OFF: Re: Dio, Maiden, etc.

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 09 Sep 2008, at 16:58 , Jerry G wrote:
> I might have to check them [Grand Magus] out now. I just checked  
> allmusic and found out the singer
> also sings for Spiritual Beggars.



Yeah, Grand Magus first really came to my attention via the Spiritual  
Beggars -- though possibly I didn't warm to Grand Magus right away  
back then because I was a massive fan of the "Spice" era Spiritual  
Beggars, and felt like they kinda went downhill after Spice's  
departure (though since it's mostly Michael Amott's band, maybe he  
just started running low on song-writing ideas around the same  
time).  Apologies to anyone who loves the latter-day Spiritual  
Beggars! :)  Though Magus/Beggars vocalist Janne "JB" Christofferson  
would be an asset to most any band.  (He's also the guitarist in GM.)

The first two Grand Magus albums definitely have a lot of the slow  
stoner/doom thing going on, but they really seem to find their own  
voice with "Wolf's Return", predecessor to the latest _Iron Will_  
(also a new drummer on Iron Will, I think).  Something of a car crash  
between Candlemass and bits of Maiden (or Priest or even Purple) with  
a big Viking obsession going on.

Like the mighty Litmus :) Grand Magus are currently on doommongers  
Rise Above Records.

Cheers,
Carl

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