Swedish symphonic power metallers Majestica, formerly known as Reinxeed, release their debut album “Above the Sky” today via Nuclear Blast. To celebrate, the trio fronted by Sabaton guitarist Tommy Johansson, has unleashed the official video for the album’s title track.
Watch and listen to the fast-paced anthem, “Above the Sky”, below.
Tommy states: “After working for almost 5 years on this album, we’re so happy to announce that it’s finally released now on Friday, the 7th of June. We have been waiting a long time to show this album to you all! The music video for "Above the Sky" was filmed, directed and edited by Ronny Hemlin. We’ve been working with him on previous Reinxeed videos so it felt like the right choice to contact him again. The video takes place on an airport in Southern Sweden, where no green screen was needed to create such cool video”.
Tommy gives us the lowdown on the band’s history and the recording “Above the Sky” in the first album trailer, here.
Tommy discusses enlisting Uli Kusch (ex-Helloween) to play drums on their new album and how it all came about, here.
The album was recorded with guitarist Alex Oriz (Soundgarden Studio/Studio Oriz) and Ronny Milianowicz (Studio Seven), who also mixed the record and took care of the production alongside Tommy Johansson (guitars, vocals). Mastering duties were handled by Tony Lindgren (Katatonia, Angra, Enslaved etc.) at Fascination Street Studios.
Order “Above the Sky” in a variety of formats here.
Tommy Johansson is a well-known person, especially due to his role as guitar player for heavy metallers Sabaton. But before he joined the Swedish “war machine”, he was busy playing in his own band named Reinxeed, completed by bassist Chris David and guitarist Alex Oriz. Of course, his touring activities with Sabaton slowed down the creative process for Reinxeed a little, 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, to top it off! On the new record, Tommy presents not only his guitar skills but also his vocal abilities once again, which he also showcased as Twilight Force’s stand-in singer throughout autumn 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 changed 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 previously. Since many songs are inspired by Helloween and Gamma Ray it just felt right to have his drumming and input on the songs”.
Line-up:
Tommy Johansson - Guitars, vocals
Alex Oriz - Guitars
Chris David - Bass
Daniel Sjögren - Drums (live)
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/majesticametal
twitter.com/majesticametal
Watch and listen to the fast-paced anthem, “Above the Sky”, below.
Tommy states: “After working for almost 5 years on this album, we’re so happy to announce that it’s finally released now on Friday, the 7th of June. We have been waiting a long time to show this album to you all! The music video for "Above the Sky" was filmed, directed and edited by Ronny Hemlin. We’ve been working with him on previous Reinxeed videos so it felt like the right choice to contact him again. The video takes place on an airport in Southern Sweden, where no green screen was needed to create such cool video”.
Tommy gives us the lowdown on the band’s history and the recording “Above the Sky” in the first album trailer, here.
Tommy discusses enlisting Uli Kusch (ex-Helloween) to play drums on their new album and how it all came about, here.
The album was recorded with guitarist Alex Oriz (Soundgarden Studio/Studio Oriz) and Ronny Milianowicz (Studio Seven), who also mixed the record and took care of the production alongside Tommy Johansson (guitars, vocals). Mastering duties were handled by Tony Lindgren (Katatonia, Angra, Enslaved etc.) at Fascination Street Studios.
Order “Above the Sky” in a variety of formats here.
Tommy Johansson is a well-known person, especially due to his role as guitar player for heavy metallers Sabaton. But before he joined the Swedish “war machine”, he was busy playing in his own band named Reinxeed, completed by bassist Chris David and guitarist Alex Oriz. Of course, his touring activities with Sabaton slowed down the creative process for Reinxeed a little, 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, to top it off! On the new record, Tommy presents not only his guitar skills but also his vocal abilities once again, which he also showcased as Twilight Force’s stand-in singer throughout autumn 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 changed 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 previously. Since many songs are inspired by Helloween and Gamma Ray it just felt right to have his drumming and input on the songs”.
Line-up:
Tommy Johansson - Guitars, vocals
Alex Oriz - Guitars
Chris David - Bass
Daniel Sjögren - Drums (live)
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/majesticametal
twitter.com/majesticametal