."
AMP - Global Domination
"“The God We Drowned” ist ein von vorne bis hintern gelungenes, tolles Death Metal-Album."
Legacy Magazine
"Så forbandet oldschool, så gyngende groovet, så fandens beskidt og så sindssygt memorabelt, at man ikke kan gøre andet end at tage hatten af, og klappe i sine små fede hænder!"
Nick Vinther Demant - Danish Metal
