Unseen (The Haunted album)

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Unseen
The Haunted - Unseen.png
Studio album by
the Haunted
Released16 March 2011 (Sweden) [1]
Recorded18 October; 6 November 2010 at Antfarm Studio, Aarhus, Denmark [2]
Genre Alternative metal, groove metal
Length42:21
Label Century Media
Producer Tue Madsen
The Haunted chronology
Versus
(2008)		Unseen
(2011)		 Exit Wounds
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Heavy Blog Is HeavyStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Thrash HitsStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Unseen is the seventh studio album by Swedish metal band the Haunted, [5] released on 16 March 2011. The album begins to experiment with a more rock-influenced alternative metal sound mixed with their usual groove metal and melodic death metal sound.

Contents

While in the process of creating the album, vocalist Peter Dolving, in an interview, predicted, "It's going to be epic. Danceable. Groovy. And very very arty farty metal. With this next record we are going to be taking a piss in the general direction of all the crappy 99.9 percent of generic contemporary Mr. Goatse jerks out there". [6]

The album cover and track list were revealed on 28 January 2011. The cover was done by Frode Sylthe, a friend of the band, who also did the cover to their 2004 album Revolver . The band has said that they "really like his design aesthetic, and he seems to come up with something unique every single time". [7]

Background

The writing process for the album began in August 2009, a year after the release of Versus , [8] and forty songs were written for the album prior to 21 April 2010 according to vocalist Peter Dolving. [6] The album title was revealed by Dolving on 30 December 2010, at which time the album was finished except for some minor details. It was revealed that the title track "Unseen" was co-written by David Johansson of ColdTears.

Track listing

All music by Björler / Björler / Dolving (track 6 "Unseen" was co-written with David Johansson). All lyrics by Peter Dolving.

No.TitleMusicNoteLength
1."Never Better"A.Björler 3:34
2."No Ghost"Dolving / A. Björler Note 1 3:34
3."Catch 22"A. Björler / J. Björler 3:44
4."Disappear"Dolving Note 2 3:50
5."Motionless"J. Björler 4:25
6."Unseen"D. Johansson / The Haunted Note 3 3:02
7."The Skull"A. Björler / Dolving 4:04
8."Ocean Park"J. Björler 0:49
9."The City"J. Björler / A. Björler 3:08
10."Them"J. Björler 4:06
11."All Ends Well"J. Björler 4:16
12."Done"A. Björler 3:49
Total length:42:21
Limited edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Attention"3:52
14."The Reflection" (Live)3:46
15."The Fallout" (Live)4:06
Japan only [9]
No.TitleLength
13."Attention"3:52
14."Just Asking"2:47
15."The Reflection" (Live)3:46
16."The Fallout" (Live)4:06

Notes

1. ^ "No Ghost" was the first sneak preview song off the album on 22 January 2011, when the band performed the song at the P3 Guld Gala, broadcast live on TV and radio throughout Sweden.

2. ^ "Disappear" is the second song (originally third, see below) that premiered on 21 February 2011's edition of BBC Radio 1's "Rock Show With Daniel P Carter"

3. ^ "Unseen" was planned to premiere on 11 February 2011 at 7:30 p.m. CET, broadcast on Bandit Rock, but never aired for unknown reasons. It was later available for streaming on the band's Facebook page on 24 February. [10]

Personnel

The Haunted
Guests

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References

  1. ↑ "The Haunted - No false pride, no fashion, no fake set of values". Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "The Haunted - No false pride, no fashion, no fake set of values". Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "The Haunted – Unseen – Heavy Blog is Heavy".
  4. ↑ "Album: The Haunted - Unseen | Thrash Hits". Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  5. ↑ The Haunted: New Album Title Announced – Blabbermouth.net
  6. 1 2 "Interview: Peter Dolving". 21 April 2010.
  7. ↑ "THE HAUNTED: New Song to Debut on Swedish Radio". 10 February 2011.
  8. ↑ "Metal Sickness, le webzine spécialiste de la musique metal – Metal Sickness". Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  9. ↑ "Trooper Entertainment Inc. - ARTIST- THE HAUNTED".
  10. ↑ Facebook – The Haunted


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