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BREAKING NEWS: ROYAL HUNT to release the brand new double live album “Cargo” worldwide on Frontiers Music Srl in March!

Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the release of Royal Hunt's new double live album “Cargo” on March 18, 2016.

Following the release of their latest studio album - “Devil's Dozen” – ROYAL HUNT participated in three popular festivals around the globe in the fall of 2015: ProgPower USA, Loud Park and, Rockingham UK. They performed their energetic brand of symphonic/progressive, yet highly melodic and instantly accessible Royal Rock for thousands of appreciative fans.

While ROYAL HUNT´s next tour – scheduled for the spring of 2016 – is being announced (see dates below), the band found the time to gather in the studio and pick out the best performances recorded during their festival trek: an hour and a half of ROYAL HUNT´s trademark sonic assault, skillfully captured on tape.

Why a live album and why now? "Well, mostly because we haven´t released any live recordings for – roughly – 10 years or so," says keyboard maestro and principal songwriter Andre Andersen, "'2006' was great and many fans consider it to be our best (some will pick “1996” or “Closing the Chapter” as their favourite) but anyway – it´s been awhile, so we assumed that it might be interesting for you to check out our “new swing” at this live set. Just think about it: last time we recorded “Paradox” live was almost 20 years ago! Add a few new songs, the excitement of the festival performance, a couple of new faces to the line-up and – all of a sudden – things are sounding quite a bit different. We´d say it sounds fresh but let´s see what´s your opinion on this matter will be."

The album includes a complete performance of their signature concept album “Paradox” (chosen by the media and fans alike as one of the most essential symphonic/prog releases of the decade) along with other songs. Royal Hunt have released 13 studio albums to date and their name stands for quality Melodic Symphonic / Progressive Metal; chockfull of hooks and a larger-than-life production to match.

BREAKING NEWS: Frontiers Music srl celebrates Royal Hunt’s 25th Anniversary with the release of a brand new live 2CD/DVD, Blu-Ray, and MP3 set entitled “2016” on May 12, 2017! - http://royalhunt.com/new-live-dvd-2016-%f0%9f%93%80/

Following a tradition established after two successful anniversary long form video releases – “1996” and “2006” – it is time for a third one: “2016”. Recorded with 9 HD cameras and top-notch audio equipment in Moscow's “Izvestiya Hall” during last year's world tour, the video shows “all-fab-things-Royal”: a high energy show in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd, an excellent set list, the band in top form, and a stunning stage production. Add a stellar audio recording and this package, celebrating Royal Hunt´s 25th Anniversary, is any hard rock fan's delight.

In keyboardist André Andersen’s own words: “25 years later Royal Hunt's still going strong…who could have imagined that? Not me, that's for sure…a quarter of a century?! Absolutely unreal. 13 studio albums, lots of special EPs and compilations, 5 live albums, literally countless shows/tours, and now the 4th DVD release. Lots of ups and downs along the way, yet we're still around, still able to do what we love doing the most – making music. I always felt that if you do it from your heart, if you stay true to yourself and work hard you´ll be granted this sort of staying power…and yes, we´re all extremely grateful to our fans for giving us an opportunity to create, to improve and to continue our musical journey. So, once again, push that “play” button, enjoy this video and rest assured, the best is yet to come!”

Dear friends, our new album "Cast in Stone" will be out on the 21st of February worldwide on NorthPoint Productions I/S and on the 7th of February in Japan on 王様ロック ～キングレコード HR/HM部門～ We encourage our most devoted fans to support the release and become the first to listen to the new album by joining the pre-ordering campaign for the the deluxe edition at the official site. Come on board, it's going to be fun! \m/ http://royalhunt.com/cast-in-stone

ROYAL HUNT: New CONCEPT ALBUM is in the works says ANDRÈ ANDERSEN.

ROYAL HUNT is in a process of recording a new concept album, scheduled for release in 2020 (Japan / SE Asia - KING Records, rest of the world - TBA). As usual, most of the production activities were moved into NorthPoint Studio while mix/mastering facilities will be appointed later. The band hints monumental conceptual offering, which supposed to expand their familiar yet constantly evolving soundscape into previously uncharted territories. With their 15th studio release, ROYAL HUNT’s dead-set to deliver a masterpiece, which should once again rise the bar for modern progressive hard rock genre.

André Andersen: “The next Royal Hunt album is in the works and – while most of it is still in a state of a “sort-of-controlled- chaos” - I´d say it´s probably our biggest production to date… the amount of tracks is simply staggering. Yes, it´s a concept album and yes, there´re some special guests on it and yes – already on this demo stage – this thing sounds huge (even by our standards). So fear not: we´re still around and we´re rocking just as hard - if not harder – as we usually do.”