Land of Broken Hearts
Encyclopedia
Land of Broken Hearts is the debut studio album released by the Danish progressive metal
band Royal Hunt
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Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band Royal Hunt
Royal Hunt
Royal Hunt is a progressive metal band based in Denmark, founded in 1989 by keyboardist Andre Andersen. The band is known for creating melodic music with a progressive and symphonic flair. They made a huge success during mid-90s with their classic albums Moving Target and Paradox mainly in Japan...
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Track listing
All songs written by André AndersenAndré Andersen
André Andersen is a Russia-born multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as the keyboardist and founder of the Denmark-based progressive metal band Royal Hunt...
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- "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
- André AndersenAndré AndersenAndré Andersen is a Russia-born multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as the keyboardist and founder of the Denmark-based progressive metal band Royal Hunt...
– keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
and guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Henrik BrockmannHenrik BrockmannHenrik Brockmann is a Danish heavy metal singer.Henrik started singing at the age of 13 in local school bands...
– lead and backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... - Steen Mogensen – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Kenneth Olsen – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Henrik Johannessen – all guitars on "Day In Day Out"
- Jacob Kjaer – guitar solos
- Mac Guanaa – guitar solos
- Maria McTurk – backing vocals
- Maria Nørfelt – backing vocals
- Carsten OlsenCarsten OlsenCarsten Erik Olsen was a Danish plant ecologist and plant physiologist, who pioneered the study of plant nutrition in soils of different pH. He was born in Copenhagen and began studies of botany at the University of Copenhagen in 1910, at first with professor Eugenius Warming, then with professor...
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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