The Haunted is a Swedish melodic death metal/groove metal band, formed in 1996 in Gothenburg. The original members were Patrik Jensen (also member of Witchery) on guitar, Jonas Björler (bass), Adrian Erlandsson (drums), Anders Björler (guitar), and Peter Dolving (vocals). Both of the Björler brothers and Erlandsson were members of 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, Sweden, and Per Möller Jensen, who is from Denmark. SCUMBAF! ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Patrik Jensen is guitarist in the Swedish hard rock- and metal-band The Haunted since 1996. ... Anders Björler, born 26 February 1973 , is a thrash/death metal musician from Sweden. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Per Möller Jensen is a danish drummer in the Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. ... For other uses, see Gothenburg (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... Groove metal, often associated with half-thrash/neo-thrash/nu-thrash/post-thrash and power groove, is a term sometimes used to describe a derivative of thrash metal which took its current form during the early 1990s. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Earache Records is a heavy metal-orientated record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme music by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records, in the period 1988-1992. ... At the Gates was a Swedish melodic death metal band. ... Face Down (formerly known as Machine God) is a post-thrash/death metal band from Sweden. ... Witchery is a Swedish thrash metal band, formed by former members of Satanic Slaughter in 1997. ... Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos (ex-Exhumation) and his close friend Gus G. They have since re-located to Sweden. ... Mary Beats Jane, a Swedish band from Gothenburg. ... Seance is a Swedish death metal band. ... Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1996 by ex-Carcass guitarist Michael Amott. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Anders Björler, born 26 February 1973 , is a thrash/death metal musician from Sweden. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Patrik Jensen is guitarist in the Swedish hard rock- and metal-band The Haunted since 1996. ... Per Möller Jensen is a danish drummer in the Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. ... Adrian Erlandsson is a Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Needleye and with his wife in Nemhain. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... Groove metal, often associated with half-thrash/neo-thrash/nu-thrash/post-thrash and power groove, is a term sometimes used to describe a derivative of thrash metal which took its current form during the early 1990s. ... For other uses, see Gothenburg (disambiguation). ... Patrik Jensen is guitarist in the Swedish hard rock- and metal-band The Haunted since 1996. ... Witchery is a Swedish thrash metal band, formed by former members of Satanic Slaughter in 1997. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Adrian Erlandsson is a Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Needleye and with his wife in Nemhain. ... Anders Björler, born 26 February 1973 , is a thrash/death metal musician from Sweden. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... At the Gates was a Swedish melodic death metal band. ... For other uses, see Gothenburg (disambiguation). ... Patrik Jensen is guitarist in the Swedish hard rock- and metal-band The Haunted since 1996. ... Linköping [ˈlɪnɕøːpɪŋ] is a city in southern Sweden, with a population of 97,428 (2005). ... Per Möller Jensen is a danish drummer in the Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. ...

History

The Haunted (1996–2000)

The band released their first album, while signed to Earache Records, 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, but as well the international, as touring UK with Napalm Death. Earache Records is a heavy metal-orientated record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme music by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records, in the period 1988-1992. ... The Haunted (1998) is the debut album from Swedish metalcore band The Haunted. ... For other uses, see demo. ... This is the discography of Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... This article is about metallic materials. ... Napalm Death are a grindcore/death metal band from Birmingham, England. ...

Complementing the collective instrumental virtuosity was Dolving's performance, which - graced with unflinching candor and scalpel-like insight into human behavior - navigated fearlessly through the explorations into the power of the human voice and the depths of unmitigated anger.

The Haunted Made Me Do It (2000–2003)

After the release of this album, Peter Dolving and Adrian Erlandsson both left the band in 1999, the latter joining Cradle of Filth. Marco Aro was recruited as a new vocalist and Per Möller Jensen as drummer. Their second album, The Haunted Made Me Do It, released in 2000, and 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 UK, 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 and so far only live album - Live Rounds in Tokyo. Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Adrian Erlandsson is a Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Needleye and with his wife in Nemhain. ... Cradle of Filth are a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Per Möller Jensen is a danish drummer in the Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. ... The Haunted Made Me Do It is the second album by The Haunted. ... For other uses, see Gothenburg (disambiguation). ... At the Gates was a Swedish melodic death metal band. ... Old school, variously spelled old skool, oldschool or oldskool, is a slang term referring to an older school of thinking or acting and to old objects in general, within the context of newer, more modern times. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Entombed is a Swedish metal band which formed in 1987 (see 1987 in music) under the name of Nihilist. ... Nile is a brutal / technical death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, USA assembled in 1993. ... The Crown is a death/thrash metal band from Trollhättan, Sweden. ... In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. ... Hultsfred (population is 15,163) is a Municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden. ... Graspop is a metal meeting in Dessel,Belgium ... For the German town, see Wacken (town). ... Live Rounds In Tokyo is a live album by The Haunted. ...

Nothing seemed to be able to stop the band, until August 2001, when 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. Perfect timing for being featured on the third studio album. For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Anders Björler, born 26 February 1973 , is a thrash/death metal musician from Sweden. ... The Crown is a death/thrash metal band from Trollhättan, Sweden. ...

One Kill Wonder (2003–2004)

The next album was released in February of 2003 and was titled One Kill Wonder. 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. One Kill Wonder is an album by The Haunted. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... For other uses, see Scandinavia (disambiguation). ... North American redirects here. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

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 of 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 Ozzfest 2005. In February 2 of 2005, Marco Aro played his last show in Stockholm, Sweden but as a guest singer. Century Media Records is an independant metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Revolver (disambiguation). ... Ozzfest is an annual tour of the United States (and in some years, Europe) featuring performances by many Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Death Metal, Hardcore and Nu Metal groups. ...

The Dead Eye (2006–2007)

The Haunted's fifth studio album, The Dead Eye, 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.^[1] They later toured Europe and toured with Dark Tranquillity, Into Eternity, and Scar Symmetry for the North America Metal For The Masses tour.^[2] 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.^[3][4] The Dead Eye is the fifth album from Swedish metal band The Haunted, released on October 30, 2006. ... is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dark Tranquillity is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. ... Into Eternity is a melodic death metal and progressive metal band from Regina, Saskatchewan Canada. ... Scar Symmetry is a melodic death metal quintet from Sweden that started in April 2004. ... North American redirects here. ... Wolf is a Swedish heavy metal band. ... Municipal waste are a loud band from Richmond, VA. They play crossover thrash in the vein of DRI and Sepultura. ... Lyzanxia is a French metal group that combine thrash metal with elements of death metal. ...

New album (2008–present)

It has been confirmed that the follow-up of The Dead Eye, yet untitled, will be released in 2008.

Influence and musical style

Some people brand The Haunted's music as thrash metal, but their sound follows more closely the style of melodic death metal and lacks the general song structure, guitar style, or vocal style of thrash metal.^{[citation needed]} Some of their music incorporates hardcore punk/crossover thrash influences and occasional Machine Head-style groove metal passages.^{[citation needed]} The Haunted's music has had an influence on the style of metalcore.^{[citation needed]} Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... Hardcore punk, now commonly known as hardcore, is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The machine heads on a Squier Stratocaster electric guitar. ... Metalcore is a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk that began in the United States. ...

The latest album, The Dead Eye displayed a heavily melodic, slowed down, and melancholic approach (in terms of both musicianship and song writing) which was introduced on rEVOLVEr.^{[citation needed]} Also a darker approach to Peter Dolving's lyrics was introduced with content like dogma and his own cynicism.^{[citation needed]} The Dead Eye is the fifth album from Swedish metal band The Haunted, released on October 30, 2006. ... For other uses, see Revolver (disambiguation). ...

Discography

Main article: The Haunted discography

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Studio albums

• The Haunted (1998)
• The Haunted Made Me Do It (2000)
• One Kill Wonder (2003)
• rEVOLVEr (2004)
• The Dead Eye (2006)

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Videography

DVDs

• Caught on Tape (2002)

Music videos

• "Bury Your Dead" (2000), from Caught on Tape DVD.
• "D.O.A." (2003)
• "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

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Line-up

• Peter Dolving - vocals (1996–1998, 2003-present)
• Anders Björler - guitars (1995–2001, 2002-present)
• Jonas Björler - bass guitar (1996–present)
• Patrik Jensen - guitars (1996–present)
• Per Möller Jensen - drums (1999–present)

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Former members

• Marco Aro - vocals (1999–2003 and February 02, 2005)
• Adrian Erlandsson - drums (1996–1999)
• Marcus Sunesson - lead guitars (2001–2002) (ex-The Crown)

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Official MySpace