Swedish heavy metal band Grand Magus return with their fourth full-length, 'Iron Will', which combines classic rock/NWOBHM elements alongside traditional doom influences to create an cracking album reminiscent of bands like rainbow and candlemass, with the odd nod to Cathedral.
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Advantages: Awesome classic rock/doom with great solos and epic vocals Disadvantages: Some might find their sound a little cheesy
...altogether.
Iron Will is a consistently excellent album that will appeal to fans of stoner and traditional doom, heavy metal and classic rock, with solid production, catchy, crushing riffs , great song structures and epic soaring vocals. A real grower.
Swedish heavy metal band Grand Magus return with their fourth full-length, 'Iron Will', which combines classic rock/NWOBHM elements alongside traditional doom influences to create an cracking album reminiscent of bands like rainbow and candlemass, with the odd nod to Cathedral.
It mixes these various elements together in a seamless way and unlike a lot of retro style modern metal never comes across as contrived. Highlights include epic opener 'When The Oar Strikes The Water', which builds a great maidenesque solo around a classic rock frame, complete with tolling bells and soaring Dio-style vocals. Fear is the Key" combines fast paced drums with catchy stoner riffs and solos whilst the title track is an utterly fantastic exercise in up-tempo chuggy melodic doom that is guaranteed to have you banging your head and your fist, (as is 'Silver into Steel!). 'The Shadow Knows' builds up-tempo cords around around an epic doom riff, whilst 'Self Deciever' and 'Beyond Good and Evil' are slower and more lumbering beasts altogether.
Iron Will is a consistently excellent album that will appeal to fans of stoner and traditional doom, heavy metal and classic rock, with solid production, catchy, crushing riffs , great song structures and epic soaring vocals. A real grower.
Advantages: Good musicianship Disadvantages: Cheesy lyrics and vocals a bit twee
Iron Will is the 4th album by Grand Magus and was released at the beginning of July by Rise Above.
The Swedish heavy metal band put out a fairly strong album with a mixture of doom metal and classic rock in one with clean sounding power or NWOBHM vocals, whilst some may feel that the singer's vocals show a wide range and are full of passion, I find them a little twee particularly when combined with the band's lyrics, they do however compliment the ... ...off the singer's voice with a more edgier sound.
1. Like The Oar Strikes The Water
2. Fear Is The Key
3. Hovding
4. Iron Will
5. Silver Into Steel
6. The Shadow Knows
7. Self Deceiver
8. Beyond Good And Evil
9. I Am The North ...
dangaroo 03.12.2008
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