MAGNIT (Магнит) - Detective LP (colour vinyl)

Limited edition of 250 copies on transparent teal colour vinyl.

Includes a 24" x 24" poster.

Unlike many virtuosic, classically trained musicians whose embrace of rock and heavy metal appears ostentatious and pretentious, Магнит did not use rock as a mere vessel to showcase their sophistication and skill. Instead, they channeled their talent and passion into music that was simultaneously aggressive, erudite, and emotive. There is a poetic valence to Магнит’s lyrics. Even a song like “Listen to Rock,” which extols the virtues of rock music, contains lines like “The thunderous ether is shaking the world! The stars look doomed from above, Along the warpath in a world of silence an evil shadow wanders fiercely.”

Though perhaps more cerebral than most Western power metal bands, Магнит’s spirted composition and performance—free of the corporate metal trappings that saturated the international scene—sharpened the edge of the band’s unique sound.

This LP compiles, for the first time on vinyl, all of the tracks from the 1987 tapes, as well as a bonus track taken from the four-way split 7” released in 1990—the last track Магнит released before breaking up.

Also, because the original tapes had no artwork, this LP features a new layout with original artwork by the Swiss painter Pascal Fessler.