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Stockholm, Sweden (1996 – present)

Grand Magus, formed in 1996 in Stockholm, Sweden, are led by Janne Christofferson (better known as JB), who also fronted the mighty Spiritual Beggars. While the Beggars are more in the traditional Deep Purple/Mountain camp of early rock/metal, Grand Magus originally opted for a bluesy, stoner-laced doom vibe, heavy on the early Black Sabbath riffing and tempos, with JB’s gruff, forceful vocals blending perfectly with the music. Later albums have leaned more towards the straight up heavy metal of the early 1980s, with frequent up-tempo riffs interspersed with their trademark half-time riffs. JB was nominated 6th best international vocalist in the annual Burrn! Reader’s poll of Japan in 2004.

Bass and backing vocals are done by Mats “Fox” Skinner, a founding member of Grand Magus, who is also bassist in Bajen Death Cult.

Ex-Firewind/Spiritual Beggars drummer Ludwig “Ludde” Witt joined the band in early 2012 to record Magus’ sixth studio offering, The Hunt.

Sebastian “Seb” Sippola was the drummer for Grand Magus from April 2006 and left in early 2012, he was also the drummer in Plankton, ex-Fortune, ex-Four Sticks, ex-Southfork, ex-Glenn Hughes.

Fredrik ‘Trisse’ Liefvendahl played drums from 1996 to 2006.

The band have released six albums to date: a self-titled effort in 2001 (re-released in 2005 as an expanded version with three bonus tracks), Monument (2003), Wolf’s Return (2005), Iron Will, released Monday 9th June 2008. In December 2009 Magus signed to Roadrunner Records, with their fifth studio album Hammer Of The North being released in June 2010.
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  • Chemie-Le-Kev

    i love this fucking band!

    yesterday afternoon

  • timothybarnes

    The new album isn't as good as Monument or Iron Will, but it's not a bad album, either. Maybe the label switch caused them to change their sound, or maybe this is just a culmination of changes that have been happening all along. In any case, all I can say is that I hope for a sensible return back to their older doom sound.

    Saturday afternoon

  • MelancholyRage

    so far i'm disappointed....had very high expectations.... [2] I kinda felt it wasn't very heavy when I saw a video before album release. <3 Iron Will and Hammer of the North.

    Saturday morning

  • leololozone666

    so far i'm disappointed....had very high expectations....

    Thursday evening

  • Chemie-Le-Kev

    hail grand magus!!!!!!!!

    Thursday afternoon

  • HeartOfHate

    new album is good! after a few listenings became better and better...for me it is a step up from the last album but isn't close to wolf's return which is a masterpiece.only the production could be slightly better.for me the demo-songs sound even better than the sound on the album

    Thursday afternoon

  • Smekermann

    new album is some fuckin awesome hard rock/heavy metal. who gives a shit if it's "not heavy enough", it fuckin rocks out with its cock out and it's more endowed than you are

    Thursday morning

  • Sergio_Phunzem

    please correct this caps nonsense its really annoying

    Wednesday evening
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18 Oct 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/grandmagusrocks

 Hail!Grand Magus will headline the HELVATION festival in Helsinki on the 12th of November. See details below.HELVATION FESTIVAL 12-13.11.2010Dante’s Highlight (Fredrikinkatu 42), …

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