Artist: MAGNUM
Album: LOST ON THE ROAD TO ETERNITY PURPLE VINYL (2LP+CD)

Release date: 2018
EAN/UPS: 886922844812
Media type: LP

Their latest album Lost On The Road To Eternity, scheduled for release on Steamhammer/SPV on 19 January 2018, sees Magnum celebrate an impressive anniversary: it’s their 20th (!) studio recording and – without giving away too much at this stage – one of their most diverse and at the same time homogeneous offerings to date.

What is the reason for this new creative zenith? Clarkin: “As I had started to write the songs even before we embarked on our most recent tour, I subsequently had time to let my initial ideas sink in for a few weeks, which helped me realise that I was on the right path,” he says, looking back with satisfaction. “That was a good feeling which inspired me to write more powerful numbers. Apart from that, the usual Magnum formula applied: I go to the studio, try out ideas on the guitar or on the keyboards and do my damnedest to write the best Magnum song of all time.”

Lost On The Road To Eternity features a number of haunting melodies, be it the stalwart opener ´Peaches And Cream` or ´Storm Baby` with its a powerful rock riff. The first single to be released will be ´Without Love`, which is based on a substantial groove, and the collaboration with Tobias Sammet on the title track, a kind of artistic thank you by the Edguy /Avantasia frontman in appreciation of Catley’s guest stint on a number of Sammet’s releases, is by no means less spectacular. ‘Lost On The Road To Eternity’ is additionally enhanced by atmospheric arrangements courtesy of the Wolf Kerschek orchestra. The album ends with a song called ´King Of The World`, which is dominated by a bluesy guitar – a worthy finale to a richly coloured album.

You don’t have to be a prophet to realise that Magnum fans will love Lost On The Road To Eternity. Especially since the album features, along with the brilliant cover artwork by Rodney Matthews, a total of four live bonus tracks (´Sacred Blood – Divine Lies`, ´Crazy Old Mothers`,  ´Your Dreams Won`t Die` & ´Twelve Men Wise And Just`), recorded at Magnum’s 2017 performance at the Leyendas Del Rock festival in Alicante, Spain. To cut a long story short: there’s no way Magnum will get lost on the road to eternity!

TRACKLIST CD:

1. Peaches and Cream 4:54
2. Show Me Your Hands 5:45
3. Storm Baby 6:13
4. Welcome to the Cosmic Cabaret 8:08
5. Lost on the Road to Eternity 5:54
6. Without Love 5:55
7. Tell Me What You've Got to Say 6:27
8. Ya Wanna Be Someone 5:56
9. Forbidden Masquerade 5:02
10.Glory to Ashes 5:35
11. King of the World 7:04

Side 1:
1. Peaches and Cream 4:54
2. Show Me Your Hands 5:45
3. Storm Baby 6:13

Side 2:
1. Welcome to the Cosmic Cabaret 8:08
2. Lost on the Road to Eternity 5:54

Side 3:
1. Without Love 5:55
2. Tell Me What You've Got to Say 6:27
3. Ya Wanna Be Someone 5:56

Side 4:
1. Forbidden Masquerade 5:02
2.Glory to Ashes 5:35
3. King of the World 7:04

LINE-UP:

Tony Clarkin - guitars
Bob Catley - vocals
Rick Benton - keyboards
Al Barrow - bass
Lee Morris – drums