Majestic (Gamma Ray album)

Majestic is the eighth full-length studio album from the German power metal band Gamma Ray, released in 2005. The band also released an LP version through their website to complement the supporting tour, limited to 1500 copies worldwide.

Majestic
Studio album by
Released11 October 2005[1]
Recordedat Hansen Studio, Hamburg, Germany
Genre
Length58:26
LabelSanctuary Records
ProducerDirk Schlächter and Kai Hansen
Gamma Ray chronology
No World Order
(2001)
Majestic
(2005)
Land of the Free II
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [3]
Sputnikmusic(4.5/5) [4]

Guitarist Henjo Ritcher was injured during the Majestic tour from falling down a flight of stairs on a ferry between Sweden and Finland. He was forced to sit out on half the tour due to his injury.

The song "Blood Religion", with lyrics about vampires, became a trademark song of Gamma Ray, with fans in concert chanting some of the main chorus lines during the song similar to how fans recited the main chorus to "Future World", a Helloween song.

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."My Temple"Kai HansenHansen4:57
2."Fight"Henjo RichterRichter3:24
3."Strange World"HansenHansen5:03
4."Hell Is Thy Home"HansenHansen4:46
5."Blood Religion"HansenHansen6:53
6."Condemned to Hell"Dan ZimmermannZimmermann4:56
7."Spiritual Dictator"ZimmermannZimmermann5:38
8."Majesty"HansenHansen6:23
9."How Long"HansenHansen4:06
10."Revelation"RichterRichter8:30

Japanese Bonus Track

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Hellfire"ZimmermannZimmermann4:37

Personnel

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Technical personnel

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Charts

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Chart (2005) Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 28
French Albums (SNEP)[6] 169
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 39
Italian Albums (FIMI)[8] 66
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9] 37
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[10] 78
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 20

References

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  1. ^ GAMMA RAY: Japanese Version Of 'Majestic' To Include Bonus Track Retrieved November 1, 2017
  2. ^ "Gamma Ray - Majestic (Album review ) | Sputnikmusic".
  3. ^ Loftus, Johnny. Majestic at AllMusic
  4. ^ Sputnikmusic review
  5. ^ "Gamma Ray: Majestic" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Lescharts.com – Gamma Ray – Majestic". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Gamma Ray – Majestic" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Gamma Ray – Majestic". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  9. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  10. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Gamma Ray – Majestic". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Gamma Ray – Majestic". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2020.