Swedish symphonic power metallers MAJESTICA are set to release their debut album Above The Sky, on June 7, 2019, through Nuclear Blast. Today, SABATON guitarist Tommy Johansson and his cohorts are releasing another taster from the record. Watch and listen to the second single ‘Night Call Girl’ over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pYcSTrdDu5g
Purchase the track now: http://nblast.de/MajesticaNightCallGirl
Tommy states, “‘Night Call Girl’ is a huge tribute to the 80’s metal we grew up with. It’s a mix between GARY MOORE, RICK SPRINGFIELD, EUROPE and JOURNEY. The lyrics are all about the classical catch phrases they used in those days and it has one of the best “sing along” choruses on the album. Power metal doesn’t go far away from 80’s metal so that’s why we felt that this tribute to our 80’s hair metal heroes fits great on Above The Sky.”
Pre-order Above The Sky in a variety of formats:
All formats – nblast.de/MajesticaAboveTheSky
Limioted Edition Digipack CD – nblast.de/MajesticaAmzCD
Limited Edition Black Vinyl – nblast.de/MajesticaAmzVinyl
Limited Edition Blue Vinyl – nblast.de/MajesticaBlue
Pre-order digitally to receive ‘Rising Tide’ and ‘Night Call Girl’ instantly (amazon and iTunes only) –nblast.de/MajesticaAboveTheSkyIT
Pre-save the album via Spotify: nblast.de/MajesticaPreSave
01. Above The Sky
02. Rising Tide
03. The Rat Pack
04. Mötley True
05. The Way To Redemption
06. Night Call Girl
07. Future Land
08. The Legend
09. Father Time (Where Are You Now)
10. Alliance Forever
Bonus Tracks (DIGI und 2LP only!)
11. Future Land (2002)
12. Spaceballs
Watch and listen to ‘Rising Tide’ over on YouTube: youtu.be/LbSqFU-vW9I
Get the track now: nblast.de/MajesticaRisingTide
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Tommy Johansson is a well-known name, given his role as guitar player in SABATON. But before he joined the Swedish war machine, he had his own band REINXEED. His touring acitivities with SABATONslowed down the creative process for REINXEED but the group has now returned – seemingly out of nowhere – with a new 10-track album entitled Above The Sky and a brand new name, MAJESTICA. The new album sees Tommy taking on vocal duties, something he last showcased as TWILIGHT FORCE’sstand-in singer throughout autumn of 2017.
Tommy states, “It’s been many years since we last released an album, so we decided to ‘start over’ as a new band, MAJESTICA, instead. It’s not only a majestic and epic name for a power metal band from Sweden, it’s also a tribute to the album Majestic that we released with REINXEED in 2010. We came up with it and it sounded great, it felt perfect for this kind of music and just feels right.”
The new band name is not the only change the guys have made as the quartet is now a trio. Previous fans of the band need not worry though as MAJESTICA bagged no less than Uli Kusch (ex-HELLOWEEN) to record drums on their debut album.
Tommy comments, “It was a huge honour and his drums make this album sound more alive than any album I’ve ever recorded with any other band before. Since many songs are inspired by HELLOWEEN and GAMMA RAY it just felt right to have his drumming and input on the songs.”
MAJESTICA is:
Tommy Johansson | guitars, vocals
Alex Oriz | guitars
Chris David | bass
Daniel Sjögren | drums (live)
