“Cast in Stone” is the 14th highly melodic and intense studio album from Danish power & progressive metal masters Royal Hunt – has been released in Japan on King Records, rest of the world – NorthPoint Productions.
Cast in Stone Track listing
- Fistful of Misery
- The Last Soul Alive
- Sacrifice
- The Wishing Well
- Cast In Stone
- A Million Ways to Die
- Rest In Peace
- Save Me II
How to progress and yet keep the identity which took over 25 years to establish? How to create the ever evolving – and at times rather complicated – musical compositions and wrap it up in an accessible format with that recognizable sound? Royal Hunt does it with ease and now – with their 14th studio album – proves once again that creativity and staying true to yourself can work hand-in-hand and produce some astonishing results: will you please welcome the ultimate proof of that – “Cast in Stone”… the album you’ll be listening to again, again and again.
André Andersen: “This album took a while to complete… mind you, between the very first idea and until the final mix we did two tours and released two live-albums… so this one´s been in the making for quite some time. In a way it´s been very practical: you could work on it for a while, than go on doing something else and then come back later to re-evaluate what´s been done before. As a result all songs on the album are solid and well crafted, showing every aspect of Royal Hunt today: originality, catchy hooks, strong melodies, great musicianship and larger-than-life production. On that – the production – we definitely did quite a job: all the vital recorded parts were done in analog as well as the final mixing/mastering so there´re no “loudness wars” in-sight; no brickwall limited, over-compressed, lifeless wall of sound, the album breaths just like a real rock album should. I could also go on for hours praising everybody´s contribution – musicians and singers alike – but as my opinion will inevitably be very biased, I would prefer to leave the final judgment to you… after all this album´s been made for you to enjoy (although we´re enjoying it immensely ourselves at the moment)”.
Royal Hunt is:
- André Andersen – keyboards
- DC Cooper – vocals
- Andreas Passmark – bass
- Jonas Larsen – guitars
- Andreas HABO Johansson – drums
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