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Magnus Rising

'Counting The Numbers'
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About Me

In April 2002, guitarist Roger Cranford posted a call for musicians seeking to start a band in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Bassist Matt Snow and vocalist Aaron Hawkins responded to the call and a jam session was scheduled at Memorial University’s Music School Choral Hall. The chemistry was unexpectedly good and Magnus Rising was immediately formed. Drummers have come and gone, but the core lineup has remained intact since that original, fortuitous meeting.

From 2002 to 2006, Magnus Rising wrote, performed, and recorded original music before audiences across the province of Newfoundland. Battling adversity, including the loss of $20,000 worth of musical equipment in a fire at their rehearsal space in 2004, Magnus Rising developed their craft and earned their reputation as a first-rate live rock act. During that five year period, Magnus Rising performed over 100 gigs and released their first EP, Magnus Rising, in 2005.

After testing the waters with a performance before record executives at the Hard Rock café in Montreal, Magnus Rising relocated in June of 2006 to Vancouver, BC. Within a year, they had begun recording their first major studio album, Counting the Numbers, at the Factory Studios. Counting was produced by Doug Mix and released independently in December, 2007. Plans for a 2008 cross-Canadian summer tour are presently underway.

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Member Since: 7/18/2005
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My Blog

Ten Ways & Magnus Rising @ Red Room - Sept 20th

Magnus will be playing a gig with Ten Ways from Sunday this coming Saturday sept 20th at 8pm. Come check it out if you can it'll be a great time and a fantastic show. Rock it out.Magnus Rising on iLik...
Posted by Magnus Rising on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:14:00 PST

ABORT Magazine Live Review : Food4Music, June 21 2008

"You can't stop the pit,” said lead singer Aaron Hawkins of Magnus Rising as they readied to play next, and he was right. Their latent heavy sludge sound, chest thumping bass and finely tuned so...
Posted by Magnus Rising on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:18:00 PST

ABORT Magazine Reviews ’Counting The Numbers’

CD Review - Magnus Rising Counting the Numbers IndependentBorn in 2002, like many an act before them (via bored musicians answering posters precariously strewn throughout the city), St. John, Newfound...
Posted by Magnus Rising on Thu, 22 May 2008 09:15:00 PST

ABORT Magazine Live Review : Photos, Setlist Available

Live Review - Magnus Rising w/ Entropia + Without MercyMonday, May 12, 2008The Media Club - Vancouver, BC. It was a maelstrom of metal down at The Media Club on Monday night as Magnus Rising, Entropia...
Posted by Magnus Rising on Fri, 16 May 2008 10:11:00 PST

Buy The New Album!

If you haven't been able to find the record, look no further.Here's all the details! In Stores and OnlineHMV (order)Amazon.caScrape RecordsCD BabyDigital DownloadiTunesAmazon.comRhapsodyMetal-Rules....
Posted by Magnus Rising on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:12:00 PST

Bigstar Gig Last Minute - March 20th 9pm

Hey Anyone who checks this page.  Last minute gig has come up in Burnaby at the Bigstar.  So its tonight, Thursday March 20th, We go on at 9pm, hope to see you down there.  Rock it out....
Posted by Magnus Rising on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:36:00 PST

Metal Rules - March 2nd 2008

Hey All, we've got a new review posted yesterday.  Good old pals at Metal-Rules.com. You can either view it under their March 2008 review list or try this link. CD REVIEWAlso theres a show review on t...
Posted by Magnus Rising on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:00:00 PST

What the hell does Blog even mean?

So anyway, record is almost done.  Final mixes are rolling in and we're pretty certain anyone who's waiting for this record will be perfectly happy in the end.  So I guess the CD will be ou...
Posted by Magnus Rising on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:35:00 PST

Magnus in the Studio

Hey to all the Magnus Crew, We've booked our first dates to record our second Album.  This one will be a full length record, its looking like 11 - 13 songs.  We've spent the past 12 weeks w...
Posted by Magnus Rising on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:14:00 PST

Album update and tune taste test.

Anyone checking the myspace: we posted a jam recording the guys did up over at FutureMusic.  Our jamspot rehearsal space.  We've been tryin to get a bit of video done up, maybe soon.  A...
Posted by Magnus Rising on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:10:00 PST