THE HAUNTED Guitarist Patrik Jensen Talks Getting A Day Job - "I Went To University And Got Myself An Education"
July 20, 2014, 10 years ago
The Haunted guitarist Patrik Jensen is featured in a new audio interview with Barbara Teruggi at Spain's GoetiaMedia.com, where he discusses having to get a day job and the efforts made in keeping the band together:
The Haunted recently announced Exit Wounds as the title to their upcoming studio album release. The album, which sees the band return their classic deadly thrash metal sound, was again recorded with producer Tue Madsen at Antfarm Studio (Dark Tranquillity, Heaven Shall Burn) in Denmark and will be released on August 25th in Europe and September 2nd in North America via the band’s longtime label partner, Century Media Records. Check out the furious and relentless opening track, “Cutting Teeth”, below: Vocalist Marco Aro comments on “Cutting Teeth” as follows: "Here's an evil little piece of work that was one of the last songs we recorded for Exit Wounds. It represents quite a lot of what The Haunted is all about: Breaking new ground, pissing people off, exploring unfamiliar territories, all of this...just to feed the hungry machine that is The Haunted! Always curious, always hungry, always thirsting for more... in words... "Cutting Teeth"!” The Haunted have also revealed that their new album features two special guests appearing on the song “Trend Killer”: Jed Simon (Scar The Martyr / Strapping Young Lad) on lead guitars and Testament’s Chuck Billy on vocals. Chuck Billy checked in to comment on his appearance as follows: “I have always been a The Haunted fan and became friends with the band over the years. When they asked if I would like to sing on a song for the new album with Marco singing, I didn't have to think twice about doing it. When I received the track and listened for the first time, I said 'Fuck Yeah...this is gonna be brutal!'”
Marco Aro previously commented on the album’s title and artwork as follows: “OK my friends, so here we are again... at the threshold of a new The Haunted release. It maybe doesn’t sound very exiting to some... but... it is!!! This time around we’ve found our way back to where we once started! You could say that we’ve gathered the old crew, both in music and the artwork. Our old friend Andreas “Diaz” Pettersson is back, an amazing artist with a rap sheet which includes the artwork on no less than four The Haunted albums. He always finds a way to put our thoughts into print where he sometimes even scares us a bit... and this release is no different. We decided on Exit Wounds as being a good title for the album given the recent history of the band, but also a sort of a phoenix rising. FUCKING JÄVLA FÅGEL FENIX... WE ARE BACK!!! We are so excited about this little thing we’ve created! Can’t wait to get out there and start playing these songs and for me personally, I could not be more proud of what we have done, I really hope you’re going to enjoy it!”
Exit Wounds tracklisting:
"Cutting Teeth"
"My Salvation"
"Psychonaut"
"Eye Of The Storm"
"Trend Killer"
"Time (Will Not Heal)"
"All I Have"
"Temptation"
"My Enemy"
"Kill The Light"
"This War"
"Infiltrator"
"Ghost In The Machine"
"Eye Of The Storm":
"My Enemy":
Catch The Haunted live in concert:
August
8 - Schlotheim, Germany - Party.San Open Air
9 - Vagos, Portugal - Vagos Open Air
14 - Dinkelsbühl, Germany - Summer Breeze Open Air
September
24 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
25 - Tampere, Finland - Klubi
27 - Örebro, Sweden - Ritz
October
3 - Borlänge, Sweden - Liljan
4 - Malmö, Sweden - Kulturbolaget
9 - Stockholm, Sweden - Klubben
10 - Karlstad, Sweden - Verket
11 - Göteborg, Sweden - Trädgårn
