For those unaware, Magical Heart - who have been together since 2014 - are a German band who initially became popular in Bavaria, before they exploded onto the international music scene in mid-2018.

For in 2018, they released a first album, Another Wonderland. The current band lineup is Chris Urner (vocals, guitar), Patrick Schuster (guitar), Robert Frenz (bass, backing vocals) and Guiliano-Pepe Müller (drums).

And now Magical Heart release their new album Heartsonic which includes eleven rock songs, the style of which can only be described as melodic rock or AOR.

Indeed, two songs (Take Your Time and Magical Star) were already released as singles in 2020, but the album release was delayed due to Covid, but is now back on course for October 7th, 2022.

The songs present the four musicians as a driving hard rock (How Will The Story End, It Could Go On (Forever)) as well as a classic melodic rock band (Waiting For So Long, My Own Way), but always homogeneous and entirely within the framework of the proverbial album title Heartsonic.

1. Bad Habits
2. Heartsonic
3. My Own Way
4. Waiting For So Long
5. Daydream
6. Magical Star
7. How Will The Story End
8. Free Of Pain
9. It Could Go On (Forever)
10. Take Your Time
11. Raise

Opening on the infectious rock of Bad Habits and the melodic, yet harder-edged titular Heartsonic, those are neatly backed by the mid-tempo My Own Way, the powerful Waiting For So Long, and then come both the drum-led, and complete with awesome guitar solo rock of Daydream and the AOR balladry of Magical Star.

Up next is one of my own personal favorites on this new album, the aching rock yearn of How Will The Story End which is itself followed by the melancholic Free Of Pain, the power balladry of It Could Go On (Forever), the album rounding out on the almost atmospherically fantastical, yet guitar driven Take Your Time, coming to a close on the heartwarming AOR of Raise.

Magical Heart play analogue-sounding, straightforward rock following their instincts, with much heart as well as a sense of melody and a good deal of fun while making music. With Achim Köhler (PRIMAL FEAR, BRAINSTORM SINNER), the band also hired the perfect man for mix and mastering, who was able to perfectly and homogeneously round off the sound of the individual songs across the album.

The band will finally be able to tour live again for the album release in autumn and in October they are going to start with individual shows and in December 2022, they will continue supporting eight SERIOUS BLACK shows.

Magical Heart - Heartsonic (Official Video)

Magical Heart - Magical Star (Official Video)

Magical Heart - Take Your Time (Official Video)

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