THE HAUNTED - New Album To Feature Guest Appearance From TESTAMENT's Chuck Billy
May 21, 2014, 10 years ago
Sweden's The Haunted have been busy at Antfarm Studio recording their newest, eighth studio album with producer Tue Madsen (Dark Tranquillity, Heaven Shall Burn), who previously worked with the band on their latest albums. Testament vocalist Chuck Billy has been announced as a guest on the new album, appearing on the track "Trendkiller".
The Haunted guitarist Ola Englund recently issued the following video message:
A previous video message from drummer Adrian Erlandsson and guitarist Ola Englund can be seen below:
An additional drum kit rundown video can be seen below:
Due to the album’s recent recording schedule postponement and a new tentative release for later in the summer via Century Media Records, The Haunted were unfortunately forced to move their previously announced Scandinavian club-tour dates from spring to September/October instead. And additionally, The Haunted have now also been confirmed to appear at European summer festivals like Les Metallurgicales (France), Getaway Rock (Sweden), Party.San (Germany), Vagos Open Air (Portugal) and also Summer Breeze Open Air (Germany).
Updated list of shows is as follows:
June
7 - Denain, France - Les Metallurgicales FestivalAugust
7 - Gävle, Sweden - Getaway Rock Festival8 - Schlotheim, Germany - Party.San Open Air
9 - Vagos, Portugal - Vagos Open Air
14 - Dinkelsbühl, Germany - Summer Breeze Open Air
September
23 - Jyväskylä, Finland - Lutakko24 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
25 - Tampere, Finland - Klubi
27 - Örebro, Sweden - Ritz
October
2 - Oslo, Norway - John Dee3 - Borlänge, Sweden - Liljan
4 - Malmö, Sweden - Kulturbolaget
9 - Stockholm, Sweden - Klubben
10 - Karlstad, Sweden - Verket
11 - Göteborg, Sweden - Trädgårn
The still-untitled upcoming new album sees The Haunted debut with their revamped band lineup featuring founding members Jonas Björler (Bass) and Jensen (Guitars) teaming up with returning former members Adrian Erlandsson (Drums) and Marco Aro (Vocals), together with newest member Ola Englund (Guitars).
Check out the new song 'Eye Of The Storm' below:
The relentless 58-second track 'My Enemy' can be heard below: