[News] MAGNUS RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE, DEBUT ALBUM AND EAST COAST TOUR

After opening the box with ‘Pandora’, gifting us a new phrase with ‘Non-Activity-Negativity-Not-A-Tivity’, prog-goth rockers Magnus are going for the hat trick with their third single ‘Unarmed’ . Finding themselves blending genres between oddly timed stoner jazz, rock and a dash of goth, the band never conform to traditional genres, which makes them an entity of their own.

‘Unarmed’ is a all round fist pumper of a track with Dennis Hionis’s slick bass laying the backdrop for the single which drifts between Arne Heeres (guitar and vocals) crunching guitar and Giulio Albanese’s thunderous drums.

“A collaboration between our drummer who came up with the main riffs and myself, bringing levels of weird to an otherwise fairly straightforward rock song. Just when you think it goes off, it goes introvert. Then goes warble-y and psychedelic before it ends with a bang. A foot stomper all the way.” Arne Heeres of Magnus

With a desire to capture the energy of their raucous live performance, Magnus set out to approach the recording of their debut album in a raw and unique way. The band spent a week in seclusion jamming from dawn till dusk in a sheep sheering shed near the regional town of Cootamundra NSW, where they laid down their demos before collaborating on pre-production with ARIA award winning music recorder and producer Paul McKercher (Gyroscope, You Am I, The Living End). The 13 track album was recorded and mixed by good friend Wade Keighran (The Scare, Wolf & Cub) originally at Jon Prior’s (Known for the 80’s band Matt Finish) before subsequently finishing it at Linear Recording in Leichhardt. After an initial streak of bad luck Magnus managed to record the full album in a mammoth 3.5 days instead of 6 originally planned.

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