Royal Hunt's fourth studio album continues the quality, etherial sound of the excellent
MOVING TARGET, although the subject matter has them rather cynical about religion, no more obvious than in the musically outstanding "Message To God". Other, more cryptic references to Christianity are found, and it's hard to know exactly what the band is actually trying to say. The music is mid-tempo most of the time, and has an almost hypnotic quality, while D.C. Cooper's vocals are, again, wonderful. Sadly, he left the band after this, going on to form Silent Force (yes, I will be covering them when I get there), but Royal Hunt has continued, releasing
FEAR in 1999.
***1/2
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