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Hunter (band)

Polish heavy metal band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 31, 2025
Entity authorityQ5944232
Source-derived summary

Hunter is a Polish heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1985 in Szczytno, Masuria.

History

1995–2002

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 nine 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 a video was recorded for "When I'm dying ...". The song - both in audio and video version - appeared on 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.

2003–2006

The second studio album - Medeis - was released in 2003.

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“Hunter (band)” enters the record as polish heavy metal band. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hunter, band and Polish can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 1995, 2002, 2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Hunter, band and Polish.
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“Hunter (band)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Hunter, band and Polish provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 31, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5944232. VIAF identifies the subject as 155084379. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985, 1995, 2002 and 2001.

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This entry incorporates text from Hunter (band)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.