British melodic hard rock group MAGNUM recently released their nineteenth studio album, Escape From The Shadow Garden, via Steamhammer / SPV.

Escape From The Shadow Garden entered the charts in several European countries:

Germany: #14

Sweden: #19

Switzerland: #22

England: #38

In Germany and Sweden it's the highest chart entry since 1990, in England and Switzerland since 1992.

Furthermore the album charted in the German Media Markt / Saturn Charts at #9, in the Swedish Hard Rock Charts at #2 and in the English Rock/Metal Charts at #2 and the English Indie Charts at #4.

Escape From The Shadow Garden is 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

Sample teaser:

'Too Many Clowns':

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.