GRAND MAGUS Release Date Pre-Order Start Wolf God Uu 19/04/2019 Uu 22/02/2019
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New Release Information uu April GRAND MAGUS Release Date Pre-Order Start Wolf God uu 19/04/2019 uu 22/02/2019 uu Digital Single: 22.02. “Wolf God” uu advertising in many important music magazines MAR/APR 2019 uu album reviews, interviews in all important Metal magazines in Europe’s MAR/APR 2019 issues uu song placements in European magazine compilations Price Code: CD04 uu spotify playlists in all European territories NB 4754-2 CD uu instore decoration: flyers, Poster A1 uu Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google+ organic promotion uu Facebook ads and promoted posts + Google ads in both the search and display networks, bing ads and gmail ads uu Banner advertising on more than 60 most important Metal & Rock Price Code: LP15 websites all over Europe NB 4754-1 LP uu additional booked ads on Metal Hammer Germany and UK, and in the Fixion network (mainly Blabbermouth) uu video and pre-roll ads on You tube uu ad campaigns on iPhones for iTunes and Google Play for Androids uu banners, featured items at the shop, header images on nuclearblast.de and nuclearblast.com Territory: World uu features and banners in newsletters, as well as special mailings to targeted audiences in support of the release uu Tracklists: CD: majority of the songs were recorded on the first take, they have 01. Gold And Glory MELODIC & HEAVY RIFFS - an honest, diverse and yet down-to-earth sound that envelops the 02. Wolf God trio’s true power. 03. A Hall Clad In Gold WOLF GOD WILL PICK YOU UP! 04. Brother Of The Storm 05. Dawn Of Fire The riff gods are back! A little more than two years have passed About GRAND MAGUS 06. Spear Thrower since the great »Sword Songs« album was released, but GRAND 07. To Live And To Die In Solitude MAGUS can never quench their thirst for action. Accordingly, the GRAND MAGUS was founded in 1996 and worked under the 08. Glory To The Brave Heavy Metal giants started to develop new songs as fast as pos- banner of SMACK until the band changed its name. In their over 09. He Sent Them All To Hel sible after their last record. Singer and guitarist JB points out their 20 year career, the band from Stockholm, Sweden, has been 10. Untamed eternalized in the Metal history and looks back on a treasury new way of working: “We decided to let go of the current philos- LP (33 RPM): ophy to record drums first and then bass and then guitar etc. This full of all-time Heavy Metal anthems. Their self-titled debut album Side A time, we met up, jammed and created together during the last »Grand Magus« (2001) started to stir up the underground and 01. Gold And Glory six months with the goal to record basic tracks live.“ Something, is now considered to be a cult favourite. At that time, they played 02. Wolf God lovers of little details will realize, yet GRAND MAGUS haven’t lost Doom Metal/Stoner Rock in the way it’s meant to be. But over 03. A Hall Clad In Gold their basic philosophy. the years, GRAND MAGUS introduced a penchant for classic 04. Brother Of The Storm Heavy Metal which combined with their inherent groove became 05. Dawn Of Fire »Wolf God« rises over the Heavy Metal scene majestically and the band’s signature sound – the first signs of this can be found on Side B »Monument« (2003) and »Wolf’s Return« (2005). Yet the break- 01. Spear Thrower lets the guitar riffs speak for themselves. The groove and heavi- 02. To Live And To Die In Solitude ness that were featured on the successful predecessor can also be through was their 2008 work »Iron Will« that took the fans’ heart 03. Glory To The Brave found on the new, ninth studio album which once again holds a by storm. In addition to the countless live shows, including a tour 04. He Sent Them All To Hel number of future classics. This is joined by a superbly-placed JB with legends ELECTRIC WIZARD and CATHEDRAL, it played a 05. Untamed whose voice hovers emotionally and variably over the strong and key part in the bands prominent rise to the forefront of the genre. memorable instrumentals. The band’s new method of recording »Hammer Of The North« (2010) continued with this momentum fits perfectly with their overall sound. By letting the music flow nat- and the band toured with other scene legends: MOTÖRHEAD and urally the band have managed to craft melodies, riffs and rhythms Doro Pesch. The entry into the German album charts was inevita- uu Line up: that unite to forge overwhelming yet memorable hymns, which ble. The same can be said for the three records that followed »The Hunt« (2012), »Triumph And Power« (2014) and »Sword Songs« Janne „JB“ Christoffersson (Guitar, Vocals) will find their place in the throne room of Metal history. Recorded Mats Fox Hedén Skinner (Bass) in Sweetspot Studio in Sweden, together with producer Staffan (2016) – all albums that belong in any great record collection. It’s Ludwig Witt (Drums) Karlsson (ARCH ENEMY, FIREWIND, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS), the safe to say that the same an be said for GRAND MAGUS’s latest corner stone was laid for another triumphal procession. As the opus »Wolf God«. uu Tour: ALSO AVAILABLE: (World) 22.06. Price Code: CD03 Price Code: CD04 Price Code: LP01 B Dessel - Graspop Metal Meeting 03. - 06.07. NB 3660-0 CD-Digi NB 3660-2 CD NB 3660-1 LP D Ballenstedt - Rockharz Open Air 19./20.07. NL Eindhoven - Dynamo Metalfest 09.08. UK Derby - Bloodstock Open Air 14. - 17.08. 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