''Paper Blood'' is the eighth studio album released by the 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 in ...

. It is the first album without longtime members Jacob Kjaer and Steen Mogensen who both left the band in December 2003, It is also the last studio album to feature John West on vocals.

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 ...

. # "Break Your Chains" – 5:33 # "Not My Kind" – 6:21 # "Memory Lane" (Instrumental) – 5:20 # "Never Give Up" – 5:32 # "Seven Days" – 6:22 # "SK 983" (Instrumental) – 4:41 # "Kiss of Faith" – 5:19 # "Paper Blood" – 5:08 # "Season's Change" – 4:55 # "Twice Around the World" (Instrumental) – 7:15

Personnel

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and

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* John West –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*Marcus Jidell –

guitars The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

Allan Sørensen Allan Sørensen (born 24 April 1973) is a Danish drummer. Biography Allan began playing drums at the age of 4, influenced by his parents. In the beginning he was influenced by Danish pop and rock acts. Soon he discovered the world of metal from ...

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– percussion *Kenny Lubcke – backing vocals *Maria McTurk – backing vocals *Soma Allpas – cello *

Peter Brander Peter Brander (20 July 1927 – 2 April 2013) was a British boxer. Brander competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 57kg division at the 1950 British Empire ...

– dobro

Additional Info

*Mixed by Lars Overgaard at EMI/Medley Studio *Mastered by Jan Eliasson at Tocano Mastering *Illustration by Carlos Del Olmo Hlmberg *Layout by Christina Laugesen

References

{{Authority control Royal Hunt albums 2005 albums Frontiers Records albums