''Silent Company'' is the second album by Australian

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band, Black Majesty, which was released on 27 June 2005 via their German-based label,

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. Justin Donnelly of ''The Metal Forge'' rated the album at seven-out-of ten stars and explained "a solid release, and a worthy follow up to ''Sands of Time''... ut itsees the band relying on their known strengths rather than delving into new territory and trying something new."

Track listing

All songs written by Black Majesty, except track 3, written by

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. # "Dragon Reborn" - 6:05 # "Silent Company" - 4:28 # "

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" - 3:22 # "Firestorm" - 5:27 # "New Horizons" - 5:28 # "Darkened Room" - 5:13 # "Visionary" - 4:46 # "Never Surrender" - 4:36 # "A Better Way to Die" - 7:37

Credits

Band members

* John "Gio" Cavaliere −

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* Stevie Janevski −

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* Hanny Mohamed −

, keyboards * Pavel Konvalinka −

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Additional musicians

* Evan Harris −

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* Jason Old - Backing Vocals on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6 & 7 * Susie Goritchan - Backing Vocals on track 3 * Endel Rivers - Keyboards

Production and other arrangements

* Endel Rivers -

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, Mixing,

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- Drum track recording * Christian Schmid - Mastering * Dirk Illing - Cover concept,

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* Thomas Ewerhard - Sleeve design

References

{{Authority control 2005 albums Black Majesty albums Limb Music albums