Majesty - Sword & Sorcery (2002)

After Manowar come these Germans from the same stable, Majesty.  This is their second album, and continues their Manowar adoration with lyrics, music and even album cover. The first song, "Sword And Sorcery", is quite good, but if you listen to it, you've pretty much listened to the rest, since nearly all the songs follow the same structure, with chanted choruses that repeat the title over and over.
Of course, I do tend to get dragged in by that kind of thing, so I do like it, but even I know when one thing is being done to death. And when they do try something different, like with the ballad "Aria Of Bravery", the results are dull.
The two songs I've named are based on a fantasy novel that main man/songwriter Tarek Maghary was soon to be getting published. I don't know if that ever happened, but I don't think it's hard to guess how by-the-numbers it would be.
But it would also probably be quite entertaining in its predictable way, just like this album.

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