---
title: "Black Crown Initiate"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/black-crown-initiate"
genre: "Death Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 2012
---

# Black Crown Initiate

**Black Crown Initiate** is a death metal band, from United States, active 2012 to present.

Black Crown Initiate is an American extreme metal band from Reading, Pennsylvania, United States, currently signed to Century Media. The band was formed in 2012 and self-released their first EP Song of the Crippled Bull, which was met with positive reviews. The band began touring in early 2014 with fellow extreme metal bands such as Goatwhore, Behemoth, and 1349; this led to them being signed by eOne Music in June 2014. With eOne, they released both The Wreckage of Stars, on September 30, 2014, and Selves We Cannot Forgive, released on July 22, 2016.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Crown_Initiate

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Black Crown Initiate |
| Genre | Death Metal |
| Parent genre | Death Metal |
| Origin | Reading, United States |
| Formed | 2012 |
| Releases in catalog | 4 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal) · [Technical Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-death)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [James Dorton](https://themetalnet.com/musician/james-dorton) | Lead vocals | 2013 to present | Current |
| [Andy Thomas](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andy-thomas) | Guitar, Lead vocals | 2013 to present | Current |
| [Jesse Beahler](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jesse-beahler) | Drums (drum set) | 2013 to 2018 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | [Song of the Crippled Bull](https://themetalnet.com/album/3ba2e975-4af2-4692-8668-8daa36e9796d) | EP |
| 2014 | [The Wreckage of Stars](https://themetalnet.com/album/459cf014-769d-44db-b5fc-2e63527f4ef9) | Album |
| 2016 | [Selves We Cannot Forgive](https://themetalnet.com/album/35575002-3eff-41d3-b3e1-01bab1acd5c6) | Album |
| 2020 | [Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape](https://themetalnet.com/album/1073f389-af70-4f1f-a678-02c74d78c6f0) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Rivers of Nihil](https://themetalnet.com/band/rivers-of-nihil) (listened together)
- [Fallujah](https://themetalnet.com/band/fallujah) (listened together)
- [Archspire](https://themetalnet.com/band/archspire) (listened together)
- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)
- [Revocation](https://themetalnet.com/band/revocation) (listened together)
- [Beyond Creation](https://themetalnet.com/band/beyond-creation) (listened together)
- [Allegaeon](https://themetalnet.com/band/allegaeon) (listened together)
- [Ne Obliviscaris](https://themetalnet.com/band/ne-obliviscaris) (listened together)
- [The Faceless](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-faceless) (listened together)
- [Meshuggah](https://themetalnet.com/band/meshuggah) (listened together)
- [Obscura](https://themetalnet.com/band/obscura) (listened together)
- [Leprous](https://themetalnet.com/band/leprous) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackCrownInitiate/info
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Black_Crown_Initiate/3540386765
- bandcamp: https://blackcrowninitiate.bandcamp.com/
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackcrowninitiate/
- x: https://twitter.com/BCInitiate
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa2iSWwWWyVAiNuN0Vnr3xQ
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2mI89QIY20j4ly27G6qA45
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/5280643
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/725708648

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/black-crown-initiate](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-crown-initiate). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt