Now in their 25th year, Grand Magus are now older than most of the classic metal records that sit so near to their heart were when they started. Even after so long at the furnace, and having covered so much ground, the Swedish trio remain a totem to everything right and true about good, proper, old fashioned heavy metal, without being arch, or knowing, or being silly about it. Thus, it’s both absolutely no surprise and joyously reassuring that on Sunraven they’ve once again got their feet in the point where the blues of Black Sabbath and Judas Priest’s sharp edges crossed over, some point in the second half of the ‘70s. Opener Skybound, all double-bass drumming and muscly riffs and lyrics about overcoming life’s gristle, is classic Magus, while The Wheel Of Pain shows how ...