Earache Records
2009
Warning Shots
About This Album
2009's Warning Shots compiles the first five years of the Haunted's career; a period when the Swedish quintet helped spearhead a mostly European neo-thrash movement that brought a modern perspective to the original '80s template, and effectively preceded the next wave of exceedingly copycat, so called "vintage" thrashing bands of the late '00s. Also, since the Haunted was fleshed out with three members of then-recently defunct At the Gates -- guitarist Anders Björler, bassist Jonas Björler, and drummer Adrian Erlandsson -- after being founded by Seance guitarist Patrik Jensen, it wasn't at all surprising that they then drafted a true character in their singer, ex-Mary Beats Jane member Peter Dolving. Dolving's barking, almost hardcore-based style may have been completely different from the savage howling of ATG frontman Tomas Lindberg, but its fist-to-the-jaw directness was a perfect fit for the pulverizing, no-fuss thrashers driving the group's eponymous debut, including choice representatives here, "Hate Song," "Undead," and "In Vein." Fans and critics largely seemed to agree, but the Haunted experienced serious personnel issues almost immediately.
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