ROYAL HUNT
announced a re-issued version of their 2005 studio album “Paper Blood”
as a double LP and a newly designed digipak on the 30th of June
2021. Both are collector's and limited editions which include bonus
tracks as well as extended booklets - can be pre-ordered at
https://royalhunt.com/store
Message from the band on their Facebook page:
"Hey
all! It´s finally summer: the sun is shining, ice cubes becoming a
necessity, drinks are getting larger and even (some of) the musical
entertainment is slowly but surely coming back… so let us add a little
bit to all that goodness: Paper Blood ” is getting a re-release
treatment. Yep, that´s right, you can go to our webshop and check it out
for yourself – see, summer just got a tiny little bit more exciting!"
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About the album.
"RH
burst out with Paper Blood in 2005- a furiously melodic gem which
playfully danced among 80s hard rock, prog metal, and power metal. John
West charges through these tracks with an arena-ready voice of the gods
and he's the main reason why there's an 80s flavor to this, aside from
the guitar crunch and attitude. His voice isn't quite as operatic as
most power metal singers and isn't as clean as most prog metal singers.
Instead, he sounds more like a huskier Bon Jovi or any number of AOR
vocalists, which isn't a bad thing. Get it out of your head right now
that that's a bad thing.
Throughout
the entire album the keyboards buzz right through your body, severing
bone and muscle in the most pleasurable way possible. They're not
brutal, but the tone used is so heavy and astral that it makes you think
twice about pissing on them as leading instruments. If you're going to
listen to music like this, you should expect to hear keyboards and like
them in healthy quantities. The good thing is that this album loves
them, but they're not flowery and there's a solid riff base supporting
all this. I dare you to sit through any of the three instrumentals
without going through the rest of your life with a brain of fried mush.
Lyrically,
Paper Blood is about money and how it practically runs through all of
our veins, capillaries, and arteries, figuratively speaking. It took me a
while to figure out what the hell paper blood is, but when it dawned on
me it was marvelous. The social consciousness prog is known for is well
on display here, rest assured. Songs such as "Break Your Chains"(which
was nominated for a best metal song on a list a couple years ago) and
"Never Give Up" also deliver powerful messages of self-actualization and
self-empowerment. We sure need that nowadays.
Royal
Hunt continue to show they are a unique voice in progressive metal,
striking a steady balance between brawn and elegance, retro and modern".
- review by Necrobobsledder / www.metal-archives.com
Connect with ROYAL HUNT:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/royalhuntmusic
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/royalhunt
Twitter: https://twitter.com/royalhuntband
[Source: https://royalhunt.com/paper-blood-reissue-2021 ]
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