Australian power metal band Black Majesty will support US metallers Nevermore in Melbourne and Sydney on their upcoming Australian tour. This is hot off the heels off their recent Australia wide tour with DragonForce.

A live performance of the song 'A Better Way To Die', recorded in Melbourne, Australia, can be viewed here.

Black Majesty upcoming shows include:

*Friday 25th August - HiFi Bar Melbourne, Australia co-headline with Eyefear & Mindroom

*Saturday 4th November - Gaelic Theatre Sydney, Australia at Festival of the Dead (all ages show) with Nevermore, Lord, Transcending Mortality, Switchblade & Neobliviscaris

Black Majesty have been busy writing the follow up to their 2005 release Silent Company which they'll begin recording early 2007. The album is slated for a mid 2007 release through their German label Limb Music Products.

After a very successful Australian tour supporting the mighty DragonForce the next Black Majesty show sees the boys play at the Barwon Club in Geelong, Victoria on Saturday 10th of June.

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Aussie melodic power metallers Black Majesty have been announced as the national support act for the upcoming Australian DragonForce tour. Australian dates include:

Monday May 15 - Australia, Melbourne, Hi Fi Bar
Tuesday May 16 - Australia, Brisbane, The Arena
Wednesday May 17 - Australia, Sydney, Gaelic Theatre

A few of the Black Majesty boys will be interviewed by Musically Incorrect's Simon Lukic from Melbourne's Triple R FM on Monday 13th of March 2006. The band will be chatting about their recent tour of Europe as well as what's install for Black Majesty for the remainder of the year. Musically Incorrect broadcasts from 102.7 Triple R FM, every Monday from 8pm to 10pm. International and Interstate listeners can access the show via Triple R's web link.

See www.musicallyincorrect.com for relevant links and times.

Black Majesty's Silent Company picked up some great reviews over the past few months and was also included in quite a few magazines and webzines top 20 albums of the year.
Australia's top rating radio program Triple J Full Metal Racket voted Silent Company number 5 in its Top Australian Albums of the year whilst webzines such as
melodichardrocktoday.tk
melodicrock.com
pyromusic.net
blastwave.org.uk
all included Silent Company in their best albums of the year.

Black Majesty vocalist John Cavaliere also picked up Best Male Vocalist at melodichardrocktoday's website - a great personal highlight for John and the band!

Be sure to checkout Black Majesty at these venues throughout Victoria in March 2006.

* THURSDAY 9TH March at ROLLOVER THE PALACE
Lower Esplanade St. Kilda

* SATURDAY 18TH March at the BARWON CLUB
509 Moorabool St. GEELONG

* SATURDAY 25TH March at SCREAMERS METAL
229 Queensberry St. CARLTON

Due to circumstances out of our control the announced Progpower Australia has been cancelled. We were really keen to be part of this so we are pretty disappointed the event is not going ahead as we are sure lots of other people and bands are.

/Black Majesty

BLACK MAJESTY will play part in PROGPOWER Australia XXVI set to take place at the Gaelic Club in Sydney, Australia on February 11th, 2006. Other acts already confirmed for the event include Vanishing Point, Eyefear, Lord, Alarum, Voyager, Transcending Mortality, Without Ending, Template, Friar Rush, Talisen and Feeding the Addiction. This show will be an all ages event.

In other Black Majesty related news be sure to checkout Australian Guitar Magazine's 50th Issue which features an interview with BM guitarist Stevie, plus the track Dragon Reborn featuring on the magazine's attatched cd ofcourse from Black Majesty's Silent Company album. The issue has just hit newsagents throughout Australia and will be available November & December.

Black Majesty currently sit at number 5 in Japan's Burrn! Magazine import charts and at number 39 in the local domestic charts with their newly released album Silent Company via Stay Gold/Art Union Records.

Black Majesty will officially launch their newly released album Silent Company at the Esplanade Hotel - Gershwin Room in St. Kilda (Melbourne) on Saturday 1st of October. Guests on the night will be our good friends VANISHING POINT and Endel Rivers' HARDBITE. Doors open at 8pm and cost is $15.

After a successful run of live shows and promo for the newly released album Silent Company in Europe (see photos section for some snaps) Aussie melodic power metal band Black Majesty will play part of the Screaming Symphony PBS Radio Benefit Gig at the Corner Hotel in Richmond, Vic. Australia on SATURDAY 3rd of SEPTEMBER. The night will feature some of Australia’s best power metal and progressive metal bands with the bill to feature : Black Majesty, Vansihing Point, Eyefear, Template & Voyager. Doors open at 7pm and cost is $20.

Black Majesty will have their new album Silent Company released through Japanese label Art Union / Stay Gold on the 24th of August 2005. Japanese metal bible Burrn! Magazine has given the new album a healthy 82 out of 100.

Black Majesty to support Hammerfall and Edguy at Plzen Czech Republic Open Air! Australian melodic power metal band Black Majesty have just been added to the Plzen Czech Republic Open Air show on Saturday 16th July 2005 as support to Hammerfall and Edguy. On a whirlwind promo trip to Europe to promote their new album Silent Company thru the media Black Majesty have added select dates to co-incide with the visit to launch the new album.

Confirmed Black Majesty European dates include :

* July 8 ­ Headbangers Open Air Festival - Brande Hörnerkirchen - Germany
* July 10 ­ Headbangers Ballroom Open Air After Party - Hamburg - Germany
* July 14 ­ Hells Bells - Prague - Czech Republic
* July 15 ­ Club Kain - Prague - Czech Republic
* July 16 ­ Open Air - Plzen - Czech Republic

AUSTRALIAN POWER METALLERS BLACK MAJESTY TO LAUNCH NEW ALBUM SILENT COMPANY AT "HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR FESTIVAL" GERMANY

Melbourne metallers Black Majesty will preview a few songs from their upcoming album Silent Company at the Central Club in Melbourne as part of Screamers Metal on Friday 27th of May. Glenn Roche will be filling in for Pavel Konvalinka on drums whilst former Taramis bassist Evan Harris will round out the bass duties. Black Majesty will also play its first full show with keyboards with Endel Rivers taking on the role as well as showcasing his own band "Endel Rivers’ Hardbite" on the night. Melbourne progressive metal outfit Eyefear will also be on the bill making the night, a must for power/prog metal fans.

Recording and mixing of the second Black Majesty album "Silent Company" has now been completed with masters today sent to the label for scheduling of release date. Song titles from the new album include Dragon Reborn, Firestorm, New Horizons, Silent Company, and Visionary.

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Aussie melodic power metal band BLACK MAJESTY have announced that "SILENT COMPANY" will be the title for the band's second album.