Triumph and Power
| Triumph and Power | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 31 January 2014 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 42:26 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Nico Elgstrand | |||
| Grand Magus chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |    [1] |
| Blabbermouth.net | 8.5/10[2] |
| Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles | 8/10[3] |
| MetalSucks | [4] |
| Popmatters | 8/10[5] |
| Sputnikmusic | [6] |
Triumph and Power is the seventh full-length album by Swedish heavy metal band Grand Magus. It was released on 31 January 2014 on Nuclear Blast. Vocalist JB Christofferson described the album as "really powerful, majestic and less 'hard rocky' than" previous album, The Hunt (2012).[7] Christofferson described Triumph and Power as "really the essence of this band".[7]
Recording
[edit]Grand Magus continued its concern with obtaining a strong drum sound, which Christofferson identified as a reaction against the strong focus on the guitar sound. He noted that in heavy metal the drums are extremely important, maybe more important than many people realize. There has been a tendency in "modern" metal to focus too much on a fat guitar sound, resulting in really weak sounding or fake sounding drums. In my experience, the fat guitar sound is a result of the combination of drums and bass guitar, rather than using all space/frequencies for the guitars. You have to have a really solid foundation to make things explode, hence the focus on the drums.[7]
Track listing
[edit]- "On Hooves of Gold" – 5:24
- "Steel versus Steel" – 5:19
- "Fight" – 4:06
- "Triumph and Power" – 4:52
- "Dominator" – 4:20
- "Arv" – 1:57
- "Holmgång" – 3:38
- "The Naked and the Dead" – 3:02
- "Ymer" – 2:54
- "The Hammer Will Bite" – 6:54
- "Blackmoon" – 3:45 (digipak bonus track)
Personnel
[edit]- Janne "JB" Christoffersson – vocals, guitars
- Mats "Fox" Skinner – bass
- Ludwig "Ludde" Witt – drums
References
[edit]- ^ Schalek, Dave. "Grand Magus - Triumph and Power Review". About.com. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Van Horn Jr., Ray. "GRAND MAGUS - "Triumph And Power"". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ Pratt, Greg. "Grand Magus - Triumph and Power". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ Wingerschmidt, Kip (31 January 2014). "Album Review: Grand Magus Triumph on Triumph and Power". Metalsucks. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Brown, Dean (5 February 2014). "Grand Magus: Triumph and Power". Popmatters. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Fisher, Greg (8 February 2014). "Grand Magus - Triumph and Power". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ a b c Dick, Chris (7 March 2014). "JB Christoffersson (Grand Magus) interviewed". Decibel Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
