Review: Grand Magus – Wolf God
“As much as ‘Wolf God’ is an album full of anthems, it has the problem of sounding slightly repetitive”
Evelyn Manktelow 18th April 2019
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“As much as ‘Wolf God’ is an album full of anthems, it has the problem of sounding slightly repetitive”
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