HUNTED

Born from a shared passion for metal music in all its forms, Cardiff-based band HUNTED began life as a four-piece covering the bands that first inspired them to play. The band's early quest to develop their own unique sound led to several changes of personnel but developed over time into the rock-solid core of guitarist Steve Barberini, bassist Jon Letson, drummer Matt 'Animal' Thomas and vocalist Chris G.



Having begun to cement a fierce live reputation on the British gig circuit, they also received an excellent response from several early demo releases, leading to further exposure and further massively well-received shows. The HUNTED momentum continued to build when the long awaited release in early 2009 of demo EP 'Alone' attracted excellent reviews from the likes of Metal-Rules.com ( 'in a few years…I would suggest you are listening to the next Dream Theater') and led to hugely successful support slots with bands such as much-vaunted prog metallers Son of Science and rising thrash stars Warpath. This brought them to the eager attention of many new fans and culminated in them taking to the Unsigned stage at the legendary Bloodstock festival in the summer of 2009 for another explosive performance. Recent appearances in, amongst others, Terrorizer magazine and on the official ProgPower USA promo CD have only furthered the HUNTED cause, and the months spent in careful studio preparation for their imminent debut album release promise to deliver something truly special to the metal world.



Taking influences ranging from Dream Theater and Iron Maiden through to Opeth and Blind Guardian, HUNTED distil the essence of their inspirations into a new and powerful direction for metal music. With their heavily anticipated debut full-length scheduled for release in mid 2010, they aim to take their unique sound and blistering live shows to new heights and new audiences everywhere.



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".these guys didn't just take to the stage they owned the stage, they made the night their own. When these guys were hitting out the guitar riffs with almost demonic facial gestures you couldn't help but be in awe I mean I was taking every note with them, these guys oozed charisma."
Excerpt from "The Missing Link" Review from www.beatrwtz.com



"Angel Witch with blast beats and vocal histrionics that sequel in upper-Eurovision registers. Hunted totally wail on their power metal and thrash influences. Dan Angelow and Steve Barberini gamely try to out-Skolnick at his own game. This is the sound of denim. Good, honest denim."
TERRORIZER 187, 2009



*** 'ALONE' Demo Reviews ***



Tracklist
I. Impaled
II. Shadows
III. Silence of Minds



- Metal Centre 9.5/10 [Read!]
'prove with their music that metal has still got the fucking potential and can kick ass. Even if you are a panda or devoted grinding cannibal, you will find their music interesting '
- The Metal Crypt3.75/5 [Read!]
'This demo from Welsh act Hunted is like a breath of fresh air; in a country full of god-awful bands there's finally a glimmer of hope '
- MetalReview4.5/6 [Read!]
'Anybody who digs him or her some power-inspired progressive metal while yearning for the earnestness of the genre's glory days ought to be waiting very impatiently for Hunted's LP debut.'



- UK Metal Underground7/10 [Read!]
'A pleasingly modern take on song structure combined with highly capable talent'



- Metal Rules3/5 [Read!]
'.on listening to the vocal delivery, the quality guitarwork, excellent writing and production of all three tracks I would suggest that in a few years with the right help and development you are listening to the next "Dream Theater".'//'.they do manage to retain originality, that is to say that Hunted are no copy or tribute band'
- The Metal Observer7/10 [Read!]
'…this is certainly one of the oddest releases I've heard this year. HUNTED seems to draw influences from everyone from IRON MAIDEN to KING DIAMOND to DREAM THEATER. Sometimes it sounds incredibly odd, and sometimes it sounds incredibly awesome'



- MTUKN/A [Read!]
'Hunted are good musicians, really good. 'Alone', their three song EP switches effortlessly from riff to riff, tempo to tempo, beat to beat and engaging vocal to engaging vocal'



- Live4MetalN/A [Read!]
'you get complex riffing, tracks that bodyswerve from one style of metal to another and give you neck ache too. In all a promising start from a band worth keeping track of'