Silent Company

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Silent Company
Silent Company Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 June 2005
RecordedPalm Studios, Melbourne, Australia
K.A.R.O. Studios, Germany
Music Factory, Germany
Genre Power metal
Length59:46
Label LMP
Producer Endel Rivers
Piet Sielck
Black Majesty
Black Majesty chronology
Sands of Time
(2003)
Silent Company
(2005)
Tomorrowland
(2007)

Silent Company is the second album by Australian power metal band, Black Majesty, which was released on 27 June 2005 via their German-based label, Limb Music. [1]

Contents

Justin Donnelly of The Metal Forge rated the album at seven-out-of ten stars and explained "a solid release, and a worthy follow up to Sands of Time... [but it] sees the band relying on their known strengths rather than delving into new territory and trying something new." [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Black Majesty, except track 3, written by Jon English.

  1. "Dragon Reborn" - 6:05
  2. "Silent Company" - 4:28
  3. "Six Ribbons" - 3:22
  4. "Firestorm" - 5:27
  5. "New Horizons" - 5:28
  6. "Darkened Room" - 5:13
  7. "Visionary" - 4:46
  8. "Never Surrender" - 4:36
  9. "A Better Way to Die" - 7:37

Credits

Band members

Additional musicians

Production and other arrangements

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References

  1. Eliezer, Christie (10 May 2005). "Aussie Acts Abroad #3: Black Majesty". In Music & Media. Archived from the original on 17 February 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. Donnelly, Justin (5 August 2005). "Review – Black Majesty – Silent Company". The Metal Forge. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)