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BLACK MAJESTY Biography 2010
Arguably one of Australias most popular Heavy Metal bands, Black Majesty return with their fourth album In Your Honour. After initially dazzling the metal scene with their progressive tinged Sands of Time cd (2003), and critically acclaimed power metal opus Silent Company cd (2005) the band released Tomorrowland in 2007 which saw them play at some of the worlds biggest renowned Heavy Metal festivals such as Masters of Rock Czech Republic, Metal Universe Slovakia and Wacken Open Air Germany. Stefan Belik of Bright Eyes Wacken review team went on to say that Black Majesty shared unbelievable guitar work and one of the most impressive voices of the 2007 Wacken Open Air festival.
Year 2010 sees the brand new album In Your Honour album released. Faster, louder, and full of melodic twists and turns, Black Majestys new album shows off the bands best songs yet. Vocalist John Cavaliere says the album title In Your Honour is for the fans that have stuck with us over the past few years, since the band formed. It was made in their honour! The new album is a mix of old and new. We tried to stick to the true metal style weve developed yet also expand on our song-writing by writing the best tunes we have ever written in our career.
Black Majesty searched long and hard before deciding on Masterplan main man Roland Grapow (ex Helloween) to produce the new album at Grapow studios in Slovakia. Right from the get go the band knew they were on a good thing with drummer Pavel Konvalinka recording drums with Roland Grapow back in August 2009.
The new album In Your Honour features great sing along choruses, emotive expression, impressive vocal work from arguably one of the best vocalists in the southern hemisphere John Cavaliere, soaring dual guitar solos from guitarists Stevie Janevski & Hanny Mohamed , pounding bass from Evan Harris & awesome thundering power drumming from Pavel Konvalinka.
With influences ranging from Judas Priest, Dio, Manowar, Queensryche and Helloween the new album shows a band that wears their influences on their sleeves yet also one that is also striving to create new unique and powerful songs. God of War is reminiscent of old school classic metal whilst songs such as Far Beyond and Further than Insane get our pulse racing from the get go. Two Hearts and Wish You Well showcase the bands knack for catchy anthems whilst Break these Chains is by far the bands best emotion filled ballad thus far. We are also introduced to the haunting Follow and End of Time which are both lyrically intriguing, something sure to get the general public talking.
Black Majesty have always shown great passion for the music they play. Theyve helped spread the word with tours of Europe, Asia and Australia, playing alongside heavyweights such as Helloween, Saxon, Paul Dianno, Edguy, Hammerfall and Dragonforce many of whom were overwhelmed by the bands powerful energy.
Black Majestys amazing cover art theme continues with Dirk Illing (Scorpions/Wizard) again adding the fourth part to the Black Majesty story.
The band will be touring Europe in June/July 2010 and confirmed shows so far are :
*25/06/2010 - Rock City, Uster, Switzerland - Black Majesty plus special guests
*26/06/2010- Die Halle - Farnkfurt, Germany - Black Majesty + Guests
*29/06/2010 - Exit Music Hall Chmelnice Prague, Czech Republic - Dead Daniels, Comunal ,Black Majesty
*30/06/2010 - Melodka - Brno, Czech Republic - Dead Daniels, Comunal, Black Majesty
*03/07/2010 - Basinfirefest - Spalene Prorici, Czech Republic - Testament, Dream Evil,Venom, Black Majesty, Arakain, Redemption, Ektomorf, etc.
more shows to be announced soon..
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