Interview

Grand Magus Hails The "Wolf God"

Sweden's long and rich history of music has given the world so many classic bands and groups. From Abba to At The Gates, the Scandinavian country has produced a library of legends many other countries would be jealous of. Despite the pop successes and house anthems, metal music is where Sweden has always excelled. Whether it be in the form of death metal like Entombed, In Flames or Dismember, the black metal stylings of Dissection and Shining or doom icons like Candlemass, Sweden has a lot to be proud of. Traditional heavy metal as its place in the nation though and in the modern day, perhaps no band captures that magic better than Grand Magus.

Currently promoting their ninth album, "Wolf God," the band has gone from strength to strength over the past decade, becoming one of the most popular traditional metal bands of the day. During their recent UK tour with Wolf, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Grand Magus drummer Ludwig Witt to discuss this latest opus, as well as traditional metal's place in the modern world and the band's longstanding association with wolves. You can watch the interview in full below.

Diamond Oz: Right now you're still promoting "Wolf God," which has been out for just shy of a year. So far, how would you say the reception has been?

Ludwig Witt: Really good. We were talking about it yesterday actually and according to JB (frontman Janne "JB" Christoffersson) it's our best selling album. So it's cool.

Oz: And compared to other Grand Magus albums, how do you feel this one fits in the overall catalogue?

Ludwig: I think really well actually. Obviously I didn't play on "Iron Will" or "Hammer Of The North" which really are classic albums for us but out of the ones I've played on this is my favourite. I think it really fits in with the others well. It definitely sounds like a classic Grand Magus album.

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