Silent Company Explained

Silent Company
Type:	studio
Artist:	Black Majesty
Cover:	Silent_Company_Cover.jpg
Released:	27 June 2005
Recorded:	Palm Studios, Melbourne, Australia K.A.R.O. Studios, Germany Music Factory, Germany
Genre:	Power metal
Length:	59:46
Label:	LMP
Producer:	Endel Rivers Piet Sielck Black Majesty
Prev Title:	Sands of Time
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Tomorrowland
Next Year:	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]

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

• John "Gio" Cavaliere − lead vocals
• Stevie Janevski − guitars, backing vocals
• Hanny Mohamed − guitars, keyboards
• Pavel Konvalinka − drums

Additional musicians

• Evan Harris − Bass
• Jason Old - Backing Vocals on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6 & 7
• Susie Goritchan - Backing Vocals on track 3
• Endel Rivers - Keyboards

Production and other arrangements

• Endel Rivers - Engineering, Mixing, Production
• Piet Sielck - Drum track recording
• Christian Schmid - Mastering
• Dirk Illing - Cover concept, artwork
• Thomas Ewerhard - Sleeve design

References

1. Web site: Aussie Acts Abroad #3: Black Majesty . Eliezer . Christie . 10 May 2005 . In Music & Media . 454 . 17 October 2017 . bot: unknown . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060217130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10761/20060218-0000/www.themusic.com.au/im_m/archive/2005/050510-454_eliezer.html . 17 February 2006 . dmy-all .
2. Web site: Review – Black Majesty – Silent Company . Donnelly . Justin . 5 August 2005 . The Metal Forge . 17 October 2017 . bot: unknown . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140107134800/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/112263/20140108-0048/www.themetalforge.com/modules534a.html . 7 January 2014 . dmy-all .