Grand Magus

A riff-producing, bottom-heavy trio based out of Stockholm, Sweden, Grand Magus delivers a punitive yet melody-driven blend of hard rock, heavy metal, blues, and doom built from the sonic imprint of bands like Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Manowar, and Rainbow. After issuing a string of well-received yet commercially inert LPs, the band went widescreen in 2008 with the release of Iron Will, which topped numerous critics' year-end lists. Subsequent outings like Hammer of the North (2010), Triumph and Power (2014), and Wolf God (2019) continued to pair seismic stoner r...