A melodic power metal act from Australia, Black Majesty are an unabashed return to the late '70s and early '80s, when bands like Iron Maiden and Saxon ruled the metal scene and doing a Deep Purple cover (specifically the David Coverdale-era "Soldier of Fortune") was not automatic grounds for mockery.
As it happens, the cover is pretty good, as is the rest of Tomorrowland.
The key to Black Majesty is their remarkably talented singer, John Cavaliere; his voice is strongly reminiscent of Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickenson, especially at those (quite frequent) points when he goes for the traditional power metal falsetto.
But more than that, Cavaliere just has an unexpectedly tuneful, appealing vocal sound that's more based in hard rock gruffness than hair metal shriek.
Think Bon Scott, not Axl Rose.
Add in the band's knack for tempering its headbanging unison riffing and speed metal breakdowns with actual solos and melodic hooks and Tomorrowland is that rarity, a contemporary metal album that can also be enjoyed by folks who haven't bought a single metal album since Dio broke up.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forever DamnedBlack Majesty | Black Majesty | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Into the BlackBlack Majesty | Black Majesty | Play | 05:08 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Evil in Your EyesBlack Majesty | Black Majesty | Play | 05:14 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | TomorrowlandBlack Majesty | Black Majesty | Play | 04:48 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Soldier of FortuneRitchie Blackmore, David Coverdale | Black Majesty | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Bleeding WorldBlack Majesty | Black Majesty | Play | 05:15 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Faces of WarBlack Majesty | Black Majesty | Play | 05:35 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Wings to FlyBlack Majesty | Black Majesty | Play | 05:01 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Another DawnBlack Majesty | Black Majesty | Play | 05:08 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | ScarsBlack Majesty | Black Majesty | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Kingdoms | Black Majesty | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Memories | Black Majesty | Play | 05:37 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 59 mins | 136 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Majesty | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 2 | Ritchie Blackmore | Composer |
| 3 | John Cavaliere | Vocals |
| 4 | David Coverdale | Composer |
| 5 | Thomas Ewerhard | Cover Design |
| 6 | Evan Harris | Additional Personnel, Bass, Guitar (Bass) |
| 7 | Dirk Illing | Concept, Cover Art, Design |
| 8 | Stevie Janevski | Member of Attributed Artist, Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Jason Old | Additional Personnel, Vocals (Background) |
| 10 | Pavel Konvalinka | Drums, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 11 | Roberto Dimitri Liapakis | Mastering |
| 12 | Silvio Massaro | Additional Personnel, Vocals (Background) |
| 13 | Hanny Mohamed | Guitar, Guitars, Keyboards, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 14 | Endel Rivers | Audio Engineer, Audio Production, Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |