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Album: Wolf's Return
# Song Title   Time
1)    Kingslayer
2)    Nine
3)    Blod”rn
4)    Wolf's Return
5)    Blood Oath
6)    J„rnb”rd
7)    Repay In Kind
8)    H„mnd
9)    Ashes
10)    Light Hater
11)    Wolf's Return, Pt. 2
 

Album: Wolf's Return
# Song Title   Time
1)    Kingslayer
2)    Nine
3)    Blod”rn
4)    Wolf's Return
5)    Blood Oath
6)    J„rnb”rd
7)    Repay In Kind
8)    H„mnd
9)    Ashes
10)    Light Hater
11)    Wolf's Return, Pt. 2
 
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  • Personnel: JB (vocals, guitar); Fredrik (drums).
  • Audio Mixers: Oneman; Grand Magus.
  • Recording information: Resync Studio, Stockholm (2004-2005).
  • Photographer: Anna Ledin.
  • In the 21st century, metal is full of bands that favor brutality for the sake of brutality -- bands that live for sensory assault and believe that bombast is its own reward. Such bands (which can be found in anything from death metal/black metal to metalcore to alternative metal) have their limitations, but they can be exhilarating if one has a taste for the extreme. Nonetheless, there's still something to be said for more melodic metal bands, and melody is a high priority on Grand Magus' second full-length album, Wolf's Return. This is the type of metal that values musicality, craftsmanship, and nuance as well as forcefulness; if the Swedes were deprived of their amps and forced to record a totally acoustic version of Wolf's Return, the material would still hold up. Of course, the fact that Grand Magus combine their melodic/harmonic sense with a lot of loud, amplified, balls-to-the-wall aggression is what makes them both headbangers and craftsmen -- and this time, they do it in a way that links doom metal/stoner rock with power metal. Grand Magus' first full-length album, Monument, and their self-titled debut EP of 2002 earned them a reputation for being a doom/stoner band; the doom/stoner element and the influence of Black Sabbath definitely remain, but Wolf's Return owes a little more to power metal than the Nordic combo's previous releases. Judas Priest is a definite influence, as is Ronnie James Dio. And while Magus still has plenty of plodding Sabbath-minded riffs, faster items like "Repay in Kind" and "Blood Oath" wouldn't be out of place on a Priest or Iron Maiden album. Some doom/stoner purists might complain because Wolf's Return isn't a carbon copy of Monument, but the bottom line is that this CD is a rewarding example of melodic metal. ~ Alex Henderson
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