Exit Wounds (The Haunted album)

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Exit Wounds
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Studio album by
Released25 August 2014
Recorded2014
Genre Thrash metal, melodic death metal
Length44:08
Label Century Media
Producer Juan Urteaga [1]
The Haunted chronology
Unseen
(2011)
Exit Wounds
(2014)
Strength in Numbers
(2017)

Exit Wounds is the eighth studio album by Swedish metal band The Haunted, [2] released on 25 August 2014. The album marks a return to their more heavy and aggressive sound after the alternative metal-influenced previous album Unseen. It is the first album released since former members Marco Aro (vocals) and Adrian Erlandsson (drums) rejoined the band and the first studio album to feature Ola Englund on guitar.

Contents

Reception

The album received a positive review from Chuck Loesch of Metal Injection. [3]

Al Kikuras of AngryMetalGuy.com described it as a "fine return to form" giving the album 4.5 out of 5.0. [4]

Jonathan Barkan of BloodyDisgusting.com also gave the album a positive review, ending with "Exit Wounds is the album that discouraged fans of The Haunted have been waiting and yearning for." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Haunted.

No.TitleLength
1."317"1:31
2."Cutting Teeth"3:24
3."My Salvation"4:02
4."Psychonaut"3:24
5."Eye of the Storm"3:49
6."Trend Killer"3:12
7."Time (Will Not Heal)"3:41
8."All I Have"3:04
9."Temptation"3:17
10."My Enemy"1:00
11."Kill the Light"4:08
12."This War"2:28
13."Infiltrator"3:32
14."Ghost in the Machine"3:36
Total length:44:08
Limited digipak edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."As the Poison Sets In"3:55
16."The Manifestation"4:01
Total length:52:04
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."As the Poison Sets In"3:55
16."The Manifestation"4:01
17."Eye of the Storm" (demo)3:45
Total length:55:49

Personnel

The Haunted

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References

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