Triumph and Power

2014 studio album by Grand Magus

Triumph and Power

Studio album by

Grand Magus

Released

31 January 2014

Genre

Heavy metal

Length

42:26

Label

Nuclear Blast

Producer

Nico Elgstrand

Grand Magus chronology

The Hunt
(2012)

Triumph and Power
(2014)

Sword Songs
(2016)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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

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

"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

Janne "JB" Christoffersson – vocals, guitars
Mats "Fox" Skinner – bass
Ludwig "Ludde" Witt – drums

References

^ 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.