{"id":78086,"date":"2019-04-18T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=78086"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:23:18","slug":"review-grand-magus-wolf-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-grand-magus-wolf-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Grand Magus &#8211; Wolf God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-78087 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Grand-Magus-Wolf-God-Artwork-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><strong>Grand Magus<\/strong> are back with their ninth studio album, \u2018<em>Wolf God<\/em>\u2019. Exploding with riffs and epic vocals, the album is an adventure fraught with tales of beasts and warriors. With anthemic and powerful tracks back to back, <em>\u2018Wolf God\u2019<\/em> is much like a soundtrack to accompany a mythological wanderer.<\/p>\n<p>The first track, <em>\u2018Gold and Glory\u2019,<\/em> is a short instrumental piece that would not sound out of place in a fantasy film or video game, and as such brings that feel to the album. From this laid back start, there is a brutal transition from strings to <em>\u2018Wolf God\u2019<\/em>. The titular track asserts itself with chugging guitar riffs and war-like drums. <em>\u2018Wolf God\u2019<\/em> starts as it means to go on, as it sets the bar for the rest of the album.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018A Hall Clad In Gold\u2019<\/em> follows on the mythical theme, with the topic of where worthy warriors go when they die. This track is an epic war cry, with the drums, bass, and guitar fitting with the vocals well. The chorus on this track also lends itself to the crowd chanting back.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"GRAND MAGUS - Wolf God (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8mKbFqGkwU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Spear Thrower\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018Untamed\u2019<\/em> show a more thrash metal side to <strong>Grand Magus<\/strong>. Instead of slow and punchy riffs, the tracks provide the listener with rapid, mosh-worthy instrumentation.<em> \u2018Glory To The Brave\u2019<\/em> teases a stylistic departure with a very relaxed beginning, yet the familiar big riffs don\u2019t take too long to make their return. It might have been interesting to make that introduction longer to have more differentiation though.<\/p>\n<p>As much as <em>\u2018Wolf God\u2019<\/em> is an album full of anthems, it has the problem of sounding slightly repetitive. By the fourth track, <em>\u2018Dawn Of Fire\u2019<\/em>, the riffs used starts to sound familiar. It would possibly be better for <strong>Grand Magus<\/strong> to experiment with different instruments, dynamic feel and rhythms<em>.\u00a0<\/em>This would make the album a bit more unique.<\/p>\n<p>3\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Wolf God&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0<strong>Grand Magus\u00a0<\/strong>is released on 19th April on <strong>Nuclear Blast Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grand Magus<\/strong> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandmagus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/de-de.facebook.com\/grandmagusofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrandMagus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/grandmagusband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Evelyn Manktelow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;As much as \u2018Wolf God\u2019 is an album full of anthems, it has the problem of sounding slightly repetitive&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":78087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,16439,16831,209,16832],"class_list":["post-78086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-evelyn-manktelow","tag-grand-magus","tag-nuclear-blast-records","tag-wolf-god"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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