Swedish death-thrashers THE HAUNTED are ready to unleash their 8th full-length, Exit Wounds, on August 25th in Europe and September 2nd in North America via Century Media Records! The band is streaming the track ‘Time (Will Not Heal)’ here:
THE HAUNTED’s Ola Englund (guitars) comments: “‘Time (Will Not Heal)’ is one of those songs that came together naturally and wrote itself. With its stomping drums, riffs and Marco’s screaming, it’s one of my first contributions to THE HAUNTED and I hope you will dig it. The album is finally out end August in Europe and early September in the rest of the world.”
Exit Wounds can now be pre-ordered at iTunes https://smarturl.it/exitwoundsiTunes and AmazonMP3 https://smarturl.it/exitwoundsAMAZONMP3 with the tracks “Eye Of The Storm”, “Cutting Teeth” and “Time (Will Not Heal)” available as instant downloads upon purchase. The album can also be pre-ordered in a variety of physical formats, plus exclusive bundles at CM Distro: https://smarturl.it/thehauntedCMD
Featuring artwork by Andreas “Diaz” Pettersson (who designed the band’s first four releases, as well as their iconic logo), Exit Wounds is an unmistakable return to form for THE HAUNTED. The album sees a revamped line-up that includes founding members Jonas Bjorler (bass) and Jensen (guitars) teaming up with former members Adrian Erlandsson (drums) and Marco Aro (vocals), together with newest member Ola Englund (guitars). From the merciless triple punch in the face that is the opening section with “Cutting Teeth” , “My Salvation” and “Psychonaut”, to the rhythmical riff-fest that are “Eye Of The Storm”, “Trend Killer” and “Time (Will Not Heal)”, over to the chunky melodic groove of tracks like “All I Have” and trademark thrash-pieces like “Temptation”, “Kill The Light” and “Infiltrator”, via the pulverizing heaviness of “This War” and the one-minute fury of “My Enemy”, up to the epic ending with the broad “Ghost In The Machine”, Exit Wounds contains the full spectrum of artillery that a modern extreme metal band can possibly showcase. Here is the track-listing of the album’s standard edition:
THE HAUNTED – “Exit Wounds” track-listing:
1. 317
2. Cutting Teeth
3. My Salvation
4. Psychonaut
5. Eye Of The Storm
6. Trend Killer *
7. Time (Will Not Heal)
8. All I Have
9. Temptation
10. My Enemy
11. Kill The Light
12. This War
13. Infiltrator
14. Ghost In The Machine
* Features special guests Jed Simon (SCAR THE MARTYR / STRAPPING YOUNG LAD on lead guitars) and Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT on vocals).
Most recently, THE HAUNTED have been confirmed for the 2014 edition of Japan’s prominent Loud Park festival at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo on October 19th. Other bands appearing at this year’s event include Manowar, Arch Enemy, Dream Theater, Within Temptation, Kreator, Symphony X, Periphery and many more. More details can be found here: https://www.loudpark.com/14/
For more previews of Exit Wounds, be sure to check out the following videos:
“Cutting Teeth”:
Studio message # 1:
Studio message # 2:
Studio drum kit rundown:
Rehearsal room footage:
“Trespass” play-through video:
“D.O.A.” split-guitar play-through video:
THE HAUNTED line-up:
Marco Aro – vocals
Jensen – guitars
Ola Englund – guitars & solo guitars
Jonas Bjorler – bass
Adrian Erlandsson – drums
THE HAUNTED live 2014:
Sept. 23 – Jyväskylä (Finland) – Lutakko
Sept. 24 – Helsinki (Finland) – Tavastia
Sept. 25 – Tampere (Finland) – Klubi
Sept. 27 – Orebro (Sweden) – Ritz
Oct. 2 – Oslo (Norway) – John Dee
Oct. 3 – Borlange (Sweden) – Liljan
Oct. 4 – Malmo (Sweden) – Kulturbolaget
Oct. 9 – Stockholm (Sweden) – Klubben
Oct. 10 – Karlstad (Sweden) – Verket
Oct. 11 – Goteborg (Sweden) – Trädgårn
Oct. 19 – Tokyo (Japan) – Loud Park festival
THE HAUNTED online:
https://www.the-haunted.com
https://www.facebook.com/hauntedofficial
Century Media online:
https://www.centurymedia.com
https://www.youtube.com/centurymedia
https://www.twitter.com/centurymediaeu
https://www.facebook.com/centurymedia
Century Media Webshop:
https://www.cmdistro.com
