Magnus Rosén (ex. Hammerfall) is back with his new project M.R.B. and the new album “It’s Time to Rock the World Again” out on April 21st 2023, plus an EP entitled “Outside the Rock Box”, out on May 26th, 2023.
The album took three years to record and consists of both newly written material and cover songs, all of which aim to pay tribute to music that has had great significance and inspiration for Magnus Rosén throughout his life such as Scorpions, Gary Moore, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, ABBA and more.
“It’s Time to Rock the World Again” features well-known guest musicians such as Tony Martin (ex. Black Sabbath) Janne Schaffer (ex. Abba) and Jonas Hansson (Silver Mountain). Prepare for a musical ride.
Magnus comments:
“An explosive album that developed during the process of 3 years has now become a rock album: ‘It’s Time to Rock the World Again’ and an instrumental mini album: ‘Outside the Rock Box’. Both albums feature guest musicians/artists from different corners of the world. A border crossing that stretches from South America via Europe and the Nordics to Asia. The music picks up where the words end. And here begins the rock that has influenced me throughout my musical life with recognition factors from musicians and bands I admired during my musical journey that have been inserted a little here and there in the newly written songs. There are also some nice interpretations of songs that mean a lot to us in the band. You could call the album a time machine”!
Continues Magnus: “I will thank HammerFall and all the fans for my 10 years with the band – 1997-2007. I take my hat off for this time. So how can we celebrate this moment better than with a HammerFall song on this album”.
Entitled, “It’s Time to Rock the World Again”, the new album will include 12 songs, plus 5 bonus tracks. Magnus describes the album as, “A firework of diversity from my journey through music life from the 60s until today”.
Magnus Rosén adds: “Everything is marked in the perspective of hard rock and these wonderful rock titles that gild this musical style. There are many tones that are hidden in the structures of the songs that can be recognized more or less from the history of rock. We are also celebrating bands and artists for the great inspiration thought the music life with some riff, tones, feelings, songs or solos in new written material and also few old songs – Gary Moore, Scorpions, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Metallica, AC/DC, ABBA, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix – plus much more. New written songs and fresh interpretations of few old rock songs”.
Pre-order “It’s Time to Rock the World Again” here and the new EP here.
Tracklist:
1. The World and Times
2. Glitter and Blood
3. Something
4. Circus
5. Heart On Fire
6. Terminator
7. Paperplane
8. Street Fighting Man
9. Sign of the Time
10. The Winner Takes It All
11. Dressed to Kill
12. Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone
EP Tracklist:
1. Terminator
2. Glory Days
3. Ack Värmeland, du sköna
4. Automatic Different
5. Polkka Säkkijärven
6. Visa från Utanmyra
Line-up:
Magnus Rosén – Bass
Mikael Erlandsson – Keyboard
Zenny Gram – Voice
Fabio Buitvidas – Drums
Raphael Mattos – Guitar
Guest musicians:
Janne Schaffer – Guitar
Tony Martin – Vocals
George Keczan – Piano and keyboard
Chitral Somapala – Vocals
Jonas Hansson – Guitar
Stefan Blomquist – Keyboard, piano
Elsa Li Jones – Vocals
Eric Galdyanz – Vocals
Ivan Martin’s – Vocals
Jörgen Alnevall – Vocals
Weblinks:
magnusrosen.com
www.facebook.com/BassplayerMagnusRosen
