A Life to Die For

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A Life to Die For
Royal Hunt A Life to Die For.png
Studio album by
Released2013 (2013)
Genre Progressive metal, power metal
Length46:19
Royal Hunt chronology
Show Me How to Live
(2011)
A Life to Die For
(2013)
Devil's Dozen
(2015)

A Life to Die For is the 12th studio album by Royal Hunt. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

All songs by André Andersen.

  1. Hell Comes Down from Heaven (9:27)
  2. A Bullet's Tale (5:54)
  3. Running Out of Tears (5:31)
  4. One Minute Left to Live (5:49)
  5. Sign of Yesterday (6:02)
  6. Won't Trust, Won't Fear, Won't Beg (4:58)
  7. A Life to Die For (8:38)

European Digipack Edition Bonus DVD – World Tour 2012

  1. Tour Kick-off (1:25)
  2. Half Past Loneliness (7:49) - original from Show Me How to Live (2011)
  3. Hard Rain's Coming (12:50)) - original from Show Me How to Live (2011)
  4. Age Gone Wild (8:29) - original from Land of Broken Hearts (1992)
  5. Far Away (6:21) - original from Far Away [EP] (1995) / Moving Target (1995)
  6. Step by Step (5:59) - original from Moving Target (1995)
  7. Interview with André Andersen (8:13)


- 2, 3: recorded live in Seoul, Korea
- 4: recorded live in Moscow, Russia
- 5: recorded live in Madrid, Spain
- 6: recorded live in Ekaterinburg, Russia

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [3] 76

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