Peter Dolving, vocalist for THE HAUNTED, has written the latest entry in his tour diary. It reads as follows:

“Seriously, it just gets better. I don't know how that's even possible but, really; I mean, we should be growing into jaded cynical bastards by now, instead we are having... FUN!?

We just played in... Prague... and walked up on stage with no expectations at all and guess what; it kicked ass. I know. By now we must be boring people with how much we enjoy this...

The last couple of months, since we started touring for Versus, there seems to be something new going on. People know our songs. They sing along, dance, head bang and rock out like there's more to this spectacle than just watching us be weird. There is a new sense of togetherness. It feels like when we first started out: a bunch of kids with a love for metal, hardcore and punk rock. People are having fun, taking in the passion, feeding off the energy in it all and giving it back. For us as a band it feels like a privilege.

Along the way we've toured months at a time feeling like the most pointless sons of bitches on the planet. Opening for other bands and playing for audiences that seemed to want nothing more than see us disappear. But somehow, there must have been people at those shows who liked our ugly Swedish faces, our loud stubborn sullen rage and sarcastic humour, because now they seem to come to the shows all at once. And there are a lot of them too! To see people all over... Germany... show up and get with it...

There's still life in the dream of some place, some way, we can all get together and celebrate the fact that we are not alone, that our love for music and a lifestyle built on something else than constant achievement for someone else's benefit is worth fighting for. We don't have to fit in! We don't have to go along with rules made by - and for someone else. We are free to be exactly who we are and who we continue becoming...

So to everyone who has showed up in Stuttgart, Bochum, Hamburg, Berlin and Leipzig... Thank You!"

For a complete list of tour dates for The Haunted, click here.