MY ENTHUSIASTIC REVIEW TO MAGNUS' WORK

 

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So. My admiration for Magnus’ creation has a not usual beginning. Few months ago I even didn’t know either about him, or about HammerFall, and didn’t want to know anything about heavy metal. Seems to me, it’s terrible noise that strikes on the head and on the ears only.
But one day I’m looking for new friends on great community portal MySpace. And suddenly I open his http://www.myspace.com/magnusrosen2
 
There’re few tracks with his playing. And when I heard this sounds, I just can’t tear myself from listening it.
His playing was captivating, catching my heart. Before as I listened his play I was sure - heavy metal strikes on the head and on ears. But Magnus made a miracle - I like metal now!!!
I’m in a real delight of all he plays. And Magnus is Great in any any music style: heavy metal, funk, jazz, fuzzion, folk music, melodic hard rock.
 
Every his playing, every his music – it’s absolutely different sounds, absolutely different style. His bass’ sound is unlike, unique, unforgettable every time.

Magnus Rosén has two absolutely unlike side of his nature and his talent.

One side - Magnus is bass god! His playing is very aggressive, metallic, with heavy power and immense mighty. His every hard touch to strings in heavy metal things extracts so incredible energetic power, so much the positive energies. His strong feelings and passions just overflows his inspired playing. Magnus is very emotional artist. During every his playing he gives himself up totally to his great emotions, that helps better and more full to feel and to understand his feelings putting in music by him. And his emotions are real so strong.

Another side - Magnus is very romantic person. Listen his solo "Romance" from his solo album "Empty room" or his solo "Land of spirits" from his solo album "Imagine a place". It's absolutely different style - so romantic, melodic, even gentle. These things are filled with tender feelings! Here Magnus is wonderful lyrical bassplayer. His bass become just lovely tender romantic guitar singing about finest feelings, that overflow Magnus' heart again.

I can't believe - heavy metal aggressive bassist has an incredible finest ability to create absolutely opposite melody. The same time to devoted of himself another music style - this transformation needs immense talent.

And Magnus has immense many-sided endless bassists' and composer' talent. His spectrum of tunes is widest. And all his masterpieces he does by four string! He's grandioso, genius indeed!

There're my most favorite of Magnus' bass playings you may listen on My Favorite Magnus' playings.  There you can read my comments to every Magnus' playing. But in general I can say only one:

Magnus is the Greatest musician indeed! He's the One who could wake up my interest to Bass and show all fine side talented playing on bass. His expressive, emotional, impressive, inspired, brilliant play just can stay indifferent everybody who if only one time listened Magnus' magic playing.

But Magnus on the stage and Magnus in his usual life - these two absolutely different characters too.
Mighty aggressive very load bassist in leather and in metal who holds down the bottom end for everybody with one side.
And the very intelligent friendly gallant attentive, very generous nice guy with another side.

There's no limit for perfection of Magnus Rosén.

I'm fascinated every time by huge energy power of his playing. It penetrated straight into my heart. I’m into raptures over his play.
And I’m glad, because one occasion gave me the possibility to know about fine musician and nice guy Magnus Rosén.
I’m captivated absolutely by his immense talent and incredibly impressive play. He amazes me by every his work.
Every his play is just the burst, the splash, the storm of emotions, feelings, passions.
Magnus exchanged absolutely my perception of heavy metal, of rock.
 
Magnus' world tours are many countries: Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Finland, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica…and a couple of festivals around Europe.
He is super popular in the whole world. What a shame for now he didn't visit in St-Petersburg. In 2003 at Germany's Bang Your Head festival Magnus gave interview to Russian journalist. And he promised to come to Russian one day.
I hope so much my calling will reach to Magnus and may to my happiness he'll visit St-Petersburg soon.

My dear Magnus. In my mind you're just Mag. And "Mag" is pronounced the same as like Russian word "ÌÀÃ" - in Russian it's "WIZARD". Is it symbolic? I think yes.

In any music style Magnus is the Greatest Wizard!