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Hunter was founded in 1985 in Szczytno, in Masuria, Poland.

HUNTER
Background information
Origin	Szczytno
Genres	Rockmetal, soulmetal
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Meridian Publishing, Rubicon, Złoty Melon, Metal Mind Productions, Mystic Production, Tune Project
Members	Paweł "Drak" Grzegorczyk Konrad "Saimon" Karchut Piotr "Pit" Kędzierzawski Michał Jelonek Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski Arkadiusz "Letki" Letkiewicz
Past members	Grzegorz "Brooz" Sławiński Tomasz "Goliash" Goljaszewski Marek "Kosa/Carlos" Kosakowski Robert "Mooha" Ropiak Cezary Studniak Michał "Grzybek" Grzymysławski Janusz Enerlich
Website	Official Website

The band recorded the first studio material in the German studio APN Neustadt Gmbh.

The debut album entitled "Requiem" was released in December 1995. It was a thrash/power metal with a lot of classical solos and influences.

In 2001, the "Live" publishing went to stores, which included 9 recordings recorded during the biggest polish festival - Przystanek Woodstock'96 and additionally a studio version of the song "When I’m dying..." and music videos for "Freedom" and "Screamin 'Whispers” from the debut CD ".

At the beginning of 2002, during the concert of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity in Szczytno was recorded video for "When I’m dying ...". The song - both in audio and video version - appeared in radio and television stations, occupying #1 place continuously since the first entry on the list of video clips of the VIVA Polska station, until the end of the list's existence. Overtaking music videos of such powers as Slayer or Cradle of Filth. "When I’m dying ..." also showed the new musical face of the group.

The second studio album - "MedeiS" - was released in 2003. At that time, the violinist - Michał Jelonek joined the band. The musical style was very different from the debut album and became Hunter's trademark. The reviewers described the band's style as "soulmetal".

The next album "T.E.L.I ..." went to stores in the spring of 2005, and in December its English version was also released. He was very positively received by fans and critics.

In November 2006, the group released a two-disc compilation entitled "HolyWood". A concert recording of two Przystanek Woodstock Festivals (from 2003 and 2004) as well as additional materials was recorded on the DVD / CD Ep format.

At the end of 2008, Hunter's co-founder - Grzegorz "Brooz" Sławiński leaves the group. In his place Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski joins the band (Dimmu Borgir, ex-Vader, Vesana, Black River).

April 2009, brings a new album by the band, released by Mystic Production and titled "HellWood". Due to the fact that the lyrics referred to the band's favorite films, two paraphile clips were created for the songs "Labirynt Fauna" and "Strasznik". The Fans reaction caused that Hellwood became another breakthrough release in Hunter's history, and songs such as Labirynt Fauna, ŚmierciŚmiech, Dura Lex Sed Lex and Arges are still concert "killers" without which it is hard to imagine a band live.

In 2011, the publishing "Hunter - XXV years later" was realised by Mystic Production, in 2DVD / 3CD format, containing two concerts and a lot of additional audio and videobonus material, as well as photo galleries, many interviews and archival document entitled "Hunter - XXV years before". The first of the concerts on this release was recorded in the Wrocław „Hala Stulecia” and the second in the Warsaw club "Stodoła".

At the beginning of 2012, the band has been officially joined by Arek "Letki" Letkiewicz playing for several years with a band as a percussionist. From now until today Hunter appears in the unchanged composition.

In the summer of 2012, the band goes to the countryside and logs most of the material for two new Records. Hunter invites to collaborate in several songs the classic "Kantata" bohemian choir. After completing the recordings, he publishes the first of them - "Królestwo" (Kingdom). The second, entitled "Imperium" (Empire) appears a year later, being the musical and verbal continuity of the "Kingdom" and makes its debut at the # 1 spot on the polish nationwide sales list of OLIS. Both records became Gold.

In 2013, the band is again invited to Przystanek Woodstock Festival, where it presents its version of "Metal History". Together with the invited guests, Hunter performs such metal classics as Master of Puppets (Metallica), and Chop Suey! (SOAD) or Kashmir (Led Zeppelin) as well as songs RATM, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Rammstein and closing concert - Highway To Hell (AC / DC) with the participation of all guests and spontaneous violin solo creator of the Festival - Jurek Owsiak.

In 2015, Hunter has released a nearly two-hour concert for free on its official YouTube channel, which was to be prepared earlier as the next official DVD and finally became a band gift for its fans.

After a four-year publishing break, filled with concerts, in early 2016 appears the first trailer of the new album. It is the song "NieWolnOść" (NotFreedom), also with the guest participation of the "Kantata" choir. Due to its message, it causes a lot of controversy. The first polish „March of freedom” used it as a flag song. A few months later, on November 7, 2016, the entire studio album, entitled "NieWolność", is released. It was also released on its own by the band.

The next band’s release is „Arachne”. The day of premiere - 08.03.2019

2020 - The latest release is 3CD BOX - "XXXV" (Anniversary remastered edition)

06.04.2022 - Hunter published audio and very moving video to a new single - "Коли вмираю..." (Ukrainian-language version of their most popular song - "When I’m dying...", with multi languages subtitles option) as a protest against Russian's aggression in Ukraine.

The band:

Pawel DRAK Grzegorczyk – voc/guitar

Piotr PIT Kędzierzawski – guitar

Michał JELONEK Jelonek – violins

Konrad SAIMON Karchut – bass

Dariusz DARAY Brzozowski – drums

Arkadiusz LETKI Letkiewicz - percussions

Hunter on the web:

http://www.huntersoulmetal.pl

https://www.facebook.com/HUNTER.Oficjalna.Strona.Zespolu/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hunterbandpoland/

Official YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/huntersoulmetal

Twitter: http://twitter.com/hunterianie

Most popular Videoclips:

- "Коли вмираю..." - https://youtu.be/Q89myJ7OXbQ

- Imperium Uboju - https://youtu.be/Mzr_4H68FsY

- Imperium Uboju (eng. subtitles) - https://youtu.be/aNpUCspNMg0

- Labirynt Fauna - http://youtu.be/ZVx08aBE7Lc

- Strasznik - https://youtu.be/dh4PWOHUSpY

- PSI - https://youtu.be/fcIqgYDOmXM

- NieWesołowski - https://youtu.be/KQlzq1oog3E

- Trumian Show - https://youtu.be/zBxKKhcjAcg

- Trumian vs. Assassin Creed IV - https://youtu.be/5vG5yko7QXg

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9FFF6AD4A57459A2

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Certifications
		POL [1][2][3][4]
Requiem	Released: December 1995 Label: Meridian Publishing Formats: CD	—
Medeis	Released: March 7, 2003 Label: Rubicon/Pomaton EMI Formats: CD	—
T.E.L.I...	Released: May 30, 2005[5] Label: Metal Mind Productions Formats: CD	7
HellWood	Released: April 14, 2009[6] Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download[7]	9
Królestwo	Released: November 5, 2012[8] Label: Tune Project/Mystic Production Formats: CD	4	POL: 15,000+[9]	POL: Gold[10]
Imperium	Released: November 15, 2013[11] Label: Tune Project/Fonografika Formats: CD, digital download[12]	1	POL: 15,000+[9]	POL: Gold[10]
Niewolność	Released November 4, 2016	7
Arachne	Released: March 8, 2019	36
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other releases

Title	Album details
Live	Released: December 3, 2001 Label: Rubicon Formats: CD
Przystanek Woodstock	Released: June 7, 2004 Label: Złoty Melon/Pomaton EMI Formats: DVD
HolyWood	Released: November 30, 2006[13] Label: Metal Mind Productions Formats: DVD+CD
XXV lat później	Released: June 27, 2011[14] Label: Mystic Production Formats: DVD, CD, digital download[15]

Music videos

Year	Title	Directed	Album
1995	"Freedom"	TVP/Luz, Tomasz Żąda	Requiem
	"Screamin' Whispers"
2002	"Kiedy umieram"	Marcin Klinger, Paweł "Drak" Grzegorczyk[16][17]	Medeis
2003	"Fallen"	Maciej Mydlak, Marcin Klinger, Paweł "Drak" Grzegorczyk[17]
2005	"T.E.L.I."	Tomasz Mączka[17]	T.E.L.I...
	"Pomiędzy niebem, a piekłem"	Marcin Klinger
2009	"Labirynt Fauna"	Dariusz Szermanowicz, Grupa 13[18]	HellWood
	"Strasznik"	Mateusz Winkiel, Mania Studio[19][20][21][22]
2012	"Trumian Show"		Królestwo
	"PSI"
2013	"O wolności"	—
	"Imperium uboju"	Mateusz Winkiel[23]	Imperium

Awards

Fryderyk Award
Year	Album	Category	Note
2010	HellWood	album of the year rock/metal	Nominated[24]
2012	XXV lat później	album of the year metal	Nominated[25]

References

External links

• Official Hunter website Archived 2008-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

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