The Haunted is a
Swedish heavy metal supergroup from
Gothenburg, formed in
1996. The original members were
Anders and
Jonas Björler,
Peter Dolving,
Adrian Erlandsson and
Patrik Jensen. Both of the Björler brothers and Erlandsson are members of the seminal melodic death metal band
At the Gates, a pioneering force in the
Swedish death metal scene.
A minority of 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.
Timeline:
1996:
July 27 -
Jensen (guitar) and Adrian Erlandsson (drums) form the band.
August - Jonas Björler (bass) and
John Zwetsloot (guitar) join.
September - John Zwetsloot leaves -
Anders Björler (guitar) joins.
1997:
May - Peter Dolving (vocals) joins.
1998:
June - 'The Haunted' (
S/T) is released.
October - Peter Dolving leaves.
1999:
April - Marco Aro (vocals) joins.
June - Adrian Erlandsson leaves.
August - Per Möller Jensen (drums) joins.
2000:
October - '
Made Me Do It' is released.
2001:
December - '
Live Rounds In Tokyo' (live
album) is released.
2003:
February - '
One Kill Wonder ' is released.
August - Marco Aro leaves.
September - Peter Dolving rejoins.
2004:
October - 'rEVOLVEr' is released.
2006:
October - '
The Dead Eye' is released.
2008:
September - '
Versus' is released.
2009:
April - '
Warning Shots' is released.
2010:
April - '
Roadkill', the second live album with some bonus material is released.
2011:
March - '
Unseen' is released.
2012:
February 29 - Peter Dolving leaves for the second time.
October 16 - Anders Björler and Per Möller Jensen leave.
2013:
April - Adrian Erlandsson and Marco Aro rejoin the band along with
Ola Englund (guitar).
2014:
January - 'Eye ot the
Storm' EP is released.
August - '
Exit Wounds' is released.
The Haunted compilation track list:
01.
Dark Intentions
02.
Bury Your Dead
03. 99
04.
In Vein
05.
D.O.A.
06. The
Medication
07.
Hollow Ground
08. 317
09.
Cutting Teeth
10.
No Compromise
11.
Trend Killer (feat.
Chuck Billy)
12.
Moronic Colossus
13.
The Premonition
14.
The Flood
15.
Trespass
16. All
Against All
17.
Time (Will Not
Heal)
18.
Undead (demo)
19.
No Ghost
20.
Shadow World
21.
The Drowning
22.
Chasm
23.
Eye of the Storm
24.
Abysmal
25.
Sabotage
26.
My Enemy
27.
Hate Song
28. One Kill Wonder
29.
Under the Surface
30.
My Shadow
Tracks: 01, 02, 07, 15, and 29 are from the album 'Made Me Do It' (2000,
Earache Records)
Tracks: 03,
10, 16, 24, 25, and 30 are from the album 'rEVOLVEr' (2004,
Century Media)
Tracks: 04, 22, and 27 are from the album 'The Haunted' (1998, Earache Records)
Tracks: 05, 20, and 28 are from the album 'One Kill Wonder' (2003, Earache Records)
Tracks: 06, 13, 14, and 21 are from the album 'The Dead Eye' (2006, Century Media)
Tracks: 08, 09, 11, 17, 23, and 26 are from the album 'Exit Wounds' (2014, Century Media)
Track 12 is from the album 'Versus' (2008, Century Media)
Track 18 is from the demo '
Demo '97' (1997) and is also included on the compilation album 'Warning Shots' (Earache Records, 2009)
Track 19 is from the album 'Unseen' (2011, Century Media)
Current lineup:
Patrik Jensen: rhythm guitar (on all tracks)
Jonas Björler: bass (on all tracks)
Adrian Erlandsson: drums (tracks 04, 08, 09, 11, 17, 18, 22, 23, 26, and 27)
Marco Aro: vocals (tracks 02, 05, 07, 09, 11, 15, 17, 20, 23, 26, 28, and 29)
Ola Englund: lead guitar (tracks 08, 09, 11, 17, 23, and 26)
Past members:
Anders Björler: lead guitar (tracks 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07,
10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, and 30)
Per Möller Jensen: drums (tracks 01, 02, 03, 05, 06, 07, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 24,
25, 28, 29, and 30)
Peter Dolving: vocals (tracks 03, 04, 06, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 29, and 30)
John Zwetsloot: guitar (didn't play on any of the songs as he left the band during
it's formation)
All rights and music belong to The Haunted and Earache Records/Century Media.
- published: 28 Oct 2015
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