Magnus – Acceptance of Death

Releasedate: 15-09-2010; Label: Witching Hour
By: Sabine van Gameren

The Polish band Magnus has been active for quite some years. Formed in 1987, would take them to their first full length release in 1992. In 1994 their most recent release until now got to the world. A long period of silence came, but anno 2010 the band comes with “Acceptance of Death”.

The band brings Death Metal with, what you might expect, the old school influences of Death and Thrash of the 90’s. On this album they seem to have taken the time in consideration and choose to include some influences of modern music in a slight way. They surely took some experiments in these years no one heard of them. Although the music sets ground of liking these guys there is some hesitation. The band has not that typical top class thing that some bands bring, their own sound brought with such an enormous passion that you believe every word they say. Someone has been digging up this band, whether they crawled out of the graves themselves, bringing pretty much what they always have done but somehow the expectations of this band have been higher. Fans who look for another album of standard old school material can safely buy this, but don’t expect to find a masterpiece that changes your life.

Line Up:
Rob Bandit (Robert Szymañski) – Vocals (Kilersi)
Python (Maciej Puto) – Guitars (formerly also Vocals)
Guzz – Guitars
Greg (Grzegorz Zarzycki) – Bass
Jaras (Jaros³aw Duchniak) – Drums

Tracklist: 01.False God 02.Appear 03.Spirits 04.Essence 05.Worm 06.To Understand Death 07.Private Religion 08.Nothing More 09.When You Rest 6 Feet Under 10.They’ll Bury 11.Mournful Song 12.Just Like Life 13.There’s No Use Lamenting

Links:
Magnus MySpace