Influential British melodic hard rock group MAGNUM have scheduled an album launch party for their upcoming nineteenth studio album, Escape From The Shadow Garden, due out via Steamhammer / SPV on March 19th in Scandinavia, March 21st in Germany, March 24th in Europe and March 25th in North America.

The party is scheduled for March 25th at The Robin 2 in Bilston, UK. Further details at this location.

Magnum mastermind Tony Clarkin’s regained joy in his band is omnipresent on the latest Magnum offering, Escape From The Shadow Garden. Just like his simple yet logical work ethos: “I simply told myself: you’re a passable guitarist, so you should play the guitar. As the band’s guitarist and producer, I have all the freedom I need to create exactly what I feel like creating.” The result of his latest burst of creativity consists of eleven wonderfully melodic rock songs which blend all the typical Magnum ingredients, sounding in a fascinating way both timeless and classic. “This band has certain unmistakable trademarks,” Clarkin explains. “Among them are my feel for melodies and Bob’s unique vocal style."

Only a month after the release of its predecessor, On The 13th Day, Clarkin started with the preparations for Escape From The Shadow Garden – as always an exciting phase in his life. “Before you haven’t recorded and mixed every single note, you never really know whether you’ll be happy with the result. When I heard the final version of the eleven new songs with their different stories and diverse arrangements, I knew it had turned into an impressive and complete album. Together with the great cover artwork designed by Rodney Matthews (Asia, Nazareth, Eloy), this is a release which forges an arch to the early days of Magnum’s career. And that’s wonderful! I was really happy when my friend Jimmy Lea of Slade came to visit me at the studio again and said: ‘You’ve done it again?’ It doesn’t matter whether by sheer luck or hard work – life could have gone a totally differently way.”

Escape From The Shadow Garden will be available as a limited digipak edition with bonus material, as a double coloured vinyl LP, standard jewel case CD and download. The cover is once again created by famous fantasy artist Rodney Matthews (ASIA, NAZARETH, ELOY).

Tracklistings:

Digipak Version

CD

'Live ‘Til You Die'

'Unwritten Sacrifice'

'Falling For The Big Plan'

'Crying In The Rain'

'Too Many Clowns'

'Midnight Angel'

'The Art Of Compromise'

'Don’t Fall Asleep'

'Wisdom’s Had Its Day'

'Burning River'

'The Valley Of Tears '

DVD

Bonus Features

Recorded Over Six Nights In Europe Live Footage

(Black Skies - Freedom Day - All My Bridges - On A Storyteller’s Night)

Extras (On tour Footage)

(Too Many Clowns - Dance Of The Black Tattoo)

Jewel case Version

'Live ‘Til You Die'

'Unwritten Sacrifice'

'Falling For The Big Plan'

'Crying In The Rain'

'Too Many Clowns'

'Midnight Angel'

'The Art Of Compromise'

'Don’t Fall Asleep'

'Wisdom’s Had Its Day'

'Burning River'

'The Valley Of Tears '

LP Version

LP 1 Side One

'Live ‘Til You Die'

'Unwritten Sacrifice'

'Falling For The Big Plan'

LP 1 Side Two

'Crying In The Rain'

'Too Many Clowns'

'Midnight Angel'

LP 2 Side One

'The Art Of Compromise'

'Don’t Fall Asleep'

'Wisdom’s Had Its Day'

LP 1 Side Two

'Burning River'

'The Valley Of Tears '

'Dance Of The Black Tattoo' (live) – bonus track

'Too Many Clowns':

Three weeks after the release of Escape From The Shadow Garden, Magnum set off on a huge European Tour.

Magnum live 2014:

April

7 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
9 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
10 - Gotheburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
11 - Borlange, Sweden - Liljan
12 - Sandviken, Sweden - Backstage Rockclun

May

7 - Vosselaar, Belgium - Biebob

May (dates with SAGA)

8 - Dortmund, Germany - FZW
9 - Koln, Germany - E-Werk
10 - Emden, Germany - Nordseehalle
12 - Hamburg, Germany - Docks
13 - Berlin, Germany - Huxley’s Neue Welt
15 - Saarbrucken, Germany - Garage
17 - Offenbach, Germany - Capitol
19 - Obertraubling, Germany - Airport
20 - Nurnberg, Germany - Rockfabrik
22 - Munchen, Germany - Circus Krone
23 - Pratteln, Switzerland - 27
24 - Ravensburg, Germany - Club Oberschwabenhalle

Magnum are also confirmed for Sweden Rock Festival being held on June 4th - 7th in Solvesborg, Sweden.