Swedish riff lords GRAND MAGUS are set to release their new studio album Sword Songs on May 13th via Nuclear Blast. In celebration of the new album, the band released the the track "Varangian" as a digital single today. Order the single here: http://nblast.de/GrandMagusDownloads

The band has also released the lyric video of "Varangian"on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel.

Mastermind JB commented: "Metalheads! GRAND MAGUS are back. We are proud to unleash this iron-clad anthem, we give you...VARANGIAN!"

The album was produced at Studio Supa in Stockholm, Sweden by Nico Elgstrand. He was also in charge of recording vocals, guitars and bass.  Roberto Laghi (Oral Majority Records, Gothenburg) recorded the drums at Top Floor Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden  as well as mixed the album. Mastering was completed by Svante Forsbäck (Chartmakers, Helsinki).

Sword Songs is now available for pre-order here: http://nblast.de/GMSwordSongsNB

The tracklists are as follows:

CD:

1. Freja's Choice
2. Varangian
3. Forged In Iron - Crowned In Steel
4. Born For Battle (Black Dog Of Brocéliande)
5. Master Of The Land
6. Last One To Fall
7. Frost And Fire
8. Hugr
9. Everyday There's A Battle To Fight
10. In For The Kill - bonus
11. Stormbringer (Deep Purple Cover) - bonus

LP:

Side A:

1. Freja's Choice
2. Varangian
3. Forged In Iron - Crowned In Steel
4. Born For Battle (Black Dog Of Brocéliande)
5. Master Of The Land

Side B:

1. Last One To Fall
2. Frost And Fire
3. Hugr
4. Everyday There's A Battle To Fight
5. In For The Kill - bonus
6. Stormbringer (Deep Purple Cover) - bonus

Visit GRAND MAGUS online at:

www.GRANDMAGUS.com

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twitter.com/GRANDMAGUS

www.youtube.com/GRANDMAGUSBand