The Haunted is a heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden 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 were members of the seminal melodic death metal band At the Gates, a pioneering force in the Swedish death metal scene.
Michael Amott is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, founding member of the bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, and Carnage, as well as a former member of the extreme metal band Carcass. He is the older brother of Christopher Amott. Some major influences in his music have been Tony Iommi, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth and Dave Mustaine.
Slaughter of the Soul is the fourth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates, released on November 14, 1995. It was their last album before their eleven-year breakup from 1996 to 2007. Slaughter of the Soul is considered a landmark in melodic death metal and played a major role in popularizing the Gothenburg scene, alongside The Jester Race by In Flames and The Gallery by Dark Tranquillity. The album was recorded and mixed in Studio Fredman, early 1995.
Terminal Spirit Disease is the third album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates. It was released in 1994 and re-released in 2003 with bonus tracks. The band originally had wanted to record an EP of new material, but their label had insisted on a full-length album. To compromise, the band added several live tracks to pad the overall length.
Revolver is the fourth studio album by the Haunted. It was released on 18 October 2004.
Adrian Erlandsson is a Swedish–British heavy metal drummer, who plays in At the Gates, the Haunted, and Nemhain (2006–).
Anders Björler is a musician and a songwriter from Sweden. He is best known as the former guitar player in The Haunted, At The Gates. Anders also has a twin brother; Jonas Björler, whom he has played with in both At The Gates and The Haunted. Anders also released an instrumental solo album in November 2013 entitled 'Antikythera', which was inspired by progressive rock, post-rock, jazz and Italian film soundtracks. In addition to his music career, Anders also directed, edited and produced music videos, documentaries and in-the-studio features for bands like At The Gates, The Haunted, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity & Meshuggah.
Jonas Fredrik Björler is the bass player of the melodic death metal bands, At the Gates and The Haunted. He was formerly in the bands Demolition, Infestation and Terror. He is also a qualified accountant.
The Haunted is the self titled debut studio album by The Haunted, released in 1998 on Earache Records. Tracks 1-4 & 12, were part of the band's greatest hits, Warning Shots. Peter Dolving and Adrian Erlandsson both quit at different times after the album, but both returned on different releases, with Dolving on rEVOLVEr, and Erlandsson on Eye of the Storm.
One Kill Wonder is the third studio album by The Haunted. It was released on 17 February 2003.
Made Me Do It is the second studio album by The Haunted. It was released on 30 June 2000. It was re-released in 2001 with the live album, Live Rounds In Tokyo as a bonus CD.
Patrik Jensen is a Swedish guitarist and co-founder of the bands, The Haunted (1996-present), and Witchery (1997-present), and also the former guitarist of the bands Orchriste (1987-1990), Seance (1990-1995) Satanic Slaughter (1994-1996) and Brujeria (1997).
Power to the People is an album by the American rock band Poison, released on June 13, 2000 on the band's independent label, Cyanide Music. It marked the return of the original lineup, together for the first time since 1991's Swallow This Live with the return of C.C. DeVille who replaced Blues Saraceno.
The Dead Eye is the fifth studio album by The Haunted. It was released on 30 October 2006.
The Tsunami Benefit split CD single was released in 2005 on Century Media, featuring Napalm Death, The Haunted, and Heaven Shall Burn, with one song from each. It is limited to 1000 copies. "Strassenkampf" is a Die Skeptiker cover.
Versus is the sixth studio album by The Haunted. It was released on 17 September 2008. This marks a return to their aggressive sounds in the previous albums after their experimental fifth album The Dead Eye. All instruments were recorded live like their debut album, The Haunted, and solos and vocals were added once they had the songs down. The album is more or less about the decadence of mankind as last two songs "Faultline" and "Imperial Death March" point it out.
Road Kill is the second live album by The Haunted. Released on 21 April 2010. The live tracks were recorded at Melkweg, Amsterdam on February 13, 2009. The studio bonus tracks were recorded during the Versus sessions, 1–14 April 2008
Unseen is the seventh studio album by The Haunted. Released on 16 March 2011.
Exit Wounds is the eighth studio album by The Haunted. Released on 25 August 2014. 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.
Strength in Numbers is the ninth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band The Haunted, released on August 25, 2017 via Century Media.
