| The Visitation | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Magnum |
| Cover: | TheVisitation.jpg |
| Released: | 14 January 2011 |
| Recorded: | M2 Studios, Coven, Staffordshire |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 57:01 |
| Label: | SPV/Steamhammer |
| Producer: | Tony Clarkin |
| Prev Title: | Into the Valley of the Moonking |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | Evolution |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
The Visitation is the 16th studio album by the English rock band Magnum, released in 2011 by SPV. The album registered the following chart positions: Germany No. 19,[1] Sweden No. 28,[2] UK No. 55,[3] and Switzerland No. 56.[4]
The cover was painted by Rodney Matthews. It refers to the track Doors to Nowhere, in which Tony Clarkin looks back at his childhood.[5] According to Catley, the album was heavier than the previous one, with more emphasis on guitars. Clarkin commented,