Tour Diary Click here for latest update   (07.05.08)

April 18, 2008

COMPETITION:

1. Name all solo albums of Royal Hunt's new vocalist, Mark Boals.

2. Who did the mastering for Paradox I and Paradox II?

3. What's the quote of St Francis on page 2 of the Collision Course booklet ?

Send your answer and contact details to: competition@royalhunt.com

Competition closes on May 18, 2008.

The 3 winners will get:

-Collision Course album, signed by Royal Hunt

-Collision Course tour t-shirt

-Collision Course poster.

April 6, 2008

Allan “Proud Dad” Sorensen´ll have to “sit out” our upcoming tour due to his new (very new indeed) “family obligations” and we wish him all the best in mastering the craft of diaper changing and breast feedingJ. The band has already found another "skin basher´n cymbals crasher” who’s crazy enough to “join the caravan” – Magnus Ulfstedt (check him out at www.magnusulfstedt.com)

February 28, 2008

Our entire back catalogue will be re-released this spring. All albums (Land of Broken Hearts, Clown in the Mirror, Moving Target, 1996, Paradox, Closing the Chapter, Fear, The Mission, Eyewitness, Paper Blood) has been re-mastered by André Andersen and Jan Eliasson at Audio Planet Mastering and completed with bonus tracks (except for live albums).

February 18, 2008

“Collision Course” track list : Principles of Paradox, The First Rock, Exit Wound, Divide and Reign, High Noon at the Battlefield, The Clan, Blood In Blood Out, Tears of the Sun, Hostile Breed, Chaos A.C.

Album will be released on March 14th by the following companies: Frontiers Records (Europe), Marquee/Avalon (Japan and SE Asia), Magna Carta (N. America), CD Maximum (Russia and C.I.S).


Royal Hunt.

January 15, 2008

Hi everyone! New touring dates for 2008 will be appearing from now on, on the SHOWS page. Keep checking and see if one of them will bring us to your neck of the woods. Somehow and somewhere we’ll hopefully see you all soon on our upcoming concert tour.

Cheers again!
Royal Hunt.

December 23, 2007

Dear friends, we wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
New album will be out in Feb/March, tour dates are in the works (spring time?) – looks like a whole lot of “royal entertainment” for everybody next year.
This site has seen more activities than usual (as well as our MySpace page) and we’ll continue to update it with whatever might be interesting for you, our fans (pictures, assorted reports, shop – yes, we’re working on it – and other things “royal”).
Once again – we wish you all happy holidays.

Cheers!
Royal Hunt.

December 14, 2007

Our new album is done… In a few days it will be on its way to our record companies around the world (we’ll keep you posted regarding release dates) and now we’d like to introduce our new singer to all of you who’s been waiting for this moment so (im)patiently: Mark Boals. We hope that you’ll appreciate Marks contribution to our new album as much as we do and – to put the record straight – we give you an opportunity to check it out right away: go to the media section for sound clips (and, while you’re at it, check out the band and studio diary sections). Enjoy.

Studio Diary	Click here for latest update   (14.12.07)
September 23, 2007
As a response to your numerous requests, we`re launching a new forum - registered users only, so check in and become a part of the "RH Community".
April 15, 2007
ROYAL HUNT has completed the song writing for the band's new and upcoming studio album which will become a sequel to their critically acclaimed concept opus “Paradox”. Lyrical/musical continuation of the story will be spread over 10 tracks and the actual recording of it will start in May 2007 at NorthPoint Productions while the mixing has been scheduled for September at the EMI/Medley Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark.
March 16, 2007
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 16^th, 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.
January 20, 2007
More concert dates : Feb. 21, 2007 (FIN) Helsinki/Nosturi Feb. 22, 2007 (DK) Copenhagen /The Rock Feb. 24, 2007 (RUS) St.Petersburg/Ice Palace Feb. 25, 2007 (RUS) Moscow/Club Apelsin
December 31, 2006
Happy New Year, everybody! We´d like to thank you for your support in 2006 and wish you all the best in 2007… now here are a few things we´ll be entertaining you with in the New Year : A new album is in the works – recordings will start during the summer, so we´re expecting it to be released in Oct/Nov 2007. Fans of the “large format bombastic soundscapes” – rejoice! We´ve started to review the video footage for the future re-packaging/re-release of the two of our live concerts : “1996” and “Closing the Chapter” - no release dates as of yet, but we´ll keep you posted. We´ll be playing some shows this early spring, so keep an eye on this and TOUR pages. Now let the corks fly and champagne flow – Happy New Year!
December 21, 2006
MERRY CHRISTMAS  FROM ROYAL HUNT TO ALL OF YOU!!!
December 4, 2006
You can find live video of "Never Give Up" (from Royal Hunt 2006 DVD) in the Media section.
October 21, 2006 “Royal Hunt 2006” – a new “live in concert” DVD / double album is ready to be released from November 22nd 2006 (depending on territories) by following companies : Marquee/Avalon (Japan, SE Asia), Frontiers (Europe) and Soyuz (Russia)... more territories will follow shortly. Video was filmed in “high definition” and edited at “Illusion Films” to a “double layer DVD” format, which gives you full show – “non-stop” - with uncompromised/uncompressed picture/sound. Track list : Paper Blood – Time – The Mission – Never Give Up – Can´t Let Go – Last Goodbye – Follow Me – Cold City Lights – Martial Arts – Surrender – Running Wild – Far Away – Lies – Wasted Time – Message To God – SK 983 – Epilogue and on top of that you´ll see a 20+ minutes of “behind the scenes” extravaganza with comments from every member of the band... while the album will include a bonus track – Long Way Home (unplugged). If you haven´t seen this band on stage yet – go get “Royal Hunt 2006” CD/DVD and you won´t be disappointed... it´s high quality music delivered with great confidance and tons of energy. If you´ve seen a RH show last year – go get it all the same just to remind yourself how fortunate you were!
October 2, 2006
We have added two tracks (Can´t Let Go and Far Away) to the media section from our new double live album – simply named “Royal Hunt 2006” - which is due to release on November 22, 2006. The 2 hours show was recorded (and filmed – more info on DVD will follow) in St. Petersburg´s Music Hall during our tour last year. All mixing duties were handled by André Andersen at NorthPoint Productions while mastering – once again – by Jan Eliasson at Audio Planet.
October 1, 2006 Now you can also find Royal Hunt on MySpace – thanks to Richard Ofsoski for setting it up – by going to : www.myspace.com/royalhunt2006
May 8, 2006
The site has been updated with 3 musicvideos in full length. Visit Media to download them!
March 2, 2006
More dates: 23.03    (DK)   Copenhagen/Amager Bio 25.03     (S)    Jonkoping/Sir Simons
December 24, 2005
From all of us to all of you: Merry Christmas and a happy new year - Cheers!
November 15, 2005
After playing a few European dates this year RH picked the historic stage of Sct.Petersburgs Music Hall to film their new “live in concert” DVD on. A beautiful old theatre and some 1000+ enthusiastic fans created great atmosphere for this event, which lasted about 2 hours (the band played a wide selection of songs from all of their releases since 1991 and some tracks from the latest one – Paper Blood) and was captured by 6 cameras. The package will also include some backstage footage as well as interviews with bandmembers and their roadcrew. Estimated release date is spring of 2006.
August 05, 2005
Tour dates for 2005 : 28.09   (F)   Paris/Locomotive 29.09   (ES)   Bilbao/Bilborock 30.09   (ES)   Barcelona/Mephisto 02.10   (ES)   Madrid/Ritmo y Compas 05.10   (CH)   Uster/Rock City 07.10   (I)   Caserta/Oddly Shed 08.10   (I)   Firenze/Ministry 09.10   (I)   Codevilla/Thunder Road 02.11   (RU)   Sct.Petersburg/Music Hall
July 27, 2005
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. (read Per’s bio at band link).
June 22, 2005

André Andersen will be visiting Moscow, Russia on Saturday, the 25th of June, as part of a promo-tour in support of the release of "Paper Blood".  The press conference will be held in one of the biggest record shops in town - SOJYZ - at 14:00h, which will be followed by a meet´n´greet signing session for the fans at 15:00h. For further details please contact ROYAL HUNT's record company in Russia - AMG.  (You can check out their site at www.artmusic-group.ru)

May 08, 2005

As we are still a month away from our official release dates (from June 6th till June 22nd worldwide), we would like to give you an opportunity to listen to soundclips from two of the songs (please see Multimedia section) to give you an idea of what to expect from the album.

April 23, 2005

The album is finally mixed and mastered, so the original masters are on the way to the following record companies:

JAPAN & SE ASIA - Marquee Inc.
S. KOREA - Evolution Records

EUROPE:
ITALY - Frontiers Records
PORTUGAL / SPAIN – Mastertrax
FRANCE – Active/PIAS
BENELUX – Rough Trade
SCANDINAVIA – Atenzia/BAM
UK – Cargo Records
GERMANY/AUSTRIA – Soulfood
SWITZERLAND – Disctrade
HUNGARY – Hammer Music
POLAND – Mystic
CZECH Rep. – Top Rock
SLOVAKIA – Rock Extremum
BULGARIA – Riva Sound
TURKEY – Hammer Muzik
GREECE – Megatherion / Sound And Vision
ISRAEL - Raven

RUSSIA & CIS - AMG
USA, CANADA & MEXICO - Magna Carta
BRAZIL - Hellion Records
AUSTRALIA - Riot 

Release dates are set separately in each territory and they will stretch from June 6, 2005 through June 22, 2005.  Get ready for the ROYAL HUNT invasion!!!

March 13, 2005

And now for the news you all have been waiting for: A few days before the final step – mixing, which will start on March 21st – the album got a title... “PAPER BLOOD”. 
Here’s the track list: Break Your Chains, Not My Kind, Memory Lane, Never Give Up, Seven Days, SK 983, Kiss Of Faith, Paper Blood, Season’s Change, Twice Around The World. Now you all can start guessing for awhile what’s behind those titles...

March 08, 2005

The recording of RH's new album is coming to an end – very last touches are being put down as we speak. The process which took 14 months of studio time, countless miles of international flights, gallons of sweat-blood'n tears and even more gallons of Jack Daniels is almost over. The CD will contain 10 songs (no concept this time) and clocks at just a bit over 50 minutes. Mixing will start in the middle of March in the legendary EMI/Medley Studio in Copenhagen with André and Lars Overgaard behind the board. During some “pre-“ listening parties (the band and the management held quite a few in the last couple of weeks) the responses from the journalists and some - very fortunate fans were overwhelming: almost everybody agreed on one thing ... that this is THE most energetic, inspiring RH release ever!

Feb. 23, 2005

FROM RHFC:
Dear fans,
We are starting to communicate via the RH fan club.  We will bring stories, competitions, special promotion and many more cool things.  In order to enjoy them, you need to join the RHFC by e-mailing us at - rhfc@majestic-rondelrecords.com and stating your interest.  The membership is free and the benefits are great.
Stuff that will be offered through the fan club will not be available otherwise anywhere else, not even on this official web site. 
RHFC

Jan. 29, 2005

Old habits die hard, they say, so now Kenneth Olsen rejoins the Hunting Family.  He'll pick up from where he left off– double live album “1996”- and from now on will be responsible for the “drum department” in the band.

Jan. 24, 2005

JW has landed… John's vocal work – impeccable as usual – is done. Showing his heavier side quite a bit more this time, he swept through the entire album like a tornado: deep growls, chesty barks, piercing high-pitch screams, whisper to thunder – its all there. “Royal Hunt's best record yet” - he stated – “there`s no comparison, period. The band sounds stronger than I've ever imagined was possible – every single track's filled with remarkable energy. Can't even pick out a favorite song this time... love them all."

Jan. 8, 2005

New member of the “Royal Family” is – now officially - Marcus Jidell (Jackyl & Hyde, The Ring). Armed to the teeth with every guitar model ever produced, he left his native Sweden to fill the upcoming RH album with everything from monster riffs to 12 – fingers tapping (yes, he does sound like he have 12!), leaving Andre with 1017 guitar tracks to sort out... only to return for the mixing / photosessions / interviews and other stuff. Covering any musical style – acousic ballads, Pink Floyd-ish dreamscapes, Bach – on – 300 km/h and just pure metal (and STILL managing to stay sane after partying with the band `til 5 in the morning... well, almost every night... and even jumping on stage to jam with a local band in one of the bars in Copenhagen) he`s a great addition to RH – welcome, Marcus.

Dec. 30, 2004

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE and mostly OUR FANS!!!  (and with the amount of activities we're planning for it – yes,  it will be a VERY happy... well, very busy new year indeed). Andre has barricaded himself in the studio, covering the  entire floor space with racks and racks of keyboards... he is barely visible (!) but definitely heard.  The band won't go bragging about all those swirling Hammond  riffs, pounding piano breaks and mind-blowing lead lines  which we've heard so far, but be prepared for a  take-no-prisoners musical extravaganza ride. This time he is serious. OK, now go and swim in Champaign – we know we will!

Dec. 23, 2004

MERRY X-MASS FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU!!!

Dec. 22, 2004

Maria McTurk and Kenny Lubcke are back!  They spent almost a week recording backing vocals.  Both agreed that the vocal arrangements for this album are the most complicated  compared to any other RH album. Kenny states: "Andre's gone mad!  Striving to create the most  "organic" sounding album