| The Burning | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Crown of Thorns |
| Cover: | The Burning (The Crown album).jpg |
| Released: | June 1995 |
| Recorded: | April 1995 at Berno Studio |
| Genre: | Death metal, blackened death metal |
| Length: | 45:07 |
| Label: | Black Sun |
| Producer: | Crown of Thorns, Berno Paulsson |
| Next Title: | Eternal Death |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
The Burning is the debut album by Crown of Thorns, originally released in 1995 and later re-issued after the band changed their name to the Crown. The album infuses traditional thrash metal-based death metal with melodic black metal elements.
The song "Night of the Swords" attacks Holocaust deniers.