Sortilège is a heavy metal band hailing from Paris, France, formed in 1981.… Read Full Bio ↴Sortilège is a heavy metal band hailing from Paris, France, formed in 1981.
Their lyrics are mainly about fantasy.

They've recorded a few full albums:
Sortilège - 1983
- Métamorphose - 1984
- Larmes De Héros - 1985
- Sortilège 1983-1986 - 2004 (Best-of compilation)
- Phoenix - 2021

these albums are also available with English lyrics.
- Metamorphosis
- Hero's Tears

Group was formed in 1981
Current status: split-up

Chuck Shuldiner (Death, Control Denied) frequently cited them as his personal favorite metal group.

The band refused to reform in 2007 when asked to play the Paris Metal France Festival with other reformed French heavy-metal legends such as ADX, Blasphème or Still Square.

In 2012 their singer, Christian 'Zouille' Augustin, released an album along with Satan Jokers' Renaud Hantson under the name Zouille & Hantson , simply called Zouille & Hantson .

Majesty
Sortilège Lyrics

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Tout le monde est présent
Car ce soir on va juger
Hommes, femmes et enfants
Qui n′ont pas voulu se sacrifier
Pour qu'un jour le roi
Puisse assouvir ses désirs
Transgression d′une loi
Qui ne pouvait que le servir

Le verdict est rendu
Ils seront tous déchiquetés
Par les tigres repus
Qui protègent sa majesté
Dans un carnage atroce
Sous le regard réjouit de leur père
Les animaux féroces
En terminent avec les chairs

Majesté
Majesté
Majesté
Majesté
Majesté
Majesté
"Je suis le roi de cette cité je suis majesté"
"Aucun ne peut me résister je suis majesté"

"Aucun d'entre vous tous
Ne peut jamais me résister
Il suffit que je tousse
Pour qu'aussitôt vous soyez broyés
Alors n′essayez pas
De vous jouer de ma personne
Car le son de ma voix
Dans les oreilles de mes gardes résonne"

Majesté
Majesté

Majesté
Majesté

Overall Meaning

The song "Majesty" by Sortilège is a dark and gruesome track that tells the story of a tyrannical king who holds absolute power over his kingdom. The song begins by stating that everyone is present because tonight, they will be judging those who refused to sacrifice themselves for the king's desires. The people who have transgressed the law, which could only serve the king, will be judged.

The verdict is given, and all of the people will be ripped apart by the fatigued tigers, who protect the king's majesty. The king watches with joy as the animals tear apart the condemned people in a gruesome carnage. The tigers finish off the condemned people, and the king's majesty is maintained.

The last verse of the song is a declaration from the king stating that he is the ruler of the city, and that no one can resist him. The king talks about how he can crush his subjects with a cough, and no one should try to play games with him because his guards are always listening to his voice. The song ends with the repeated use of "majesty" as a final statement of the king's power and might.

Line by Line Meaning

Tout le monde est présent
Everyone is here

Car ce soir on va juger
Because tonight we will judge

Hommes, femmes et enfants
Men, women, and children

Qui n′ont pas voulu se sacrifier
Who have not wanted to sacrifice themselves

Pour qu'un jour le roi
So that one day the king

Puisse assouvir ses désirs
Can satisfy his desires

Transgression d′une loi
Violation of a law

Qui ne pouvait que le servir
That could only serve him

Le verdict est rendu
The verdict is rendered

Ils seront tous déchiquetés
They will all be shredded

Par les tigres repus
By the satiated tigers