Frontiers Records announced a worldwide release of "Hard Rain's Coming" - the first single taken from Danish prog/power metallers Royal Hunt's forthcoming album Show Me How To Live - on November 14th (the single will only be available digitally).

A sample of the song "Hard Rain's Coming" is available at this location.

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As reported earlier, Danish metallers Royal Hunt are set to release their new long-awaited DVD, entitled Future's Coming From The Past, which consists of new restored versions of their classic Japanese live albums - 1996 and Closing The Chapter (previously released only on VHS), with improved images and sound, and of course, bonus features! The DVD will be released on December 2nd in Europe and November 29th in North America via Frontier Records.

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Danish power/prog metallers Royal Hunt are putting the very last touches on their new album Show Me How To Live and getting ready to mix it, this time in Sweden, and have also unveiled the new album cover. The album will be first released in the USA on November 29th, then by Frontiers Records in Europe on December 2nd, and finally in Japan on December 7th. More album details were previously reported here.

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The new upcoming eleventh studio effort from Danish prog/power outfit, Royal Hunt, is set be called Show Me How To Live, and it will be released in November/December, 2011, through Marquee/Avalon (Japan and Southeast Asia) and Frontiers Records (rest of the world).

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Royal Hunt are getting ready to enter the studio to record a new - yet untitled - album. The band's 11th studio album is expected to be released in November/December through Marquee/Avalon (Japan and SE Asia) and Frontiers Records (rest of the world).

The band describes the music as a "full-fledged return to that classic RH sound" which put the band on the map in the first place, all the way back in 1991.

The line-up on the album will be the same as the line-up appearing on the mini-reunion-tour this spring.

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After repeated requests from fans and concert promoters alike, Royal Hunt and their former lead singer DC Cooper mutually decided to reunite for a very few selected dates, in order to perform the entire Paradox (the band's first concept album from 1997) and several of "everybody's all-time favourite" songs from that period.

Keep an eye out for upcoming tour dates!

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In a short update on the band's website, Royal Hunt have announced they signed a record deal with Italian label Scarlet Records for the European release of the new upcoming album, entitled X. An estimated release date is set for early June 2010.

Keyboard player André Andersen said the following about the new album: "This album came out of our love for the 70´s 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."

Stay tuned for more updates.

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Danish metallers Royal Hunt have issued the following update on their official website:

"Happy New Year, everyone!

Hope you like this new-and-improved look and functionality of our website. 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, then you'd have to make the next one yourselves.

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

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Bassist Per Schelander has announced he'll be parting ways with Royal Hunt.

Here's his official statement: "After 4 rollercoaster years of music, laughter and good memories I have to leave Royal Hunt - the reason is that I simply can't (due to my obligations in Pain Of Salvation) give RH the time and effort the band deserves. It's been lovely to play with you guys - André, Marcus, Allan, Mark and Maria! It also feels good to pass the torch to such a great player as Andreas Passmark, who will fit the band perfectly. My warmest thanks go to all the fans I met during these last 4 years - you really made me feel welcome when I was the new guy and loved while I was on board!"

Royal Hunt commented: "We'd like to thank Per for 4 wonderful years with us - his dedication, remarkable musical abilities and easy-going personality has been a great asset to us all. We wish him all the best in his future endeavours, all the success which he so rightfully deserves and - while saying goodbye to a talented bass player - looking forward to continuation of a great friendship.

We'd also like to introduce our new friend, an extremely gifted bass player Andreas Passmark (Narnia, Rob Rock, E-Type). Pictures, mp3´s and other details in the "Studio Diary" section."

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Royal Hunt are entering the very final stages of preproduction for their new - tenth since their debut in 1991 - studio album (the actual recordings will start by the end of this month). This time the band decided to revisit their roots and incorporate some of the musical values of the 70´s into their songwriting as well as - in order to reinforce that particular atmosphere - employing mostly "retro" means of production (recording in analogue format exclusively being one of them). Music has been described as "an interesting mix of what's been tagged as Classic Rock nowadays (established by Kansas, Genesis, ELP´s earlier works and Deep Purple, Uriah Heep´s classics from the same era) and Royal Hunt´s trademark composition/delivery".

The album is expected to be mixed/mastered sometime during the summer.

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Danish metallers Royal Hunt announced on their website that their upcoming album entitled Collision Course - Paradox II will be out in Feb/Mar 2008. The band is also working on some tour dates for next spring.

In other news, the band earlier this month has announced a new vocalist, Mark Boals who has contributed to the upcoming release. Two tracks from the new albums, "Blood In Blood Out" and "Surrender" are streaming on the band's myspace page.

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Posted on the official website on March 16th:

Royal Hunt and John West have decided that at this time (after numerous albums and concert tours) they are no longer able to contribute creatively to each other's future musical development. It's been a hell of a ride, but both parties feel like it is about time to move on and explore different musical paths - therefore, they mutually agreed to part ways as of March 16th, 2007.

"We're not ruling out possible future collaborations for a joint venture or a side project" - André and John state - "but it won't be under the RH moniker."

John had joined Royal Hunt in 1999 during the recording of the "Fear" album and he worked with the band until our latest release - live CD/DVD "Royal Hunt 2006." We'd like to express our gratitude to John for a great 8-year run and we wish him all the best in his future endeavors.

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Royal Hunt's new live 2CD/ DVD will be released via Frontiers Records on December 8th. The band picked the historic stage of St. Petersburg's Music Hall to film their new "Live In Concert" DVD on. The event, which lasted about 2 hours, features a wide selection of songs from all of their releases since 1991 and some tracks from the latest one - "Paper Blood".

The DVD also includes some backstage footage as well as interviews with band members and their road crew, while the 2CD set is the ultimate Royal Hunt package, an essential item for all the long time fans.

DVD tracklisting:
01. Paper Blood
02. Time
03. The Mission
04. Never Give Up
05. Can't Let Go
06. Last Goodbye
07. Follow Me
08. Cold City Lights
09. Martial Arts
10. Surrender
11. Running Wild
12. Far Away
13. Lies
14. Wasted Time
15. Message To God
16. SK983
17. Epilogue

2CD Version tracklisting:
Disc 1:
01. Paper Blood
02. Time
03. The Mission
04. Never Give Up
05. Can't Let Go (sample)
06. Last Goodbye
07. Follow Me
08. Cold City Lights

Disc 2:
01. Martial Arts
02. Surrender
03. Running Wild
04. Far Away (sample)
05. Lies
06. Wasted Time
07. Message To God
08. Epilogue
09. Long Way Home (bonus track)

Royal Hunt website: http://www.royalhunt.com

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Power metal band Royal Hunt posted the following message on their official website:

"ROYAL HUNT family's just got bigger! After weeks and weeks of searching high´n´low we'd like to present our new bass player - Per Schelander (House Of Shakira, Spike). A great bass player, capable singer/actor and, all in all, quite a colorful personality - welcome aboard, Per... And while he's killing himself learning tons of RH tunes we HAVE to tell you - he's such a great addition to the band! Just wait and see."

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Royal Hunt - Former Bassplayer Found Dead

Søren Kierkegaard, the former bassplayer of the Danish metal band was found dead. An eye whiteness of this tragic incident, Martin Heidegger, a friend of Kierkegaard, confessed to the police the guy was in serious troubles being accused repeatedly of drug-traffic.
Known as a genius musician, composer and instrumentalist, Kierkegaard's career went to the final moment when he was held in detention for drug selling.
Blaise Pascal, another friend of Kirekegaard, told to the Danish newspaper "Aarhus Posten": "I'm in a deep shock; how is this possible? We have already experienced a lot of tragic losses in the metal music? Simply, I don't have enough words to express what I feel now". Being questioned about the incident, Pascal expressed his concerns, and suggested the Russian mafia might have been into this.

RIP Kierkegaard, you'll never be forgotten.

More info (in Danish): http://www.aarhus-posten.dk

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