Dave Hunt (musician)

{{short description|British singer}}

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| name = Dave Hunt

| image = Anaal Nathrakh, Dave „V.I.T.R.I.O.L.“ Hunt at Party.San Metal Open Air 2013 05.jpg

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| caption = Hunt performing in 2013

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| birth_place = Solihull, West Midlands, England

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| genre = Extreme metal, thrash metal, industrial

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1997–present

| associated_acts = Anaal Nathrakh, Benediction, Mistress, Dethroned

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Dave Hunt is an English extreme metal vocalist. He is the vocalist of Anaal Nathrakh under the pseudonym V.I.T.R.I.O.L., ({{langx|la|Visita Interiora Terræ Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem|lit=Visit the interior of the earth, and by rectifying, you will discover the hidden stone}}), a phrase found in alchemical literature which purports to be the origin of the name of vitriol.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p681916/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Anaal Nathrakh|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=6 May 2010}} He was also the vocalist of Mistress under the pseudonym Dave Cunt until their split in March 2008.

Notably, Dave Hunt's lyrics for his main band, Anaal Nathrakh, are never released or published in album liner notes. The one known exception is the song "Tod Huetet Uebel" from Passion, which was written as a collaboration with Rainer Landfermann, best known for his vocal work on the Bethlehem album Dictius Te Necare.

As of late 2011, Hunt writes an online column for Terrorizer magazine{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111102153703/http://truecultheavymetal.com/blog1.php/more+of+fire+than+blog:]}}. Terrorizer magazine entitled 'More of Fire than Blog', a play on an Anaal Nathrakh song/video title from the album In the Constellation of the Black Widow.

For most of the 2010s, Hunt was studying part-time towards a PhD in philosophy, in the area of metaethics.{{cite web |last1=Rohman |first1=Ashiqur |title=An exclusive interview with Dave Hunt of Anaal Nathrakh |url=http://www.anylouder.co.in/an-exclusive-interview-with-dave-hunt-of-anaal-nathrakh-as-he-talks-about-the-new-album-the-music-meeting-demonic-resurrection-and-much-more/ |website=Any Louder |access-date=21 April 2021}} His thesis advisor was Jussi Suikkanen, and he finished in March 2020.{{cite web |last1=Suikkanen |first1=Jussi |title=Jussi Suikkanen |url=https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/jussi-suikkanen(094d9357-98b9-4e49-86f5-4e051f874210).html |website=University of Birmingham Research Portal |publisher=University of Birmingham |access-date=21 April 2021}}

He lives in Birmingham.