The Serpent Rings

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The Serpent Rings
Magnum - The Serpent Rings.png
Studio album by
Magnum
Released17 January 2020
Genre Rock
Length59:36
Label Steamhammer Records/SPV
Producer Tony Clarkin
Magnum chronology
Live at the Symphony Hall
(2019)		The Serpent Rings
(2020)		 Dance of the Black Tattoo
(2021)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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laut.de Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

The Serpent Rings is the 21st studio album from the rock group Magnum. The album was released on 17 January 2020. The album was the first Magnum album to feature Dennis Ward on bass, after long-time bassist Al Barrow left the band in June 2019. [4]

Contents

The cover was painted by Rodney Matthews. As usual, it features several references to previous album covers, including "the Storyteller" from On a Storyteller's Night . [5]

The Serpent Rings peaked at 5 in the German charts, the highest position the band has achieved there to date. It also charted at 7 in Switzerland, the same position reached by Wings of Heaven in 1988. The album ranked 36 in the United Kingdom, a step back compared to the previous album, Lost on the Road to Eternity , and close to the positions reached by the three albums preceding said release. The album also charted at 47 in Austria, being the third Magnum album to chart there.

The band planned a European tour after the release, but were forced to reschedule several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, The Serpent Rings got no tour of its own; by the time the band embarked on their March 2022 tour, their next studio album, The Monster Roars , had already been released. [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tony Clarkin.

The Serpent Rings track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Where Are You Eden?"5:37
2."You Can't Run Faster Than Bullets"5:40
3."Madman or Messiah"5:18
4."The Archway of Tears"6:21
5."Not Forgiven"5:48
6."The Serpent Rings"6:47
7."House of Kings"4:46
8."The Great Unknown"5:27
9."Man"5:31
10."The Last One on Earth"5:35
11."Crimson on the White Sand"4:53

Personnel

Charts

Sales chart performance for The Serpent Rings
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 148
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 5
Scottish Albums (OCC) [10] 10
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [11] 56
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [12] 29
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 7
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 36

See also

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  2. ↑ "The Serpent Rings". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Magnum's The Serpent Rings: continuing the second wave of success". Metal Hammer . Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  4. ↑ Magnum - The Serpent Rings, Steamhammer. Accessed 23 November 2019.
  5. ↑ TRINITY, REDBUBBLE, MAGNUM'S THE SERPENT RINGS, Rodney Matthews Studios, 20 October 2019. Accessed 23 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Magnum Reveals New Album "The Monster Roars" Details, Metal Underground, 22 Oct 2021. Retrieved 23 Oct 2021.
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  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Magnum – The Serpent Rings" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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