THE HAUNTED “UNSEEN” – Releases March 29th 2011 In U.S.!
THE HAUNTED – Releasing on March 29th, 2011, via Century Media Records, is the seventh studio album, Unseen, from Sweden’s very own… The Haunted. I’m looking forward to getting my ears into this new album from The Haunted. While earlier reviews on Unseen have not been very positive or mixed, the experimental and detoured direction of the Metal that The Haunted have taken seems to have alienated some. From what has been written thus far from other reviews I’ve read, a Sludge Metal sound with many clean vocal moments from Peter Dolving are heard on Unseen.
I’ll keep an “open Metal mind” and deliver a review for Unseen in the near future. If you’ve never checked out any album from The Haunted, you must… this is a Metal band that goes back to 1996 with their debut/self titled album releasing in 1998.
THE HAUNTED:
Peter Dolving – vocals
Anders Björler – lead guitar
Patrik Jensen – rhythm guitar
Jonas Björler – bass
Per Möller Jensen – drums
Track Listing For UNSEEN:
Never Better
No Ghost
Catch 22
Disappear
Motionless
Unseen
The Skull
Ocean Park
The City
Them
All Ends Well
Done
My “all-time” favorite song from The Haunted is The Cynic, from their fifth studio album released back in 2006 – The Dead Eye. Jonas Björler on bass just makes The Cynic sound so melancholy and creepy… it’s right up my Metal alley. Metal truth be told, The Dead Eye is Heavy stuff, I recommend The Dead Eye to all Metal fans across the globe. Peter Dolving on vocals can sing as vicious as any in the world of Metal, while giving way to those tempered down moments when the song dictates. Another Metal truth be told, I’ve never met an album from The Haunted that I didn’t like.
For more info on THE HAUNTED, just click the link below:
THE HAUNTED – Official Website
LONG LIVE THE HAUNTED.
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March 28, 2011 at 9:17 am
I saw them 7 or 8 years ago in northern Virginia. They were alright and the highpoint for me was them closing the show with an At The Gates song, a band that I liked over the Haunted.
March 28, 2011 at 9:27 am
At The Gates is doing 5 shows in Europe, from April to August. Nuthin’ in Austin though… they state on their website: “not making anymore music”… then again, how many times have we heard bands say that?
http://www.atthegates.se/site/
March 29, 2011 at 9:11 am
For me, Slaughter of the Soul is the Reign in Blood of the 90s.
March 29, 2011 at 9:57 pm
That is an excellent way to describe that album. Abundant speed and ferocity are two immediate adjectives… both albums are measuring sticks from the past. I wish I had my own private jet and could fly to Europe to see At The Gates “live”.