The Haunted
Encyclopedia
The Haunted is a Swedish metal
band from Gothenburg
, formed in 1996.
The original members were Anders
& Jonas Björler
, Peter Dolving
, Adrian Erlandsson
and Patrik Jensen
. Both of the Björler brothers and Erlandsson were members of the seminal melodic death metal
band At the Gates
, a pioneering force in the Swedish death metal scene.
All members, past and present, are from Gothenburg, Sweden; with the exception of Patrik Jensen, who is from Linköping
; Per Möller Jensen
, who is from Denmark
; Adrian Erlandsson, who is from Malmö; and Marco Aro, who is from Finland
.
, the selftitled debut The Haunted
, in 1998. Before this, they had also made their demo
, called Demo '97, in 1997. The album resulted in The Haunted being praised as Newcomer of the Year by several magazines, and the album being called Album of the Year by Terrorizer Magazine
. The Haunted made a respectable live reputation staging the Swedish
metal
scene, as well the international scene, touring the U.K.
with Napalm Death
.
After the release of this album, Peter Dolving
and Adrian Erlandsson
both left the band in 1999, the latter joining Cradle of Filth
.
as drummer. Their second album, Made Me Do It
, released in 2000, was more melodic and resembled the Gothenburg style (with bands such as At the Gates
, etc.) more than old-school thrash metal
that was used on The Haunted. It is originally called Made Me Do It, but it is meant for the band name to be included in the title. "The Haunted Made Me Do It" topped CMJ
Loud Rock Radio Chart in four weeks, and won a Swedish Grammy
for Best Hard Rock Album. The album was followed by European tours with Entombed
and Nile
, The Crown
in U.K., and In Flames
in Japan
. The Haunted played on festivals such as 2000 Decibel, Hultsfred
(both in Sweden), Graspop (Belgium
), and Wacken Open Air
(Germany
). The band subsequently released their first live album - Live Rounds in Tokyo
.
In August 2001, guitarist
/songwriter
Anders Björler
left the band and he was temporarily replaced by Marcus Sunesson of The Crown
for The Haunted's headlining tour; in less than a year Björler returned to the band. This meant that he could appear on the third studio album.
. The Haunted broke their own record being listed at number one on CMJ Loud Rock Radio Chart in five weeks. Alternative Press hailed The Haunted as one of metal's 25 most important bands. The album resulted in The Haunted dominating album charts all over the world, and their first tours to Australia
and South Africa
, another tour to Japan
, and a second Grammy. After another tour to Scandinavia
, North America
, United Kingdom
and Europe
in the fall of 2003, the sudden departure of Marco Aro came as a shock. Though, this opened a new chance of building up a reunion with former vocalist Peter Dolving
.
The song D.O.A., from this album, became available for download in March 2008 for the video game Rock Band, on the Xbox 360
's Xbox Live Marketplace
, and the PlayStation 3
's PlayStation Network. Another song from the same album, Shadow World, was announced as a future download.
2005. On February 2 of 2005, Marco Aro played his last show in Stockholm, Sweden but as a guest singer. In 2006, the band performed on the Extreme The Dojo vol.15 tour in Japan with Exodus
and Nile, while Edge of Spirit opened for them.
, was released on October 30, 2006 in Europe and so far has been a huge success, showing a more sinister side to Dolving's vocals and a more technical, haunting musical display. It was released in the USA on October 31, 2006. They later toured Europe and toured with Dark Tranquillity
, Into Eternity, and Scar Symmetry
for the North America
Metal For The Masses tour. They recently toured Europe for the Cursed Earth tour with bands like Wolf
, Municipal Waste, and Lyzanxia
and took a break to later return to play in tours and some shows in Russia
.
, was released on September 17, 2008, in Sweden, September 19-24 in the rest of Europe, and October 14 in the USA.
In 2009 the band released Warning Shots
, and they supported heavy metal legends Slayer
on their August 2010 tour. The band was also confirmed as being part of the soundtrack for Namco Bandai Games
' 2010 remake of Splatterhouse.
In April, 2010, Dolving revealed that they had started writing new material, and the recording of a seventh album started in the same fall. On December 30, the band announced that the upcoming album was to be called Unseen
and released in March, 2011.
The first sneak preview of the album was on January 22, when the band performed the song "No Ghost" at the P3 Guld Gala, broadcast live on TV
and radio
throughout Sweden.
Live albums
Compilation albums
EPs
Music videos
Former
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band from Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, formed in 1996.
The original members were Anders
Anders Björler
Anders Björler is a musician from Sweden. He is the current lead guitarist for heavy metal bands The Haunted and the well-known melodic death metal band At the Gates. He joined them in his former position on a reunion tour in 2007...
& Jonas Björler
Jonas Björler
Jonas Björler is the bassist and one of the founding members of the melodic death metal band At the Gates, along with his twin brother Anders Björler, Tomas Lindberg, Alf Svensson, and Adrian Erlandsson....
, Peter Dolving
Peter Dolving
Peter Dolving is a guitarist, songwriter, and spoken-word performer who is best known as the singer of the Swedish metal band The Haunted.-Career:...
, Adrian Erlandsson
Adrian Erlandsson
Adrian Erlandsson is a prolific Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Brujeria, Netherbird, with his wife in Nemhain and in Yorkshire doom metal band Paradise Lost...
and Patrik Jensen
Patrik Jensen
Patrik Jensen is a Swedish guitarist who formed the Swedish thrash metal musical group The Haunted in 1996 with Adrian Erlandsson. He was formerly a member of Seance and Satanic Slaughter and is also a founding member and sole music/lyric writer of Witchery. He is sometimes just referred to as...
. Both of the Björler brothers and Erlandsson were members of the seminal melodic death metal
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
band At the Gates
At the Gates
At the Gates is an extreme metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death-metal sound. Their early albums lean towards a death metal sound, but later albums sound more like melodic death metal.Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a...
, a pioneering force in the Swedish death metal scene.
All members, past and present, are from Gothenburg, Sweden; with the exception of Patrik Jensen, who is from Linköping
Linköping
Linköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...
; Per Möller Jensen
Per Möller Jensen
Per Möller Jensen is a Danish drummer in the Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. He has earlier played drums in Invocator, Konkhra and Nightrage.-References:...
, who is from Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
; Adrian Erlandsson, who is from Malmö; and Marco Aro, who is from Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
The Haunted (1996–2000)
The band released their first album, while signed to Earache RecordsEarache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
, the selftitled debut The Haunted
The Haunted (album)
The Haunted is the debut album by the Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted, released in 1998.-Track listing:Reissue"Burner" - 3:36Unreleased* "I'll Be Damned" - 3:54-Personnel:The Haunted* Peter Dolving - vocals...
, in 1998. Before this, they had also made their demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
, called Demo '97, in 1997. The album resulted in The Haunted being praised as Newcomer of the Year by several magazines, and the album being called Album of the Year by Terrorizer Magazine
Terrorizer Magazine
Terrorizer is an extreme music magazine published by Dark Arts Ltd. in the United Kingdom. It is released every four weeks with thirteen issues a year and features a 'Fear Candy' covermount CD, a twice yearly 'Fear Candy Unsigned' CD, and a double-sided poster.-1993:Terrorizer published its first...
. The Haunted made a respectable live reputation staging the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
scene, as well the international scene, touring the U.K.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
with Napalm Death
Napalm Death
Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
.
After the release of this album, Peter Dolving
Peter Dolving
Peter Dolving is a guitarist, songwriter, and spoken-word performer who is best known as the singer of the Swedish metal band The Haunted.-Career:...
and Adrian Erlandsson
Adrian Erlandsson
Adrian Erlandsson is a prolific Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Brujeria, Netherbird, with his wife in Nemhain and in Yorkshire doom metal band Paradise Lost...
both left the band in 1999, the latter joining Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
.
Made Me Do It (2000 – 2003)
Marco Aro was recruited as a new vocalist and Per Möller JensenPer Möller Jensen
Per Möller Jensen is a Danish drummer in the Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. He has earlier played drums in Invocator, Konkhra and Nightrage.-References:...
as drummer. Their second album, Made Me Do It
Made Me Do It
Made Me Do It is the second album by The Haunted. It was released on October 27, 2000. It was re-released in 2001 with the live album, Live Rounds In Tokyo as a bonus CD.- Track listing :# "Dark Intentions" – 1:30# "Bury Your Dead" – 3:07...
, released in 2000, was more melodic and resembled the Gothenburg style (with bands such as At the Gates
At the Gates
At the Gates is an extreme metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death-metal sound. Their early albums lean towards a death metal sound, but later albums sound more like melodic death metal.Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a...
, etc.) more than old-school thrash metal
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
that was used on The Haunted. It is originally called Made Me Do It, but it is meant for the band name to be included in the title. "The Haunted Made Me Do It" topped CMJ
College Music Journal
College Music Journal, commonly known as CMJ, is a music events/publishing company which hosts an annual festival in New York City, the CMJ Music Marathon, as well as a weekly magazine of and for the music industry and college radio stations in the United States and Canada. It publishes top 30...
Loud Rock Radio Chart in four weeks, and won a Swedish Grammy
Grammis
The Grammis Awards are the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm.The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled....
for Best Hard Rock Album. The album was followed by European tours with Entombed
Entombed (band)
Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal which initially differed itself from its American counterpart with its distinct guitar tone, by the early 1990s their sound had...
and Nile
Nile (band)
Nile is an American death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, formed in 1993. Their music and lyrics are inspired by Ancient Egyptian/Near Eastern mysticism, history, religion, and art, as well as stories by H. P. Lovecraft.- History :...
, The Crown
The Crown (band)
The Crown is a death / thrash metal band from Trollhättan, Sweden. Originally, they used the name Crown of Thorns but were forced to change their name due to another band already using that name. Their music and lyrics are inspired by death, antireligious themes and rebellion. They are known to...
in U.K., and In Flames
In Flames
In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The Haunted played on festivals such as 2000 Decibel, Hultsfred
Hultsfred
Hultsfred is a locality and the seat of Hultsfred Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 5,305 inhabitants in 2005. It is best known for the Hultsfred Festival.- References :...
(both in Sweden), Graspop (Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
), and Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air is a summer open air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany...
(Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
). The band subsequently released their first live album - Live Rounds in Tokyo
Live Rounds in Tokyo
Live Rounds In Tokyo is a live album by The Haunted. It was recorded at Akasaka Blitz, Tokyo, Japan on November 16, 2000.-Track listing:#"Intro"#"Dark Intentions"#"Bury Your Dead"#"Chasm"#"Trespass"#"Shattered"#"Hollow Ground"#"Chokehold"...
.
In August 2001, guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
/songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
Anders Björler
Anders Björler
Anders Björler is a musician from Sweden. He is the current lead guitarist for heavy metal bands The Haunted and the well-known melodic death metal band At the Gates. He joined them in his former position on a reunion tour in 2007...
left the band and he was temporarily replaced by Marcus Sunesson of The Crown
The Crown (band)
The Crown is a death / thrash metal band from Trollhättan, Sweden. Originally, they used the name Crown of Thorns but were forced to change their name due to another band already using that name. Their music and lyrics are inspired by death, antireligious themes and rebellion. They are known to...
for The Haunted's headlining tour; in less than a year Björler returned to the band. This meant that he could appear on the third studio album.
One Kill Wonder (2003 – 2004)
The next album was released in February 2003 and was titled One Kill WonderOne Kill Wonder
One Kill Wonder, released in 2003, is the third studio album by death/thrash metal band The Haunted."D.O.A." served as the album's only single. It was accompanied by a violent music video which found limited television airing due to its graphic nature...
. The Haunted broke their own record being listed at number one on CMJ Loud Rock Radio Chart in five weeks. Alternative Press hailed The Haunted as one of metal's 25 most important bands. The album resulted in The Haunted dominating album charts all over the world, and their first tours to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, another tour to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and a second Grammy. After another tour to Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
, North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
in the fall of 2003, the sudden departure of Marco Aro came as a shock. Though, this opened a new chance of building up a reunion with former vocalist Peter Dolving
Peter Dolving
Peter Dolving is a guitarist, songwriter, and spoken-word performer who is best known as the singer of the Swedish metal band The Haunted.-Career:...
.
The song D.O.A., from this album, became available for download in March 2008 for the video game Rock Band, on the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
's Xbox Live Marketplace
Xbox Live Marketplace
The Xbox Live Marketplace is a virtual market designed for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console that allows Xbox Live members to download purchased or promotional content...
, and the PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
's PlayStation Network. Another song from the same album, Shadow World, was announced as a future download.
Revolver (2004–2006)
Their first album with Peter Dolving back at the helm (and signed by a new deal with Century Media), was entitled Revolver. The new album was released in October 2004 and named as it was to convey the evolution of the band and the music it plays as a whole. Revolver was met with a fair amount of fan support and critical acclaim, and the band toured the world extensively in support of it, including a second stage spot at OzzfestOzzfest
Ozzfest is an annual festival tour of the United States featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups. It was founded by Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne, both of whom also organize each yearly tour with their son Jack Osbourne...
2005. On February 2 of 2005, Marco Aro played his last show in Stockholm, Sweden but as a guest singer. In 2006, the band performed on the Extreme The Dojo vol.15 tour in Japan with Exodus
Exodus (band)
Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1980 in Richmond, California. Spanning a career of over 30 years, Exodus has gone through numerous lineup changes, two extended hiatuses, and the deaths of two former band members. Guitarist Gary Holt remains the only constant member of the band,...
and Nile, while Edge of Spirit opened for them.
The Dead Eye (2006–2007)
The Haunted's fifth studio album, The Dead EyeThe Dead Eye
The collectors U.S., European, and Japanese editions also feature a bonus DVD.#"The Dead Eye" - Making Of Documentary#"All Against All" - Promo Video Clip#"No Compromise" - Promo Video Clip#"99" - Live at Metal Mania Festival 2005...
, was released on October 30, 2006 in Europe and so far has been a huge success, showing a more sinister side to Dolving's vocals and a more technical, haunting musical display. It was released in the USA on October 31, 2006. They later toured Europe and toured with Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are one of the longest-standing bands from the original Gothenburg metal scene, and are one of the most integral pioneers of the melodic death metal genre of music....
, Into Eternity, and Scar Symmetry
Scar Symmetry
Scar Symmetry is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Avesta in Dalarna County, formed in 2004. The band has released five albums, with six released singles...
for the North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
Metal For The Masses tour. They recently toured Europe for the Cursed Earth tour with bands like Wolf
Wolf (band)
Wolf is a heavy metal band from Örebro, Sweden. Formed in 1995, the band has since released five albums and toured with Saxon, Tankard and more recently, Trivium.-Members:*Niklas Stålvind - vocals, guitar *Anders G Modd - bass guitar...
, Municipal Waste, and Lyzanxia
Lyzanxia
Lyzanxia is a French metal group that combine thrash metal with elements of death metal.-Biography:Lyzanxia were formed in 1996 by the Potvin brothers. They quickly recorded their first demo, RIP My Skin, it displayed the band's potential. In 1997 the band produced an 11 song demo entitled Lullaby...
and took a break to later return to play in tours and some shows in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
Versus (2008–2009)
Their sixth studio album, VersusVersus (The Haunted album)
-Note:# "Meat Wagon" is the only the song on Japanese Issue that is not on the Special Edition Issue while the rest of the songs are.-Release history:-Credits:The Haunted*Peter Dolving - vocals & lyrics*Patrik Jensen - rhythm guitar...
, was released on September 17, 2008, in Sweden, September 19-24 in the rest of Europe, and October 14 in the USA.
In 2009 the band released Warning Shots
Warning Shots
-Disc two:...
Road Kill & Unseen (2010-Present)
In April 2010, the band released a live CD called Road KillRoad Kill (The Haunted album)
Road Kill is the second live album by the thrash/melodic death metal band The Haunted. The live tracks were recorded at Melkweg, Amsterdam on February 13, 2009...
, and they supported heavy metal legends Slayer
Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
on their August 2010 tour. The band was also confirmed as being part of the soundtrack for Namco Bandai Games
Namco Bandai Games
is an arcade, mobile and home video game developer and publisher based in Japan which is the product of a merger between the video game development divisions of Bandai and Namco. Namco Bandai Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings and specializes in production and sales of...
' 2010 remake of Splatterhouse.
In April, 2010, Dolving revealed that they had started writing new material, and the recording of a seventh album started in the same fall. On December 30, the band announced that the upcoming album was to be called Unseen
Unseen (album)
Unseen is the seventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band The Haunted.Vocalist Peter Dolving has described the album as "Epic. Danceable. Groovy. And very very arty farty metal. With this next record we are going to be taking a piss in the general direction of all the crappy 99.9...
and released in March, 2011.
The first sneak preview of the album was on January 22, when the band performed the song "No Ghost" at the P3 Guld Gala, broadcast live on TV
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
and radio
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with...
throughout Sweden.
Discography
Studio albums- The HauntedThe Haunted (album)The Haunted is the debut album by the Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted, released in 1998.-Track listing:Reissue"Burner" - 3:36Unreleased* "I'll Be Damned" - 3:54-Personnel:The Haunted* Peter Dolving - vocals...
(1998) - Made Me Do ItMade Me Do ItMade Me Do It is the second album by The Haunted. It was released on October 27, 2000. It was re-released in 2001 with the live album, Live Rounds In Tokyo as a bonus CD.- Track listing :# "Dark Intentions" – 1:30# "Bury Your Dead" – 3:07...
(2000) - One Kill WonderOne Kill WonderOne Kill Wonder, released in 2003, is the third studio album by death/thrash metal band The Haunted."D.O.A." served as the album's only single. It was accompanied by a violent music video which found limited television airing due to its graphic nature...
(2003) - Revolver (2004)
- The Dead EyeThe Dead EyeThe collectors U.S., European, and Japanese editions also feature a bonus DVD.#"The Dead Eye" - Making Of Documentary#"All Against All" - Promo Video Clip#"No Compromise" - Promo Video Clip#"99" - Live at Metal Mania Festival 2005...
(2006) - VersusVersus (The Haunted album)-Note:# "Meat Wagon" is the only the song on Japanese Issue that is not on the Special Edition Issue while the rest of the songs are.-Release history:-Credits:The Haunted*Peter Dolving - vocals & lyrics*Patrik Jensen - rhythm guitar...
(2008) - UnseenUnseen (album)Unseen is the seventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band The Haunted.Vocalist Peter Dolving has described the album as "Epic. Danceable. Groovy. And very very arty farty metal. With this next record we are going to be taking a piss in the general direction of all the crappy 99.9...
(2011)
Live albums
- Live Rounds In TokyoLive Rounds in TokyoLive Rounds In Tokyo is a live album by The Haunted. It was recorded at Akasaka Blitz, Tokyo, Japan on November 16, 2000.-Track listing:#"Intro"#"Dark Intentions"#"Bury Your Dead"#"Chasm"#"Trespass"#"Shattered"#"Hollow Ground"#"Chokehold"...
(2001) - Road KillRoad Kill (The Haunted album)Road Kill is the second live album by the thrash/melodic death metal band The Haunted. The live tracks were recorded at Melkweg, Amsterdam on February 13, 2009...
(2010)
Compilation albums
- Warning ShotsWarning Shots-Disc two:...
(2009)
EPs
- Tsunami BenefitTsunami BenefitThe Tsunami Benefit split CD single was released in 2005 on Century Media, featuring Napalm Death, The Haunted, and Heaven Shall Burn, with one song from each...
(2005)
Videography
DVDS- Caught on Tape (2002)
- Road KillRoad Kill (The Haunted album)Road Kill is the second live album by the thrash/melodic death metal band The Haunted. The live tracks were recorded at Melkweg, Amsterdam on February 13, 2009...
(2010)
Music videos
- "Chasm" (1998), Previously unreleased, Features BMX crash footage from Mat Hoffman
- "Bury Your Dead" (2000), from Caught on Tape
- "D.O.A." (2003), Directed by Pete Bridgewater
- "All Against All" (2004), Directed by Roger Johansson
- "No Compromise" (2005), Directed by Roger Johansson
- "The Flood" (2006) Directed by Roger Johansson
- "The Drowning" (2007), Directed by Anders Björler
- "Moronic Colossus" Live at Wacken (2008), Edited by Anders Björler
- "Trenches" (2008), Directed by Daniel Larsson (aired 2009)
- "No Ghost" Live at Wacken (2011), Edited by Anders Björler
Members
Current- Anders BjörlerAnders BjörlerAnders Björler is a musician from Sweden. He is the current lead guitarist for heavy metal bands The Haunted and the well-known melodic death metal band At the Gates. He joined them in his former position on a reunion tour in 2007...
- lead guitars (1996–2001, 2002–present) - Jonas BjörlerJonas BjörlerJonas Björler is the bassist and one of the founding members of the melodic death metal band At the Gates, along with his twin brother Anders Björler, Tomas Lindberg, Alf Svensson, and Adrian Erlandsson....
- bass (1996–present) - Peter DolvingPeter DolvingPeter Dolving is a guitarist, songwriter, and spoken-word performer who is best known as the singer of the Swedish metal band The Haunted.-Career:...
- lead vocals (1996–1998, 2003–present) - Patrik JensenPatrik JensenPatrik Jensen is a Swedish guitarist who formed the Swedish thrash metal musical group The Haunted in 1996 with Adrian Erlandsson. He was formerly a member of Seance and Satanic Slaughter and is also a founding member and sole music/lyric writer of Witchery. He is sometimes just referred to as...
- rhythm guitars (1996–present) - Per Möller JensenPer Möller JensenPer Möller Jensen is a Danish drummer in the Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. He has earlier played drums in Invocator, Konkhra and Nightrage.-References:...
- drums (1999–present)
Former
- Adrian ErlandssonAdrian ErlandssonAdrian Erlandsson is a prolific Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Brujeria, Netherbird, with his wife in Nemhain and in Yorkshire doom metal band Paradise Lost...
- drums (1996–1999) - John ZwetslootJohn ZwetslootJohn Zwetsloot is a Swedish guitarist who previously played with black metal band Dissection.-Dissection Years:In 1989, Dissection was looking for a final member to make the band a four-piece group. Mattias Johansson, their current rhythm guitarist was just a session player at the time and wasn't...
- guitar (1996) - Marco Aro - lead vocals (1999–2003, and February 2, 2005)
- Mike WeadMike WeadMike Wead is a Swedish guitarist who lives in Stockholm. Wead contributed to heavy metal bands such as Hexenhaus, Memento Mori, Abstrakt Algebra, The Haunted, Edge of Sanity, Witch, Firegod, Candlemass, The Project Hate. Currently Wead is the guitarist of Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, and bibleblack...
- session guitar (2001) - Marcus Sunesson - session guitars (2001–2002)