Grand Materia | ||||
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Released | April 2005 | |||
Recorded | Studio Soundcreation, Bollnäs | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, thrash metal, power metal | |||
Length | 60:18 | |||
Label | Black Mark Records | |||
Producer | Peter Grehn, Per Ryberg | |||
Morgana Lefay chronology | ||||
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Grand Materia is the eighth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay, released in 2005.
The album received reviews of 8.5 from Rockhard.de [1] 8/10 from the Swedish webzine Metal Central, [2] as well as reviews from Terrorverlag [3] and Powermetal.de. [4]
All songs composed by Morgana Lefay. Lyrical concept by Charles Rytkönen.
The double vinyl version of the album has the song "Sangreal" as a bonus track.
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