Home → Yngwie Malmsteen → Magnum Opus
Magnum Opus
Metal · 1995 · 12 tracks

Magnum Opus

Yngwie Malmsteen

A high-velocity collision of baroque counterpoint and mid-90s heavy metal. Lightning-fast guitar runs meet soaring vocals and thick, reverb-drenched production.

June 21, 1995 · Canyon International

Find on Amazon

An unrelenting surge of technical brilliance and heroic, high-stakes energy.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Vengeance
4:50
02
No Love Lost
3:09
03
Tomorrow’s Gone
5:21
04
The Only One
4:02
05
I’d Die Without You
5:50
06
Overture 1622
2:42
07
Voodoo
6:20
08
Cross the Line
3:33
09
Time Will Tell
5:09
10
Fire in the Sky
4:58
11
Amberdawn
4:25
12
Cantabile
2:04
Moments Worth Waiting For
The rapid-fire harpsichord and guitar interplay on Overture 1622 that sounds like a time-traveling Mozart.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Magnum Opus sound next to the rest of Yngwie Malmsteen's catalogue?

Love Lost+2.1σ

The writing leans far further into love lost than the rest of the catalogue.

If you loved this album for its Sound & genre

Trilogy
Trilogy
Yngwie Malmsteen
1986
Invincible Shield
Invincible Shield
Judas Priest
2024
Dreamland Manor
Dreamland Manor
Savage Circus
2005
Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part II
Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part II
Helloween
1988
Jealousy
Jealousy
X JAPAN
1991

Cassette uses generative AI to enrich its catalog. How we use AI →