Royal
Hunt is back or should I say André Andersen & John West is back,
because since their last album "The Watchers" from 2001,
there has been quite a few ups and downs in Royal Hunt - resulting in
long time serving members Steen Mogensen (bass) and Jacob Kjær have
left the band. They've been replaced by Marcus Jidell on guitars, and
André has recorded the bass himself. Former member Allan Sørensen
has recorded the drums on this album, but he's not listed as a
full-time member. Royal
Hunt is Royal Hunt, and you either love or hate their approach to
music - I don't think there any other way around them! Royal Hunt IS
André Andersen and like on all of their previous albums, the music is
written around a very dominant keyboard sound, classical inspired and
always up front in their sound. I like their music so I have no
problem with the songs, 10 in total this time, 3 instrumental and 7
with vocals. So
classical inspired progressive metal, powerful and with huge choirs -
Lisa McTurk & Kenny Lübcke is a big part of the choirs once more
- is what is on the platter. No big surprises here, you get what you
could expect - good solid metal. I feel this album has more in common
with "Fear" than their last couple of albums, it never
reaches the heights of albums like: "Moving Target" or
"Paradox", but it's still a good Royal Hunt album, and if
you like their kind of music, then you can pick this one up without
hesitation ... solid effort. Recommended tracks: "Not My Kind", "Never Give Up", "Paper Blood" & "Twice Around The World" |
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