''Land of Broken Hearts'' is the debut studio album released by the 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 ...

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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 remastered and re-released in October of 2021, with the inclusion of five bonus tracks.

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 ...

. # "Running Wild" – 5:08 # "Easy Rider" – 4:59 # "Flight" – 4:00 # "Age Gone Wild" – 4:32 # "Martial Arts" (Instrumental) – 1:52 # "One by One" – 4:34 # "Heart of the City" – 3:43 # "Land of Broken Hearts" – 4:41 # "Freeway Jam" (Instrumental) – 1:32 # "Kingdom Dark" – 4:28 # "Stranded" – 4:41 (''Bonus Track for Japan'') # "Day In Day Out" – 3:22 (''Bonus Track for Japan'')

Personnel

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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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*Steen Mogensen –

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*Kenneth Olsen – drums *Henrik Johannessen – all guitars on "Day In Day Out" *

Jacob Kjaer Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

– guitars on "Freeway Jam", "Day In Day Out(Video)", "Stranded", "Age Gone Wild" *Mac Guanaa – guitar solos *Maria McTurk – backing vocals *Maria Nørfelt – backing vocals *Carsten Olsen – backing vocals

Production

*Mixing – Peter Brander and Royal Hunt at Media Sound Productions *Recorded at Mirand Studio, Copenhagen. "Stranded" and "Day In And Day Out" recorded at Sterling Sound, New York. *Mastered at Sweet Silence Studios *Logo and direction by Peter Brander

References

External links

Heavy Harmonies page
{{Authority control Royal Hunt albums 1992 debut albums