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Grand Magus - Monument (2003) [Japanese Edition]

Posted By: v3122

Date: 14 Mar 2016 13:07:09

Grand Magus - Monument (2003) [Japanese Edition]

Grand Magus - Monument (2003)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Victor, VICP-62718 | ~ 324 or 111 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 41 Mb
Stoner / Doom / Heavy Metal

Well, this is more like it! Swedish stoner rock trio Grand Magus did themselves few favors with their solid but unspectacular 2002 debut, which quietly sank into the general morass afflicting the doom/stoner movement at the time. And when guitarist and singer JB subsequently hooked up with Michael Amott's high-flying Spiritual Beggars, it looked as if Grand Magus were doomed (no pun intended) to vanish altogether, leaving only that one middling release to their name. However, thanks to the incredibly gregarious and liberal nature of the Swedish music scene, here they are – unexpectedly back with a 2003 follow-up that is quite deserving of its imposing title: Monument. Howling winds and mournful guitar lines introduce album opener "Ulvaskall (Vargr)," which promptly lurches into gear on an Iommi-approved, bent-note riff and fittingly bleak words intoning "I'm damned and I'm cursed forever/Destined to walk this land," over and over again. Ensuing single (yeah right – a "single," ha!) "Summer Solstice" steps it up a notch to take listeners chugging down the highway, and by the time Grand Magus slow it down again for the lysergic roll of "Brotherhood of Sleep" and the gargantuan doom creep of "Baptised in Fire" [sic], retro-metal fans will likely be foaming at the mouth over what they're hearing. Simply put, energetic doom doesn't get much better than this, or, for that matter, the album's frightfully heavy next offering, "Chooser of the Slain (Valfader)," which combines chiming bells, concussive power chords, and lyrics of Viking lore to thrilling and terrifying effect. And to wrap things up on a high note, the likeminded "Food of the Gods" offers a final, concise battering before the colossal denouement of ten-minute epic "Ye Who Seeks…Shall Find." Powerful, steady, unrelenting, and always f*ckin' heavy, Monument helped put the bite back into what was then a distressingly flagging strain of heavy metal.

by Eduardo Rivadavia, AMG

Grand Magus - Monument (2003):

Tracklist:

01. Ulvaskall (Vargr)
02. Summer Solstice
03. Brotherhood of Sleep
04. Baptized in Fire
05. Chooser of The Slain (Valfader)
06. Food of The Gods
07. He Who Seek… Shall Find
08. Stonecircle (bonus track for Japan)

EAC Log

Exact Audio Copy V1.1 from 23. June 2015

EAC extraction logfile from 11. March 2016, 18:57

Grand Magus / Monument

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Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\FLAC Frontend\tools\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%

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Test CRC 18F255BC
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DR Log

foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2016-03-14 10:42:17

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Analyzed: Grand Magus / Monument
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.32 dB -9.34 dB 10:29 07-He Who Seek… Shall Find
DR9 -0.10 dB -9.73 dB 3:20 08-Stonecircle
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Official DR value: DR8

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Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
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Codec: FLAC

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