''Majestic'' is the eighth full-length studio album from the

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, released in 2005. The band also released an LP version through their website to complement the supporting tour, limited to 1500 copies worldwide. Guitarist Henjo Ritcher was injured during the Majestic tour from falling down a flight of stairs on a ferry between Sweden and Finland. He was forced to sit out on half the tour due to his injury. The song "Blood Religion", with lyrics about vampires, became a trademark song of Gamma Ray, with fans in concert chanting some of the main chorus lines during the song similar to how fans recited the main chorus to "Future World", a Helloween song.

Track listing

Japanese Bonus Track

Personnel

Kai Hansen Kai Michael Hansen (born 17 January 1963) is a German musician who is the founder, lead guitarist and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray. He is also one of the co-founders of metal band Helloween, which he rejoined in 2016. He is a promine ...

– vocals, guitars *

Henjo Richter Henjo Oliver Richter, (born 24 November 1963 in Hamburg, West Germany) is a guitarist and keyboardist in Gamma Ray, the German power metal band formed by Kai Hansen. Biography Henjo is a self-taught musician and started playing at the age of ...

– guitars, keyboards *

Dirk Schlächter Dirk Schlächter (born 15 February 1965, in Bad Nauheim, Germany) is the bassist of the power metal band Gamma Ray and Avalanch from 2018. History Dirk got in touch with music for the first time joining a music school at the age of 8. At the a ...

– bass guitar *

Dan Zimmermann Daniel Hans Erwin Zimmermann (born 30 October 1966 in Nürnberg, West Germany) is a retired heavy metal drummer. Dan is best known as having been the drummer of German power metal bands Gamma Ray and Freedom Call from 1997 to 2012. He was ...

– drums

Technical personnel

* Produced and engineered by:

* Mastered at: Finnvox Studios,

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* Cover Painting by: Hervé Monjeaud * Digital Artwork and Booklet Design by:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Majestic (Album) 2005 albums Gamma Ray (band) albums Albums produced by Kai Hansen