ROYAL HUNT - New Album

ROYAL HUNT - New Album Title Revealed






Danish metallers ROYAL HUNT have issued the following year-end update:

"Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you like this new-and-improved look and functionality of our website. Please go and re-register on our site to join our community forum.

So - what do we have in store for you? First of all: our new album is done! As this will be our tenth studio release we decided not to elaborate on its title too much, so here you go: Royal Hunt - X. And it will be out in 2010.

Secondly: we’ve been talking to various promoters in order to arrange some gigs to support our new release and it looks like there’ll be some live on stage action in April/May 2010.

In general: it’s hard to predict how things will shape out with the current state-of-affairs in our 'beloved' music business (with piracy and illegal downloading playing the rapidly increasing, harmful part of it), but we’ll definitively give this album a fair chance and work hard to make it successful; in case it won’t work. well, than you’d have to make the next one yourselves.

And now - one more time - Happy New Year!"

ROYAL HUNT Sign With Scarlet Records For European Release Of X










Legendary Danish hard rock/prog metal band ROYAL HUNT have signed a deal with Scarlet Records for the European release of their new album, X.

After selling 1.5 million albums and touring the world numerous times, the band’s still going strong, with André Andersen, keyboardist and main composer since day one, heading back to the roots of rock with a brand new, astonishing 70s inspired album.

Andersen comments: “This album came out of our love for the 70s music (tagged as classic rock nowadays) – from KANSAS, GENESIS and ELP to URIAH HEEP and DEEP PURPLE - music which was/is very adventurous while just a tad naïve at the same time (as some might say). We all are notoriously resistant to categorize it in any way, form or shape, but (if hard pressed) would go as far as saying that it’s definitely much more hard rock than metal and if by ‘progressive’ you might mean some odd time signatures here and there as well as random key changes – sure, there’re tons of them here... as well as really basic, simple stuff – so go figure.”

X will be released in Europe in June. The album was released in Japan via Marquee/Avalon Records on January 21st.

X tracklisting:

'Episode X (Arrival)'
'End Of The Line'
'King For A Day'
'The Well'
'Army Of Slaves'
'Shadowman'
'Back To Square One'
'Blood Red Stars'
'The Last Leaf'
'Falling Down'
'Episode X (Departure)'

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