Black Majesty
Silent Company

THE REVIEW

This "Silent Company" is an excellent album, first and foremost due to the contribution behind the microphone from John Cavaliere, whose voice is deep and velvety, with great high range. The sound is also beautiful, reminiscent of Masterplan in the guitar stride, drums, and harmonics. Meanwhile, the other strong point is the lyrics, embedded in a maze of impressions: folk, medieval, epic, and fantasy.

"The Dragon Reborn" the first track, is particularly notable for its second-person narration, indicating the orientation of the texts, here also prophetic.
"Six Ribbons" is a wonderful song, a metal reinterpretation of a Nordic folk melody, starting in a charmingly modulated way, also thanks to a female voice, suddenly disrupted by a funereal solo by Cavaliere, followed by grim and impetuous verses embodying an impossible love.
Another masterpiece is "Darkened Room" where the guitarist pulls a trinket from his hat, supported by the reverb; the verses are once again tailored for John's somber voice, and no singer I know could interpret them better, perhaps only Jorn Lande. The spontaneous lyrics ooze leaden mysteries.
To close the album is "Guardian" a remix from the band's debut album: a monument to breath entrapment with vocal lines always extended over low notes, and imaginative, wonderful lyrics, ferried into this channel by only the acoustic guitar, unthinkable considering the resulting subtle atmosphere.

I can only conclude by highly recommending this album to metal lovers.