If you are old enough and youโre into collecting all sorts of obscure heavy metal โdiamondsโ, then thereโs no way for you to not know about this band from New York. They released a cassette EP that ended up being the object of worship, and therefore trade, in every possible format: cassette, CDr, music sheet etc. From hand to hand at first, and through the power of the internet later on, the five songs on that tape end up gaining mythical status in no time.
Unlikely every other shit that ends up being called โcultโ only due to pop culture reasons, MAJESTIC RYTEโs material is here to teach a hard lesson to every bonghead out there. And you know why? Because itโs about well done, FIRST CLASS, pure, lyrical, EPIC METAL with blazing guitar solos and screaming vocals, accompanied by mythical riffs.
Thereโs not even one moderate second in these five songs and the only thing thatโs left for someone reading this review to do, is to simple agree and kneel before this NY steel, even if he hasnโt heard a note of it before.
Even if the only thing they decided to re-release were the falsettos done in the song โEternal Paradiseโ, Iโd still be buying all the copies for myself in advance.
The EP was re-issued last February [2018] by Cult Metal Classics for the first time in CD format, with remastered sound, a great booklet full of interesting information and photos.
Iโm getting emotional just in the thought of placing it next to my CDr copy of the EP which, among others, also contains the TYRANT 7โ and the two HEATHENS RAGE demos. Everyone who once was heavily into trading, knows what Iโm talking about!