''Clown in the Mirror'' is the second studio album released by Danish

progressive metal Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral ...

band

Royal Hunt Royal Hunt is a Danish progressive metal band. The band was founded in 1989 by keyboardist André Andersen in order to combine basic values of classic rock with progressive, current musical elements. The name originated from a painting seen i ...

. The album was re-released in 2020 on Vinyl featuring a separate lyrics sheet and a die cut album cover.

Track listing

All songs written by

André Andersen André Andersen (born 16 December 1961) is a Russian-born multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as the keyboardist and founder of the Denmark-based progressive metal band Royal Hunt. André started his "music life" at very young age and w ...

. # "Intro/Wasted Time" – 5:41 # "Ten to Life" – 3:41 # "On the Run" – 3:16 # "Clown in the Mirror" – 4:37 # "Third Stage" (Instrumental) – 1:42 # "Bodyguard" – 4:13 # "Legion of the Damned" – 5:00 # "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" – 4:12 # "Bad Blood" – 3:58 # "Epilogue" – 6:01 # "Age Gone Wild" (Acoustic version) – 4:03 # "Kingdom Dark" (Acoustic version) – 3:05 # "Bad Luck" – 3:16 *Tracks 11-13 omitted on the European release (Rondel Records RRCD 9009) *Tracks 11-13 originally on '' The Maxi EP'' *Rondel Records version, "Intro" and "Wasted Time" are 2 split tracks

Personnel

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and rhythm guitar *

Henrik Brockmann Henrik Brockmann (born Henrik Aalborg Brockmann; 24 November 1967) is a Danish heavy metal singer. He started singing at the age of 13 in local school bands. He released his first album 1992 with the Danish band Royal Hunt and was replaced 1994 ...

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and

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*Steen Mogensen –

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* Kenneth Olsen – drums with *Maria McTurk – backing vocals *Lise Hansen – backing vocals

Production

*Recorded at Mirand Studio, Media Sound Productions, Copenhagen and House Of Music, New Jersey, USA *Mixed at House Of Music, New Jersey, USA by Royal Hunt and Nelson Ayers *Mastered at Sterling Sound, NY by George Marino *Art direction and Illustration by Peter Brander

References

External links

Heavy Harmonies page
{{Authority control Royal Hunt albums 1994 albums