Magnum – Sacred Blood “Divine” Lies (February 26, 2016)

For a musician like Tony Clarkin who composes constantly, viewing and selecting the material he has written is always one of the most significant moments during the creation process of a new Magnum album. On the one hand, it’s a luxury to have the opportunity to separate the wheat from the chaff and to be in a position to use only the strongest numbers. On the other hand, it’s also a difficult process because after all the creator of those songs has grown fond of every single one of them. “I usually start composing for our next album immediately after the release of the previous one,” Clarkin explains. “When Escape From The Shadow Garden arrived at the stores in March 2014, my thoughts had already turned to our next recording.” Clarkin wrote 25 new songs during the subsequent months, the most promising 13 of which were selected for Sacred Blood “Divine” Lies. Ten of those tracks made it onto the new album, the other three onto the included bonus CD. “It would have been too much of a shame to disregard them,” Clarkin reckons, “particularly since our fans want to know after every release what happened to the rest of the material. This time, they’re getting it in addition to the album tracks.” So here it is: Sacred Blood “Divine” Lies – again with a fantastic cover by Rodney Matthews – has been scheduled for release by Steamhammer/SPV on 26 February 2016. That Clarkin will probably already have his mind on Magnum‘s next release by that time – well, that’s another story. (from press release)