{"id":1705,"date":"2020-12-18T14:55:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T13:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2020-12-18T14:55:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T13:55:03","slug":"royal-hunt-dystopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/?p=1705","title":{"rendered":"Royal Hunt &#8211; Dystopia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Album: Royal Hunt &#8211; Dystopia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Label: North Point Productions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Release date: December 18th, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website:  royalhunt.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denmark&#8217;s finest Hard Rock\/ Progressive Melodic Metal band ROYAL HUNT returns with a new concept album called &#8220;Dystopia&#8221;. And what a highlight this is! The band around mastermind &amp; keyboardist Andr\u00e9 Andersen and singer DC Cooper undoubtfully has added another exceptional release to the band&#8217;s 31 years spanning career which has already brought us so much beautiful music. &#8220;Dystopia&#8221;, similar to other Metal operas like Avantasia and Ayreon, showcases the performances by a whole bunch of great guest vocalists including Mats Leven (Candlemass), Mark Boals (Ring Of Fire, Yngwie Malmsteen), Henrik Brockmann (Royal Hunt, Evil Masquerade) and Kenny Lubcke (Narita). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andersen&#8217;s majestic keyboards still are in the lead of course and maybe surrounded by even more bombastic, orchestrated  and cinematic sounds than ever before. Highllights include the pompous, epic track &#8220;The Art Of Dying&#8221;, the theatrical ballad &#8220;I Used To Walk Alone&#8221; and the majestic tune &#8220;Black Butterflies&#8221;. Close to perfection by all means and one of the top epic Metal releases in the year 2020! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album can be ordered in different CD &amp; vinyl formats from the band&#8217;s website including a ltd. edition which comes with a DVD as bonus here: www.royalhunt.com\/store <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10\/10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Birgitt Schwanke<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Track list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>F451<\/li><li>Burn<\/li><li>The Art Of Dying<\/li><li>I Used To Walk Alone<\/li><li>The Eye Of Oblivion<\/li><li>Hound Of The Damned<\/li><li>The Missing Page (Intermission I)<\/li><li>Black Butterflies<\/li><li>Snake Eyes<\/li><li>Midway (Intermission II)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ROYAL HUNT - &quot;The Art Of Dying&quot; ft. 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