GRAND MAGUS

Release Year: 2003
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: epic monumental doom heavy metal

second longplay effort of Swedish behemoths has the uncanny knack of effortlessly fusing bluesy classic hard rock emotion with the unashamed spirit of balls out heavy metal - it is achieved with a titanic groove and finesse, which is then ploughed deeply and gloriously into a sub nadir pit of bleakest doom; the end result is a volcanic mutation of bombastic proportions, spewing out the words "true metal" with a contemporary fire that makes ash of all its bad hair-styled pretenders; leading the crusade is JB, a pure visionary whose soulful vocals and passionate lyrical themes relate to strength of spirit, determination and individuality - the lyrics and sentiment literally bleed from the man with an overwhelming sense of conviction