Swedish heavy metal warriors Grand Magus confirmed as support for Opeth’s upcoming tour!
Photo credits: Johan Baath
Swedish heavy metal warriors Grand Magus are honored to announce that they have been confirmed as direct and only support for Opeth’s upcoming 2025 European tour, which will kick off on February 9th in Helsinki, Finland.
Please find all confirmed dates below.
The Last Will And Testament European Tour 2025
Opeth w/ Special Guest Grand Magus
09.02.25 FI Helsinki – Ice Hall
11.02.25 SE Stockholm – Cirkus
12.02.25 NO Oslo – Sentrum Scene
14.02.25 DK Copenhagen – DR Konserthus
15.02.25 DE Hamburg – Docks
17.02.25 DE Cologne – Palladium
18.02.25 DE Berlin – Tempodrom
19.02.25 DE Munich – Muffathalle
21.02.25 FR Paris – L’Olympia
22.02.25 NL Amsterdam – AFAS
23.02.25 BE Brussels – AB
Other live dates:
22.11.-23.11. DE Weißenhäuser Strand – Metal Hammer Paradise
About Grand Magus:
Not every band can be 100 percent authentic and true. Not every band has the necessary cojones to summon the spirit of heavy metal. But Grand Magus are not every band. A trio of windswept warriors, driven by belief in the power of this ageless music that so many of us consider a real world lifeline, they return in 2024 with glad tidings of heroism and valour.
Over the course of 25 years, the Swedish trio have established themselves as stoic standard bearers for heavy metal in its purest, most triumphant form. From their early years as honorary combatants in the doom scene, Grand Magus have grown in confidence and stature with every passing year. Initially signed to legendary UK imprint Rise Above Records, they released acclaimed albums like 2003’s »Monument« and 2005’s fiery breakthrough opus »Wolf’s Return«, and garnered effusive plaudits for live shows that always resounded with the thump of metal’s beating heart.
Later signed to first Roadrunner and then Nuclear Blast Records, Grand Magus have marched on through the decades with their now trademark sign a continual benchmark for red-blooded heaviness. Bulging with fresh anthems, albums like »Triumph & Power« (2014) and »Sword Songs« (2016) took the band to new heights, as their status as a thunderous, rabble-rousing live band continued to grow. In 2019, ninth studio album »Wolf God« put the seal on a second decade of active service, and Grand Magus set off on tour as 2020 dawned; only to be confronted with a worldwide Covid shutdown that might have even spelled the end for Stockholm’s finest.
When work finally began on the tenth Grand Magus album, JB made tentative steps towards something bigger and better than past achievements. With a final deadline waiting at the end of 2023, he began to piece together some ideas in January, slowly forming the backbone of what would become the new Grand Magus album, »Sunraven«. After reconvening with bassist Fox and drummer Ludwig Witt in Halmstad, Sweden, the new songs swiftly came to life.
Not just the tenth Grand Magus full-length, but their first bona fide concept album, »Sunraven« is a full-bore return to the heavy metal might of Wolf God and Sword Songs, but with an underlying story that adds greater depth to the Swedes’ earthy bombast. Made manifest via a gritty but grandiose production courtesy of the band and co-producer Staffan Karlsson, »Sunraven« was inspired by the revered Old English epic poem of Beowulf. In true heavy metal style, these nine new songs dive deep into heroic fantasy, but with the same real world resonances that are scorched into the genre’s calloused skin.
Pre-order/pre-save the new album »Sunraven« (out October 18): grandmagus.bfan.link/sunraven
Listen to the new single »Skybound«: grandmagus.bfan.link/skybound
Grand Magus is:
JB Christoffersson – Guitar, Vocals
Fox Skinner – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ludwig Witt – Drums
Courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well