''Hunter's Moon'' is the second EP by Dutch

symphonic metal Symphonic metal is a cross-genre style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitars ...

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Delain Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band formed in 2002 by former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt, intending for the band to be solely a project. Singer Charlotte Wessels was invited to join in 2005. In February 2021, the member ...

. It was released on 22 February 2019. It is the first release to feature Joey de Boer on drums and the last release to feature guitarist Merel Bechtold.

Track listing

Blu-ray

;Danse Macabre – Live at Tivoli Vredenburg # "Hands of Gold" (with George Oosthoek) # "Danse Macabre" # "Scarlet" (with Elianne Anemaat on cello) # "Your Body is a Battleground" (with

Marko Hietala Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born 14 January 1966) is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. Internationally, he is best known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, ...

) # "Nothing Left" (with Marko Hietala) # "Control the Storm" (with Marko Hietala) # "Sing to Me" (with Marko Hietala) # "Not Enough" # "Scandal" (with Marko Hietala) # "The Gathering" (with Marko Hietala)

Personnel

Delain *

Charlotte Wessels Johanna Charlotte Wessels (born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch singer and songwriter. She is best known as the former lead vocalist for the symphonic metal band Delain. Background Wessels has been trained in both jazz singing and classical singing. S ...

– lead vocals * Timo Somers – lead guitar, backing vocals, screams *

Merel Bechtold Merel Bechtold (born February 27, 1992) is a Dutch guitarist. She was born in Blaricum. She started playing guitar in 2007 at the age of fifteen. Half a year later she founded the band Purest of Pain, in which she played lead guitar until its di ...

– rhythm guitar * Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije – bass *

Martijn Westerholt David Martijn Westerholt (born 30 March 1979) is a Netherlands, Dutch musician and the founder, keyboardist and main songwriter of the symphonic metal band Delain. He was previously a member of symphonic metal band Within Temptation, until he w ...

– keyboards * Joey de Boer – drums on tracks 1-4 * Ruben Israel – drums on tracks 5-14 Guests * Twan Driessen – guest vocals on track 4 * George Oosthoek – live guest vocals on track 5 * Marko Hietala – live guest vocals on tracks 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 * Elianne Anemaat – live cello on track 7 Production * Martijn Westerholt – production on tracks 1-2 and 5-14 * Timo Somers – production on track 3 * Merel Bechtold – production on track 4 *

Jacob Hansen Jacob Hansen (born 9 November 1970) is a Danish heavy metal producer, engineer, musician, and vocalist. He founded the technical thrash metal band Invocator, for which he has served as singer/guitarist since 1987. Since 2011, he is also a member ...

– mixing on tracks 1 and 2 * Bas Trumpie – mixing on tracks 3-14 * Imre Beerends – mixing on tracks 3-14 * Mika Jussila – mastering on tracks 3-14 * Mikko Mustonen – orchestrals * Cam Rackam – cover art * Marnix de Klerk – graphic design * Sandra Ludewig – photos * Charlotte Wessels – art direction

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2019 EPs Delain albums Napalm Records EPs