GRAND MAGUS

Release Year: 2014
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: epic monumental doom heavy metal

second longplay effort [2003] 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; recent coloured vinyl edition with pro-printed lyric inner sleeve is limited to 500 units