Royal Hunt is a melodic progressive metal group from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 1989. Their strength lies in the songwriting skills of the band chief André Andersen who plays the keyboards and occasionally other instruments (on the debut album he also handled the guitars.) So far the band has released 10 studio albums, 3 official live albums, 5 EPs. The debut, Land of Broken Hearts, came in 1992, and the newest one, X, in 2010. Royal Hunt's line-up has changed many times during the years. Most notable thing being that they have had four different vocalists: Henrik Brockmann(who later joined Evil Masquerade) on the first two albums, D.C. Cooper (Silent Force etc.) on the next two and John West (Artension) who came in 1999 and has stayed in the band until March, 17th, 2007. On December, 13th, 2007, the band announced Mark Boals to be the new vocalist for Royal Hunt. The current line-up is: André Andersen - keyboards Mark Boals - vocals Allan Sørensen - drums Marcus Jidell - guitars Andreas Passmark - bass Additional members: Maria McTurk - backing vocals Kenny lübcke - backing vocals Ex-members: John West - vocals D.C. Cooper - vocals Henrik Brockmann - vocals Per Schelander - bass Steen Mogensen - bass Jacob Kjaer - guitars Kenneth Olsen - drums Allan Tschicaja - drums (session member) During the recent 2008 tour RH had Magnus Ulfstedt on drums, Mats Levén on vocals on 3 shows and Michelle Raitzin on backing vocals. Discography: (you can check the full discography of Royal Hunt here: http://www.royalhunt.org/releases.htm) Links: http://www.royalhunt.com - Official Site http://www.royalhunt.org - Unofficial Site http://www.myspace.com/royalhuntmusic - Official MySpace http://www.royalhunt.nl - Official Dutch Fanclub of Royal Hunt http://www.royalhunt.ru - Russian Site
