Hunter

Hunter formed in 1985 in Szczytno, Masuria. The band's story truly began in 1995 with the release of 'Requiem'. A worthy album featuring several songs which continue to be live staples today including the most popular 'Freedom' and 'Misery'. Magazines called this debiut as a "Polish Metallica". A LIVE album followed featuring the band's set from the Polish Woodstock - a free festival that has to be seen to be believed and which carries the spirit of Glastonbury (eclectic mix of music, free entry, genuine love and brother/sisterhood) far better than Glastonbury itself does these days - which included a beefy cover of Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' as well as a mix of well received cuts from 'Requiem' but it remains rather more a curio and is probably the least essential disc in the band's canon, although it creates a reasonable impression of the Hunter live experience.

Then everything changed. In 2003 the band recorded 'Medeis' which is, by any account, a very unique record. Showing a musical maturity and sense of purpose only hinted at on 'Requiem'. One of the bigest metal magazines wrote: "'Medeis' contains many of the tracks that set audiences a-screaming and, with its beguiling mixture of Polish and English lyrics, there is truly no excuse for the singular lack of attention paid to the album by metal fans outside of Poland. A crushing, heavy, melodic beast of an album 'Medeis' is a truly wonderful album that is best played from start to finish without skipping tracks, although of the many highlights 'Fallen', 'fantasmagoria' and 'why' stand out as the sort of massive, stadium-filling anthems which deserve to be heard the world over (you can check out 'Fallen'here courtesy of a rather fine youtube clip). More remarkable still, the band went on to better 'Medeis' with each subsequent release, but even if they hadn't this would still be a remarkable achievement." And then music critics call it as Soul Metal.

While 'Medeis' set out the band's musical style in no uncertain terms, follow-up T.E.L.I (released in 2005, separate Polish and English versions) consolidated Hunter's position with a selection of songs that ranged from the ferocious title track to the ballad 'pomiedzy niebem a pieklem' ('between heaven and hell). With T.E.L.I proving hugely popular with fans the band released another live effort, this time on DVD along with a bonus CD of covers (including a bonkers cover of Outkast's 'Hey ya!') and demo tracks that once again highlighted the band's strengths as a live band. The DVD is a beautifully shot and recorded effort featuring two full sets from Woodstock (with actors and special visual set) and it serves as a wonderful testament to the festival and to Hunter's appearances there. For first of them Hunter took a Woodstock Award, award of 200 000 people - Golden Bee.

Released in 2009 Hellwood is a newest record. Magazines wrotes: "Mixing up a huge amount of disparate instruments, a genuine passion for the subject matter (based around a variety of films and leading up to the astonishing trilogy that closes the album and which saw Drak learning Rumanian) and some jaw-dropping riffs that saw Hunter approach the very pinnacle of hard-rock musicianship, if there is one album that you need to hear by this band, this is it. Indeed, we were so taken with 'Hellwood' as to rate it one of THE albums of 2009 and if you haven't checked out this band you owe it to yourself to do so now. With every track telling a story and every element ruthlessly honed to perfection, 'Hellwood' is one of the finest albums to have been recorded in recent years and it is a genuine loss to music fans in the UK that it has not been more widely acknowledged."

Now the band finishing special DVD edition from XXV-anniversary gig from one of the most legendary  polish club - Warsaw's Stodola. The premiere is planned on march 2011.

Hunter is known as a "live-killer", often performs gigs with 20-persons choir and&