Vast Reaches Unclaimed

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The creative centers of Obsequiae and Inexorum come together as one in the preeminent new force known as Majestie. To those familiar with the individual pieces that make up Majestie, the sound on debut album ‘Vast Reaches Unclaimed’ will be another striking addition to their respective oeuvre, recalling the glorious days of Wrong Again and No Fashion Record. Evoking a time when Gothenburg was starting to unseat Stockholm as the unimpeachable city for Swedish Death Metal in the mind of the international metal scene, Majesties have that intrinsic sense of Death Metal’s rabid intensity and the effortlessly satisfying melodic ability that made albums like ‘The Jester Race’ and its immediate forbears instant classic. The mix of major key melodies and twin guitar harmonies snaking through every track ornament the vigorous riff eruptions and anguished vocals in a sheen of gleaming brilliance that proves an exhilarating triumph to behold. Without a hint of the corruption the style experienced in a post ‘Slaughter of the Soul’ world, ‘Vast Reaches Unclaimed’ exists as a fervent reminder of what was and what again shall be. Majesties are re-animating the corpse of the true Melodic Death Metal style that both divided and invigorated the Death Metal scene of the mid 1990s and bring it into 2023 like it never left, sounding as novel and thrilling as ever. Credits Tanner Anderson - Guitars / Vocals / Drums Carl Skildum - Guitars Matthew Kirkwold - Bass All music written by T. Anderson and C. Skildum Lyrics by C. Skildum, except In Yearning, Alive by T. Anderson and C. Skildum Engineered by T. Anderson, C. Skildum, M. Kirkwold Mixed and mastered by Adam Tucker at Signaturetone Recording Band Photography by Sarah Kirkwold Artwork by Juanjo Castellano Band logo by Dan Capp .

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