Magnus Olsfelt Leaves The Crown

The Crown has announced the departure of bassist Magnus Olsfelt, who is leaving the group after 32 years. Olsfelt, who co-founded the Swedish death metal outfit in 1990, says his heart simply isn’t in it anymore.

“The Crown has been a part of my life since I was 14 years old, it’s had its highs and its lows and it has overall been a damn good race, but for me this is over now,” he writes. “I just don’t have the heart and inner drive to keep on doing this anymore, and that leaves me with no other alternative than to leave the band. I am grateful for all the people who have supported us in any way over the years and I hope that the band can keep on doing good in the future. Goodbye and thanks for all the memories!”

The Crown shared their own statement saying they were “very sad about this,” but this won’t mark the end of the band. They released their latest album, Royal Destroyer, just last year and are already working on the next.

“This will mark the first step writing a new chapter and we are extremely determined and focused to continue our journey,” they write. “We are already deep into writing the follow up to Royal Destroyer and we feel that we definitely have some new Death Metal magic coming up! The process of finding a replacement will start soon. The Crown never dies!”