By
Larry Petro,
News Monkey
Thursday, January 4, 2024 @ 6:38 AM
Lyric Video Launches; New Album, Here Comes The Rain, Out January 12th
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Photo Credit: Rob Barrow
British rock icons MAGNUM share "The Seventh Darkness", a new digital single from their upcoming studio album, Here Comes the Rain, out January 12th, 2024 via Steamhammer/SPV. The track is accompanied by a new lyric video.
"The Seventh Darkness" includes amazing brass sections courtesy of guest musicians Chris 'BeeBe' Aldridge (saxophone) and Nick Dewhurst (trumpet), which lend the song brilliance and shape.
Tony Clarkin adds: "The recordings were great fun, especially the moment when Chris's sax took the lead and my guitar responded. A real highlight on this album!"
Watch the New Lyric Video for "The Seventh Darkness" BELOW
There are few great bands on our planet that can be infallibly identified within the first few bars of one of their songs. With unique melodic skill, tasteful instrumentation, an amazing balance of depth and catchiness, and, of course, that charismatic voice: MAGNUM are Magnum!
The same can be said of their latest studio album Here Comes The Rain, which will be released via CD + DVD, double vinyl LP, as a box set and for digital download, proving once again that classic rock music could hardly sound more atmospheric.
The album's highly inspired artwork is once more designed by the great Rodney Matthews, who has already created a number of MAGNUM sleeves to support the band's atmospherically dense music. Says Tony Clarkin: "The back cover features a kind of avian battalion in attack mode, which I think is a great allegory!"
There is no doubt about it: Here Comes The Rain sees the MAGNUM line-up consisting of Catley, Clarkin, keyboardist Rick Benton, bassist Dennis Ward and drummer Lee Morris, once again succeed in creating an outstanding, colorful, varied and inspired new studio album.
"Everyone played their part without me dictating anything," Clarkin enthuses, "everyone just instinctively played what their inspiration told them."
Here Comes the Rain Track List:
"Run into the Shadows"
"Here Comes the Rain"
"Some Kind of Treachery"
"After the Silence"
"Blue Tango"
"The Day He Lied"
"The Seventh Darkness"
"Broken City"
"I Wanna Live"
"Borderline"
Here Comes The Rain will be released on January 12th, 2024 through Steamhammer/SPV in the following configurations:
There is no doubt about it: Here Comes The Rain sees the MAGNUM line-up consisting of Catley, Clarkin, keyboardist Rick Benton, bassist Dennis Ward and drummer Lee Morris, once again succeed in creating an outstanding, colorful, varied and inspired new studio album.