Gamma Ray's first album of original material in four years, with a cover that looks rather like Uriah Heep's
ABOMINOG, this has the band as ferocious as usual, as they scream about people condemned to Hell, and anti-christs going to Hell, and Satan causing trouble and eventually ending up in Hell. Two of the songs are called "Hell Is Thy Home" and "Condemned To Hell". Yes, they really overdo the Hell thing here a bit, but it's all a lament, as we can see with "Majesty" -
Still I dream of a tomorrow, when the world is free again/In the end the tyrant's falling, love wins again!"
There's plenty to like musically, such as "Fight", the vampiric "Blood Religion" ("
I was walking through the darkness, searching for a white neck to bite/I was restless and the hunger carried me on through the night") and the anti-war "How Long", but there are a few weak moments which keep the record from being among the band's best.
Still, Gamma Ray are terrific fun when they get it right, and there's enough success here to make
Majestic worthwhile.
***1/2
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