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EXCLUSIVE FULL ALBUM STREAM: THE HAUNTED’S UNSEEN

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 at 1:00pm by

The Haunted - Unseen

That’s right, friends: we’re still a week away Century Media’s release of Unseen, the latest offering from The Haunted, but you can stream the entire album right now, right here at MetalSucks. You will quickly find that while Unseen is, by and large, not a super-fast, super-crushing metal album in the vein of some of the band’s past work, it IS a catchy-as-the-plague, all-killer-no-filler hard rock album… something we have far too little of in the world today.

Check out Unseen below, and then pre-order it here. Like we said, Century will release Unseen on March 22.

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  • Vakarm

    Meh

    • Brendan Demeris

      meh is far too generous….
      WTF happened to this band?
      This shit is flat out woeful

      • SonOF

        I tried to be open-minded with this “new direction” for The Haunted, but I think I am giving up after this effort. WTF became of this band? OK, so they aren’t that heavy anymore, that doesn’t bother me…but there aren’t any quality songs here AT ALL, heavy or otherwise. Pete Dolving’s vocals on this album sound like a SHITTY Maynard James Keenan impression..I’m so confused.

        • http://eremonaut.wordpress.com Kim Larsson

          I listened to A Perfect Circle yesterday, and once again I struck me that Dolving’s vocals (not just on this album) is close to Keenan’s. Itäs not a bad thing. Keenan is one of the greatest rock singers of all time, a true phenomenon, a man who could breath life into any song or text … he could sing a bloody parking ticket and make it sound interesting. Dolving – despite lacking Keenan’s ambient and poetic jazz-touch – has a similar way of living the song/lyrics, making small pauses, sounding concerned, desperate, angry, sad … a rare ability. But when he goes total Keenan on some parts of Unseen, it’s hard for me to enjoy it, because it’s so damn close. In the song Dissapear, there are about 2 seconds that are lifted directly from Tool – I think it’s Lateralus … power and control … realise I’m powerless … at least I’m not alone … I don’t think Dolving needs to lean so hard on Keenan … and furthermore, Tool is a bloody collossus, a giant band, and there are so many Tool-bands out there … do we really need another one? No, not really.

  • Driven9

    im for sure diggin it. First couple tracks are remind me of an odd mix btwn Chevelle, Kindom of Sorrow, and APC

    i’ll have to pick this one up… i mean its The Haunted, cant stop now!!

    • http://www.killertours.com big_metal_al

      it took me a few spins of Unseen, but I really dig it now, especially the latter part of the album. That groove is just so good and entertaining! While the self-titled album is still my fav, Unseen is still a great one to me. “The City” for the win.

  • Matt S

    shit nu metal is shit

    • damo

      How the hell is this nu metal?

      bloody noob.

  • John

    Great record, the change is welcome and refreshing.. some truly great songs here and even streaming, it sounds very clear and strong sonically. I like the older material too and when I want to hear those records, I’ll pull them out and listen to them. That said, some people just can’t accept that they won’t re-write the first album over and over.. I’ll just sit back and watch all the panic and curses fly. This isn’t going to be pretty ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dre-Toledo/628955415 Dre Toledo

    This is how I love The Haunted and Dolving’s voice.
    This is maybe more near Mary Beats Jane (ex-Dolving’s band).

    • Beardonaut

      You’re the first one I’ve seen besides me that I have seen make that connection. “Locust” was an awesome album, and a lot of the songs here would not have been out of place there.

  • B-Rent

    It’s different, that’s for sure!

    I think its a solid listen, if you don’t mind a huge hard rock influence on their sound.

    I’ll probably pick this up.

  • Rotten Illusions

    really good work. Some tiemes we need to change !

  • A normal human like the rest of you

    It’s like The Haunted, A Perfect Circle and Only Living Witness in a fist fight.

  • Coco Silly

    daleeee pedroooo.

    Usemos esto de YADA

  • FongChung

    The Haunted challening their inner Godsmack. Half this band goes from writing classic records in the At The Gates in the 90s. To now focusing on ripping off Godsmack, Chevelle, Buckcherry, and Disturbed. Hey Peter Dolving! Yes you! You suck as a vocalist, and your band fails. Now watch Peter Dolving respond to this thread lol.

    • Mille

      Fong Chung
      Keep your fucking guks mouth shuut
      u son of a bitch…………………………

      • ACoffinShip

        Put on your confederate flag bandana, get back on your tractor and take that “guk” shit back to your fucking klan rally.

    • Peter Dolving

      FUCK YOU, LITTLE SHIT! I WILL DEVOUR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR MAKING FUN OF ME ON THE INTERNETS

      • little kitteh

        for you sir, 10 INTERNETS.

    • Chris

      Hey Fong, I´m not Peter, but I share the most of his opinions and I appreciate his work in beeing active in politics as well as he like to inform people, writing books and not to forget that he is a great vocalist and writer. So maybe you like to read my respond as well:
      Who are you? What do you do in your life? Did you reach some great mental goals? Did you invent the wheel or something? You critizise others for beeing creative, so you might have a better ideas, huh? I really would like to see some of your super-powers that entitles you to critizise and offend others.

      • Tim Ruth

        Oh look, it’s the “you can’t do any better so be quiet” argument again. Bands don’t write music exclusively for musicians who have equaled or exceeded their own accomplishments, so I’m pretty sure people are allowed to have opinions about this.

        Also, this is just sad to see a once awesome band de-volve like this. Sounds like early 2000′s alt/nu-metal.

        • Chris

          Maybe it´s like that for you, but in my opinion it´s a little bit different. If I would waste my time with offending bands which I don´t like, or which have changed in some way, I couldn´t do anything else. If you want the same songs and style on every album, go listen to Motorhead.
          BTW, I posted my reply to FongPoo, he said :You suck, Mr. Dolving. And this is clearly an offend and not critic.
          I think we all know, that many fans of The Haunted will be dissapointed by the new Album, and there will be a lot of new fans. It´s like always, somebody comes, somebody goes.
          All in all I just wanted to say, that everybody has to deal with it. Offends won´t change anything. If you are dissapointed or sad, ok. It´s your goddamn right. Then do not buy the Album and everything is fine for everybody. In other cases: Buy “Unseen”, support the guys.

    • Liam Devlin

      its not peters fault that your un-evolved mind cant handle that the Haunted is winning! seriously.

  • Mats

    I like it… a bit different from recent records by the Haunted… it’s more groovy, but as always with them, melodic as hell!

  • Drakesmoke

    To be honest it just sounds like The Haunted trying some new stuff. It’s not rocket science, it’s not a crime against music (on the contrary this sounds like a really great album to me) and it’s not a ‘betrayal’ of metal.

    Love it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Ricotta/1280380791 David Ricotta

    Sometimes the truth hurts… Your inner godsmak thats hilarous… I still love you Haunted but this reminds me us americans of new metalica CD’s. The catchy slow stuff you cant wait to forget.. We didnt buy those releases either…

  • fantasyh

    Fuck me, No Ghost sound even bigger on the album

  • http://www.brentapetrie.com brent

    It’s not new Godsmack. It’s not new Chevelle or Buckcherry or anything you guys have said…

    It’s new Corrosion of Conformity, plain and simple. And it’s not bad.

    • Kuranes

      Yeah, that’s weird. The first two minutes of “No Ghost” could’ve fooled me.

  • fightingmike

    Doesnt really sound like The Haunted, but i really like it. Sounds like A Perfect CIrcle meets COC

  • MrSpock

    This sounds…intersting. Need to listen to it more, I´m sure it will grow!

  • http://harsh4ever bjorn_turock

    It’s boring

  • DK0

    Just finished a full listen, definitely dug it. Its no “The Dead Eye” which i could listen to on loop for a week straight, but it was close. Sometimes you don’t feel like going 100MPH, its nice to have some quality metal with a slower beat.

    Band’s have to keep changing or else it becomes stagnant. How great was Killswitch Engage when they first came out? now its how many years later and they have put out the exact same record over and over. who listens anymore? If you want The Haunted to be faster, listen to their first album. If you don’t like their vocals, listen to the 2nd album.

    • Rik

      Killswitch haven’t just released the same album over and over though, because they do actually keep getting significantly worse.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Quinn/1197379400 Paul Quinn

        +100

        I remember a time when a new KSE record was worth giving a shit about. They’re still really fun live, but they definitely peaked around 03/04.

  • Jason

    Reminds me of Load and Reload.

  • hanz feldman

    this is shit, nerds. regression deserves no praise.

    • Sparking

      It’s hardly regression they’ve never sounded like this before.
      Having said that it really doesn’t sound like the Haunted.

  • Rik

    I’ve never really liked The Haunted for some reason but this actually sounds pretty interesting. I do hate it when bands I like make a huge change to their sound though, so I feel your pain.

  • boyscout

    Totally agree with Drakesmoke. Branching out isn’t selling out. Sounds like quality hard rock/metal to me and there’s nothing wrong with that.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Corey-Cobb/566162517 Corey Cobb

      how is sounding like a saliva/godsmack hybrid not a bad thing? branching out isn’t bad, sounding like cockrock is.

  • Deth

    As a long time fan I have to say I’m highly disappointed. The writing is awful, the lyrics and vocals worse, and the musicianship goes nowhere. It’s almost like The Haunted don’t know how to play their own music anymore – they have to copy from others.

    I was hoping they’d have a comeback, of sorts, after the steady decline over the past few albums but I think it’s fine for me to say I’m officially done with The Haunted.

    I’m not knocking them and if you all still listen that’s your choice. But I, for one, have been let down by yet another once powerhouse of a band. This is like reliving Metallica all over again.

  • Johan

    Where has the energy gone? :(

  • cyrollan

    This is a travesty, plain and simple. When I want to hear Pink Floyd, I put on Pink Floyd. When I want to hear Al Green, I put in Al Green. When I want to hear The Haunted (as I have known them for so many years), I don’t want to put in Chevelle or A Perfect Circle or any other band.

    It’s catchy and melodic, and it ain’t half bad. But It’s not challenging, I can’t bang my head to it, and I would probably know the entire album after two listens. AND my metal friends would most definitely make fun if they caught me listening to it.

    I can’t blame The Haunted for releasing this. This album will outsell the one before it, which outsold the one before it, and so forth. They’re going to be making more money, and I’m happy for them. In the economic sense of the word, they have succeeded as musicians.

    I still have their first four albums to spin when I want to hear The Haunted.

    • wiry

      I feel truly sorry for you if you have to think about your metal friends catching you listening to anything at all. Get over it and put on some other shit if you can’t bang your head to this shit.

      If you have any musical brains or even some fragments of something similar, you can sense at least some _evolution_ here. This ain’t actually fitting my definition on “popping up” the band in the means of succeeding economically.

      Just wanted to tell you that even if your oppinion is strong and you’re sure about it, it had actually no usefulness at all as a reply to the new album. I feel actually a bit sorry for you if you can’t absorb enough pleasure from the new album. Get over it.

      I’m sure you can still bang your head @ The Haunted live gigs, so stop worrying and get the new album. I bet even you’ll like it at some point.

      • cyrollan

        …but I do KINDA like the album! It just doesn’t feel like The Haunted to me.

        Regarding “evolution”, I will definitely agree with you. They have evolved. It’s difficult to discuss evolution without speaking in subjective terms, so I can’t promise anything. I feel that the band has improved their skills as melodic musicians, become more creative with song structures and album flow, added a wider variety of song structures, and become more confident with more ambient(ish) passages. As for DEvolution, I would say their riffs are simpler, solos are all but missing, and well it’s not always such a bad thing to have an album with 12 thrashy (yet similar-sounding) songs.

        If my opinions had no usefulness to the topic, I apologize. I really was trying to offer my subjective thoughts on the matter. You win some, you lose some.

        Regarding my “metal friends”, that was intended to be humorous. You’re talking to a paid money — and often listens to — a CD by Hilary Duff! I guess what you can surmise from my statements is that I like A) really heavy, deathy stuff or B) commercial pop — just nothing in between!

        Your move, good sir…

  • KickMyJunk

    Wow. This is not the type of metal that I’m into.

  • Will

    Is this still the same band that put out One Kill Wonder!? You can’t tell from the music. This sucks, I’m sorry but I’m really disappointed. It wouldn’t be bad if it wasn’t supposed to be from The Haunted though.

  • Chad

    I’m loving it more than I even thought I would. I consider myself a Haunted fan, I have all their albums and to be honest I consider One Kill Wonder to be their weakest work, straight thrash which was pretty boring after the first two songs. I was glad when they got Dolving back in the band, they’ve gone from strength to strength ever since…rEVOLVEr was immense, Dead eye I could listen to until the world ends and although Versus was a bit off the mark there are still some killer songs like the infectious Trenches.

    I love the way this band moves on and doesn’t make the same album twice. I’m loving this sound too, it still has their signature guitar tone and personally I think Peter Dolving just gets better and better as a vocalist. The guy can sing and I’m glad he’s getting more of a chance to show it off.

    There are too many crappy bands these days where some kids rip off metalcore and gets their mates to do a bit of monotonous screamo because they can be bothered to find a decent vocalist who understands dynamics, light and shade, control, not just screaming like a twat in the same monotone.

    Let the petty thrash kids crave the first album again, I’m safe in the knowledge that I can still enjoy that album AND all their others since and look forward to their future releases knowing they’ll always continue to surprise and entertain me.

    Listen to some other genres, appreciate them for what they are and grow as a person. Take the blinkers off and enjoy this for what it is, a damn fine hook laden Rock album.

  • Mr. Beavers

    Does these mean jeans with pants legs as wide as sewer drains are going to come back in style and size xxl shirts are going to start selling out again?
    Sorry, this kind of music was done bigger and better in the 90s. Let’s keep it that way.

    • Driven9

      hahh Lee Pipes, JNCO’s, etc… shit was ridiculous.

  • DeadnBuried

    I’ve always loved every album this band has put out, i’ve especially loved the change in style each time, be it with Aro or Dolving behind the microphone, but this? This just isn’t doing it for me; the production sounds awful, the lyrics are clichéd and for an album in which “groove” was an obvious target – it’s just not as groovy or The Dead Eye was.

    “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t”
    “Ashes to ashes…Dust to dust”

    Dolving really took the lazy approach this time around, it’s painful to listen to. It really pains me to say that.

  • leroydragon

    big time Haunted fan here. Have toured with them, love all their work, let me tell you this album is fuckking awesome. THere are flourishes of old Haunted here and there but fuck man, motionless!!!!! ITs At The Drive in meets Sweden!!! Great album and sounds awesome loud!!!!!

  • Joe

    Man, what happened to this band? This shit sucks!

  • Kuranes

    Very divided comments section. I only have Made Me Do It and Revolver, so I’m not a die-hard fan that might feel betrayed by a change of direction. I just finished listening to the whole album and I think it’s pretty good. The people who dismiss it as “boring”, “nu-metal” or “shit” are too wrapped up in their tr00-ness to give this an honest chance. I’ll probably pick this up.

    And to the person that said they were reliving Metallica all over again, please… I remember the sinking feeling in my gut when I first put on Load. But The Haunted have never been on par with Metallica in their heyday, and this is not anywhere near the disappointment that Load was (and this coming from someone who came to appreciate Load/ReLoad for what they were).

    • Charles

      “I only have Made Me Do It and Revolver…”

      Dude, get The Dead Eye for sure!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Erik-Emrick/1552397263 Erik Emrick

    This is really just not a good album. I’ve been a fan since the second album. This though, I just don’t know. It sounds like aperfectcircle playing the dead eye album. All their drive, and forward motion is gone. Definitely NOT buying this one. Bummer.

  • sele

    I don’t want them to write their first album over and over. I do however want them to write “The Dead Eye” over and over ;)

  • Andy

    ehhh… Don’t know what to say here because I’d still have to listen to it 10 more times to make an opinion on it (like all new stuff). For me, there’s always revolver (favorite), and everything released before that, plus the dead eye.

    keep on playin!!!

  • american hate

    wow this is pure shit.

  • mrcementguy

    terrible, by-the-numbers shit rock, aiming directly at the heart of mainstream radio

  • Hollywood Dutro

    Good record,nothing wrong with catchy metal songs.Euro-COC HaHaHa!

  • uLy

    I like it but I wish there were faster songs on it. I think it’s one of those albums that will take some getting used to but for the most part it’s the direction I wanted them to go in. Now the followup should be faster and heavier.

  • Liam Devlin

    ALBUM OF THE YEAR! ALL YOU HATERS EAT A DICK. GROW UP, THE HAUNTED HAS ALREADY RELEASED ENOUGH THRASH TUNES. THERE ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH THRASH/DEATH BANDS OUT THERE. THE NEW MATERIAL IS TRULY SOMETHING SPECIAL. GET OVER YOURSELF.

    • kornholio

      and there aren’t enough mainstream hard rock tunes. completely agree with you sir.

  • SickPravus

    I LIKE IT!

  • Colin

    i can always get down to the haunted

  • metaljus

    damn wtf this is wack…what the heck happened guys…this album live in concert would be boring….one kill wonder to this bullshit you guys have definitely gone estray….pop in some at the gates and look back at your older work….this stuff is weak sauce!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Kurtz/1493586117 Matthew Kurtz

    If I didn’t know this was The Haunted, I could’ve sworn “Disappear” was sung by Chevelle

  • Gramm

    This definately comes as a surprise to me although I should’ve seen it coming when glancing back on Versus.

    Revolver and The Dead Eye are two of the best thrash albums out there and I really digged the aggression and despair they put foward. The combination of fast and groovey riffs and Mr. Dolving’s vocal-scream were just ‘divine’.

    I honestly don’t know what to think of this album. At first glance I’m not really that into it. I really hate when a band I love move in another direction than me, but I guess it’s inevitable sometimes (In Flames made the same stunt years back). I’m going to give this album the listening time it deserves, though. I didn’t really dig Versus when I heard it first, but it grew on me.

    Thumbs up for progressing, but a shame I’m not where this band is heading… yet. If Opeth does the same, I’m not sure what I’m gonna do…

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brian-Whitton/1529016646 Brian Whitton

      I’m generally in the same boat. Really disliked it at first, but after 4 listens it got better.

      Did you like Watershed? I mean it’s ok, but not the killer stuff of their last few. Sweden seems to be softening up a little with In Flames, The Haunted and Opeth. Hopefully In Flames will impress with their album this year.

  • Daniel

    It’s an intresting album, need to listen to it some more, it will surely grow!

  • Mikael

    It’s nothing wrong with progression look at the Beatles they changed their sound quite a bit from their first records to the later ones and they were praised for the progression.

    If you don’t like the album just don’t listen to it.

    The most important thing coming to music is that the musicians feel inspired over what they are doing else it would end up crappy anyway. So in my opinion its better a band moves on then getting stuck in something they don’t feel for and eventually instead lays the instruments aside.

    Regarding the album I haven’t decides yet what I think. I like the sound and production but need to listen to it some more to let the songs sink in.

    • Joe

      Wow. Did you really just compare the Haunted to the Beatles?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Middleton/735482846 Jason Middleton

    what a pile of shit !!

  • yarqp

    Hatesphere also tried once to “make a progress”. Where are they now?
    However, we all are getting old, maybe it’s time to slow down a little bit?

  • banankid

    You guys are all trippin’! This is a damn fine album except for “All Ends Well”. That track just blows and I can totally agree with all the detractors if your judgement is based on that song alone.However, can you honestly tell me that a song like ‘The City’ sucks?

    • Will

      Because we didn’t get that far! :P

      Listening to that particular song, my thoughts are that it’s one of the better songs on the album. It’s still slower though, and I prefer the more faster pace Haunted songs. I’ve been a fan for a long time, and this just doesn’t sound like the same band much anymore.

  • jonesy

    Terrible. Boring. Uninspired. Not at all innovative. I mean the clean chorus on “Catch 22″ is just disgusting. They shouldn’t have the used the name The Haunted. This record is truly a huge disappointment and a significant loss for the metal community as one of the premier bands of the last decade clearly have no longer have any interest in heavy metal. This is not metal. This is alt-rock at best. And alt-rock sucks.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Britt-Granitt/582086079 Britt Granitt

    This album is a bucket of yuck. Bring back the thrash!

  • TheNuss

    Unexpected…..but damn good. Dolving for president! Miss the old thrashy riffs though.

  • http://eremonaut.wordpress.com Kim Larsson

    It seems to me that a lot of people slam this album because they are dissappointed – and that’s understandable – but I’m sure that “Unseen” will survive like “The Dead Eye” (another much detested album that has become widely accpeted as a masterpeiece). Another album that comes to mind is Dissection’s “Reinkaos”, wich is absolutely stunning. People judged it not from quality, but from expecations. I think “Unseen” sounds absolutely wonderful. Come on, open up … this is a fucking gem of an album!

    • Chris

      Word! I agree. To compare “Unseen” with “Reinkaos”, that´s it. Just when I read your comment i was listening to “the city”. Damn, this sounds a little bit like from Reinkaos… :D

      • http://eremonaut.wordpress.com Kim Larsson

        Interesting connection – the guitarwork on Unseen is defenitely influenced by Nödtveidt. He had rare character, and it shines through on Unseen … despite that, I have to take back my praise. I’ve come to hate this CD. I have been blinded by loyalty. Already when I read the lyrics on Haunted’s homepage, I should have known … no, even before that, on P3-Gold, when they played No Ghost. Great song – but not a good sign anyway … I should have known. Unseen is Haunted’s weakest effort, without doubt. And the lyrics leave me totally cold. It really hurts to say that, because I love Dolving’s work … but all those wornout phrases … damn it’s hard to digest.

  • dennis

    what have you done?AAAAHHHH, i dont mind bands evolving and experimenting but this just down right suck, im sorry but it does. So its back to worshipping revolver trying to forget this abomination

  • http://www.last.fm/music/fatalfear Ed Campbell

    Well I just sent this note to Peter (Dolving), and I thought I would share it.

    I just finished the First listen to the Unseen..well, ok, after a full listen and a think….well, for now all i can say is (in my opinion at least..for what its worth) it is a great piece of work, its clearly art and it is akin to a multifaceted gem-like view of reality. it has a wide scope and expression. Its across the board sonically…myself i like all of it so far, with more time to let it soak in i can feelmyself liking it more and more. I must also commend you on breaking the stereotypical tracklisting, saving the songs that deal more with expression at the end..and instead starting off with a mix of that+power. (such power) for those who craved the harder edge..you should be very satisfied..those who are not afraid to feel the levels this records go to, you will be extatic…if you like everyone from the beatles thru to at the gates and on to corrosion of conformity, APC and at the drive in and a touch of Floyd, Bring the war home and Down (although some of that may be me) -yes its a big mix of amazingness (unless your limiting your eclecticism and therefore experiential enjoyment and fulfilment..) you will be happy, just dont go looking for the aforementioned..or a steretypical swedish band/album specific haunted clone..those references serve as a “post-first listen” relation to what I already knew.

    FOr those who wanted the first album again, and are severely dissapointed to the point of insults..i urge you to listen to track 11 again…specifically the chorus..in my eyes, all ends well :P

    It is clearly a HAUNTED album, but A haunted album that shows a lot of growth.

    BRAVO

    P.s. I love the way no ghost comes across to me- along with a lot of the album, especially motionless..a lot of good points on “belief systems” etc..though thats just my interpretation.”a parody of what we could have had”…indeed, we still can….oh, i also cant wait to hear what that little peep of a sigh turns into at the very end of track 12

    Excellent..in fact the more i think about it, the more i like it..cant wait to get this album.

  • uLy

    I love Motionless. I wish they did faster songs like this throughout the album. I’m very pleased with most of the album. A few songs I could do without though.

    • Oskar Hansson

      Exactly my thoughts!! Exactly!! Really good album though some songs could be better…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Murphy/614920517 Andrew Murphy

    Its a hell of a change i have to admit but I think if they weren’t called ‘The Haunted’ they’d prob get more respect for it tbh!

    As an album not comparing to previous haunted stuff its not too bad i suppose

  • AC

    K.
    opinions are one thing.
    And what you like is another.
    I love rEVOLVEr …. my favorite Haunted work, I dig when Dovling sings so this album is in line with that. But really with the first listen it’s hard to have an opinion.
    definately more melody and less anger, not sure if that is good or bad.
    but so far I’m liking it…

    check back in a month after I’ve had it on the iPod for a while

  • HowApathetic

    I liked their past albums better, but this isn’t too bad.

  • Buckaroo

    Good hard rock album.

  • Eric

    Love this band. Love their old material. Love the new stuff, too. Don’t understand the complaining. If you love the old shit and can’t stand the new, listen to the old albums…

    Seriously – - would you rather this band mimic Slayer and release the same damn album every two years? I like new sounds for my money!

    • Johan

      “would you rather this band mimic Slayer and release the same damn album every two years? ”

      Yes!

      Why not just start a side-project instead ’cause this isnt The Haunted.

  • Colin

    The City is pretty sick though even if you dont like the other songs i think it sticks out

  • Joe

    Ok, I dont mind doing something different. But the The Haunted are supposed to be a METAL band. That means you play METAL. If you want to be the Scandinavian version of Nickelback or Stone Sour, go ahead and do that. But change the name so you dont look like a bunch of sellouts.

    This isnt an attempt at art from the Haunted for all of those in denial. This is a cash grab, and I wont be giving a fuck about this band again.

    Beer.

  • ibanezspiderXIII

    Gather ’round the table ye fellow trolls! For there is a great feast in front of us, so unfathomable, your little unevolved minds cannot PROCESS!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kenny-DjVulgar/100000740257483 Kenny DjVulgar

    I agree with all whom say this is a great cd. Ithink might lose some older fans but will most likly gain alot of new ones This is not your average or even close to The Haunted’s stuff in the past. Musician wise i mean to involve and try new stuff is great
    and to express yourself in diffrent ways. I think what it is The Haunted did not ease into they said boom here it is like it or not …. that is why all the deer in headlight looks.

  • KingdomHH

    after listening the album i have to say that its great!
    every haunted album sounds different and thats what makes this band awesome!
    gotta love dolvings voice !
    gonna buy it!

  • Leo

    Pure Haunted. Listened a bunch of times now and am really digging it. Have to laugh when people say its not The Haunted. Of course it is. The band “The Haunted” recorded this album, just because the songs dont fit peoples idea of what the haunted should sound like they automatically write it off. Its funny how much ownership people take over bands etc..

  • speed bump

    In last year’s Metalsucks interview with Anders, he talked about how he enjoys bands who push the metal genre further – bands that have “progressive ways” (Mastodon and Opeth are two he sites). I kinda feel like this is The Haunted’s attempt to be more “proggy”, but in my opinion it just comes off as somewhat watered-down and forced.

    Nevertheless, I’m on my third listen through; I just can’t bring myself to dislike The Haunted. I’ve been a fan too long to simply write them off.

    • speed bump

      sites = cites

      me = grammar nerd

      sorry

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kris-Kallas/100002101376929 Kris Kallas

    I love it. The bands evolution is leaving those whose musical tastes have stagnated behind. They have nothing to prove to you. They already have been the best at death metal with ATG, and Thrash with their earlier albums, now they are playing pure rock. People grow and change. Don’t resent them for your own lack of an open mind. Do people really think that they made this album to sell records and get radio play? Don’t kid yourselves, radio will never pay attention to them. They aren’t pretty enough, or catchy enough to be popular. (sorry guys) They did this for them selves. This is the music they hear in their hearts. If people don’t like it, too bad for them. Their loss.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nick-Mckeon/528911995 Nick Mckeon

    Money money money mooooooooooney. MoooOoOOoOOooOooney grab! The bland song-writing, lyrics and performance really hurt this, but the blatant cash-grab just kills it. Will not buy.

    • uLy

      WTF? How much money do you think these guys are going to make off this? I’d be surprised if it even charts on the billboard top 100 at a decent position. Maybe money to you is 60k a year for each member? LMAO, i make more than that a year and I definitely do not consider myself rich.

      Wake up dude, wake the fuck up. Thank god these guys are doing something other than what a ton of new thrash and metal bands are trying to do which is mimic the fuck out of anyone else that is successful.

      • cyrollan

        Ya dude, The Haunted aren’t mimicing any successful bands with “Unseen”. My first laugh of the day!

        • uLy

          Coincidently, that’s prob my least fav song on the album. The album isn’t 100 percent flawless, there’s definitely tracks i could do without, that being one of em.

          However, for the most part this album is great, great because it blends so much of The Haunted’s past with a new direction. When it succeeds as in Motionless or No Ghosts it’s unbelievable. Though, when it failes as it does on Unseen then hey take the good with the bad.

          • Joe

            No, this album sucks any way you try and slice it.

            Denial. It’s a terrible thing.

  • http://www.stillIwither.com Yetunnamed

    This album fucking rocks! It’s the most versatile album the Haunted has released so far, the music is dynamic and Dolving has never sung better! So all of you who dislikes this, where are you coming from?

  • Demnarit

    This album is really surprising !
    These guys are going from a “At the Gates-style” to a new style totally different, and still we can listen that album and tell :
    ” Yeah, this is The Haunted : check that bass-line/guitar riff/drum part/FUCKING VOICE , just feel that ambiance and the way songs are built ”
    More than giving these guys a congratulation because the album is really good, I’ll give them a congratulation because even if they have like totally changed their style, they still keep that ” The Haunted ” sound.
    I think that one will become my favorite The Haunted album !
    So once again, if Peter or guys from the band read this : Congratulations guys !

    (sorry if my english sucks :( )

  • yarqp

    It’s gonna be a kind of shitty view on a concert, when The Haunted will play some old songs and everybody will dance, jump and shout, and suddenly they play this “unseen piece of shit”, and people will stand and do nothing. Except yawning.

    But I’m sure, that next year they will release new album – back trash – heavy and groovy, They just need to start again to drink and take drugs. Please – do that.

    • Danny

      Drink and do drugs?? They have never been that kind of band…so you have no idea what your talking about. It’s just a change in style..which I like. If you have to drink and do drugs to create something cool that’s pretty pathetic.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Philip-P-Waress/1112743400 Philip P Waress

    wow great album , love all the haters on this one lol , an amazing band with an even better sound , big history and huge roots , the album sounds like a great step forward for their sound and musicianship , dig the various styles they are feeling out, hope to see them state side soon . . the whiners and complainer should go make their own albums and get famous so we have something to bitch about . . long live TheHaunted

  • http://www.thesurgicalglove.com Khris

    Not really sure what i think at the moment. Huge Haunted fan, love everything they’ve done so far and i really want to like this. It has some amazing groove on it but nothing that isnt done better on the Dead Eye. I like how they’ve tried something different, and it is very different but im not really feeling it at the moment. I know this one is going to be a grower so i’ll give it a few more listens before i really pass judgement. Having said that, the song Unseen is complete crap!

    • Colin

      dude its SUPER heavy but in a different way

  • Colin

    ok ive listened to this cd a lot and commeneted before but seriously album of the year right here! this shit rocks listen to it blazzzed and ull get it

  • Truthteller

    Here’s the problem. Some of us listen to music because we love music. We don’t love a lifestyle, an image, we just love music. And some love the other end of the equation, the lifestyle/image. Some listen to a particular brand of music to fit the facetious image of the “heavy metal bad ass”. It all has to be fast, it all has to be blatantly, stupidly angry, and it all has to have angsty screaming vocals.

    Metal hasn’t always been what it is these days. This is Metal. It’s not hard rock, radio rock, whatever the fuck else you want to call it. It certainly isn’t shit. It’s music. Metal music. And it’s fucking beautiful to listen to.

    The Haunted have progressed with every single album. Dolving is not a bad vocalist. Not even close. Dare I say, he’s the one I regard most highly in the industry. I, like many of you, contend that The Dead Eye is their best work. It’s a god damned masterpiece and I’ll never expect another album like it. But The Dead Eye’s excellence does not equate this album’s awfulness. This album is strong in its own merits, and should be valued for that. That being said, if you want something you can curl your little fists to, go elsewhere.

    No False Pride. No Fashion. No Fake Set Of Values.

    • Dave

      I couldn’t have said it better. You wrote the exact words I was thinking. The album is obviously a lot more accessible sounding, especially at the start. But its still the same Haunted I love when it comes to the music. And it gets a little heavier and groovier as the album progresses. I was expecting it to sound like The Dead Eye and I’m glad it does coz however different that is from ‘classic Haunted’, its still bloody amazing. And yes, Peter is a brilliant vocalist, whatever way he sings. The haunted have always sounded very catchy and accessible to me so this album is no surprise.

    • kornholio

      get over the goddamn elitist argument already. this is horrible music. stop trying to defend horrible shit. you are embarassing yourself. just because something is different it’s not automatically praise-worthy. FFS. and stop the fanboyism. just because they released cool records 10 years ago doesn’t make this piece of shit acceptable.

      • Joe

        Agree with Kornholio. This is unlistenable and not even worth downloading illegally.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sergio-Armisn/1041495181 Sergio Armisén

      I agree with you completely. Pure Metal. And what’s the point in seeming depressed all the time?? I think that it is the main point some people have against a band like Kvelertak. They are fun!! Taboo!! Anathema!!

  • a666a

    fantastic job! respect!

  • http://eremonaut.wordpress.com Kim Larsson

    Ok. I’ll try to say something. It’s not easy, because I love The Haunted, but I can’t stand this album. It makes me cringe, and before a song is over, I shut it off or pull my earphones out. I’m a very openminded person, so change in style is not the problem for me. I have several problems with this record. For some time, Dolving has been talking this record up quite a bit, and my image of him has become quite flawed. Was he bullshitting? “The most important swedish album since the beginning of the 90s” … “The Haunted has never sounded better” … “all Haunted albums are good, but this one is so special” … and he also said that this record would be a real statement, a major piss in the direction of the american heavy metal community, the trendy bands and so on … Oh my. The fall for me was quite great. Dolving built up excactly what he says he does not like: expectations. A lot of those american bands just tear Haunted to pieces these days, especially if you’re looking for processed, popish metal that leans on Tool and Burst. Oh my. And if I want Tool, Burst, Misery Signals or Bringthewarhome for that matter, I listen to those bands. “Unseen” contains a lot of good ideas – but ideas that other bands have already perfected. It’s not a bad record, but it’s so very far from Haunted’s best. They pekaed with rEVOLVEr and/or Dead Eye … Unseen is nowhere near those two … Hm. Anything else? I just hate the production. It’s so dominant, that it’s in fact inseparable from the music. Madsen has become Haunted’s house producer, and I can’t seprate him and the band. On top of this, I think that Dolving’s best lyrics nowdays is to be found elsewhere. He has written so many awesome things – and I’m going to tattoo on of them on my arm … but I can hardly find anything that stays in my head. “No Ghost” has some cool streetwise lines that I really dig, and Dissapear is nice lyricwise, but then what? I really hate to say this, but I like to get it of my chest you know … I know that Dolving is a great lyricist, so what happened? At the moment, everything sounds so cheerful, and they’re so happy and so on … but reacently, they have started to talk bad about their old albums, and I wonder how sincere the guys really are … what will they say about Unseen in 2 or 3 years? I think Haunted has a classic dilemma – choose to stagnate, or experiment and do what others do better … they chose the latter … I think the rest of theur career is just aftermath … we’ll see less and less of Haunted, some more members (Dolving has kids already) will long for a homelife, maybe get kids, they will get older like the rest of us, tour less and less and make a couple of albums more … maybe they will thrash it up for a while, return to their roots again, but it does not matter … it will not be so cool. It seldom is. I just hope that the guys are happy. People that are resonsible for The Dead Eye, Versus and rEVOLVEr are entitled to do anything in my book… they’re forever my heores, but I don’t own them. They’re just not my closest favorite band anymore. Feels a bit sad, but life sure goes on …

    • FongChung

      Total FTW comment. Yeah The Haunted have sucked since their S/T record. It’s quite hilarious that the Machine Haunted fans seem to get their panties in a bunch over this…

  • cyrollan

    Kim Larson wins the debate! Sorry Unseen fans. (I didn’t see a “reply” button to her post though.)

  • http://eremonaut.wordpress.com Kim Larsson

    Well thank you, cyrollan! Metal fans are often very emotional, and it’s not very often that someone just agrees with me … escpeially as I’m criticising everyone’s favorite band. In all modesty I wish to think that my post is a bit original. I don’t like Unseen, but I’m not a “hater”. I’m articulate, and I’m also a selfconfessed Haunted-nerd. I’ve been following the band for like 7-8 years. I think that “the break” in a succesful bands creativity and general direction is often very clear … Haunted is breaking away now, going a bit under the radar, but maybe also being happier as a band … and that’s just it you know … it’s like Morbid Angel after Domaination, or Metallica after the black album … it’s no secret when it happens … just evulotion as they say. I’ve been thinking about posting this message on Haunted’s FB-page: “I have evolved – I hate you know”. But I won’t. I still love Haunted.

  • HeresJohnny

    this album is an utter travesty. before anyone says anything im not close minded i listen to all types of music but of course mainly metal.

    they have went for an accessible sound. this album is not an evolution its simple commercial hard rock/metal. its not challenging in anyway and instantly forgettable. it sounds like godsmack, deftones, filter at times. they obviously want more commercial success and the paycheck. good luck to them.

    this band has now went the same way with me as In flames = no interest anymore. was nice knowing you guys ill still listen to old albums.

    • http://eremonaut.wordpress.com Kim Larsson

      Good post. I’m disliking this CD more and more. Some people claim that The Haunted has no interest in getting radio play, since their style of music does not suit radio, even when it’s catchy as on Unseen. They’re wrong. If you can get just one song to rotate for a few months, it pays of. And for a band like The Haunted, that does’nt have a lot of cash (let’s face it – they’re not In Flames) and hardly sell records any more, radio play does matter. Especially if a song gets attention in US, it’s pure gold, and hey, I don’t blame them. If I could write music, and had the chance to get on the radio, I shure would. I just say that their ehr product puts me off. An example: Tool. A band that at first sight seems to be a disaster on the charts, on the radio … but they were on bilboard (number one I think) and has made a lot of dough … you never know … Well well … Unseen is very well crfated, and I’m sure the pop audience with slightly “alternative taste” picks it up …

      • uLy

        Shut the fuck up larsson. I’ve never seen someone that is into “pop” become a big Tool fan, let alone a metal fan. It’s possible some people may dig a song or two but never enough to go out and buy an entire album.

        Mastodon’s crack the skye was a success for them both commercially and critically and they still didn’t gain a shred of mass appeal. If I play the album in the car for some people not already into heavier music they’ll shrug it off like “WTF is this”.

        I can’t stand fucking bastards that dismiss anything that isn’t straight brutttalllzz. Waste of life.

        • http://eremonaut.wordpress.com Kim Larsson

          No, you should shut up. How stupid are you? How arrogant and undeveloped are you? How old are you? The song “Morronic Collossus” is written for you. What are you trying to say? How dare you talk to me that way? I am merely exprssing my opinion, and I have every right to do so without someone insulting me. People like you rellay give metal bad name – people think that metal fans are retards – and sad to say, they are often right. If you haven’t met people who like both po music and Tool, you are probably living in your mothers basement, and have zero experince of the world. I have merely mentioned the fact that Tool (a progressive(experimental band) have gained huge commercial succes, charting on the billboard, and they have made a lot of money. What’s you problem with that? Are you allergic to facts? And have I dismissed The Haunted beacuse they are not brutal? No. You’re such an idiot. Get a shrink, take an overdose, take medicine for your hormone problems or whatever. And try to use your ten braincells and realise that your actions, your attitude, your bullshit has effect, it effects everything. Try to develop some kind of inner structure and spirit. Jeez, it’s hard for me to understand that a Haunted fan can be as stupid as you. Have you understood one single word of Dolving’s lyrics? Have you read even ten words he has written on his blog or his FB-page? He writes all kinds of great things – things that idiots like you need to read. Do you even have a human brain, or are you an insect or something? Am I a fucking bastard? You’re so pathetic. Itäs laughable. How can you conjure up so much anger for bloody internet post from someone you don’t even know? Fuck you.

  • cyrollan

    Okay I just gave the whole album one, straight-through listen. No skipping of any tracks. I even rewound tracks that skipped themselves due to my crappy wireless connection; and I want to go back and change my opinion…

    …and take back anything good I’ve said about the album. It is garbage.

    I’m done being diplomatic. This is FUCKING HORRENDOUS. Not a solo to be found. Predictable chord progressions left and right. Not a single fucking song that I couldn’t beat on expert mode on Rock Band Hero. Fuck this shit. Anyone who likes this needs to relocate to http://www.HardRockSucks.net; people come to this site for updates on bands like Anaal Nathrakh, Intronaut, and Meshuggah. The Haunted are done, throw ‘em out.

    And all you fans who claim “hater!” can join the ranks of the Juggalos. There’s a reason that Juggalos are so quick to claim “fuck the haters”; and that’s simply because they are EASY to hate. You have a guilty conscience. You put energy into defending something that requires defense, and have no retort for the opposing arguments, so you default to “fuck the haters.”

    AND to all you who claim album of the year: are you on fucking drugs? Have you HEARD albums like Made Me Do It or One Kill Wonder? Did you ever make a claim about album of the year for those?!?! I mean seriously. Would you also claim that Van Halen’s “Balance” contend for AOTY or that Rush’s “Power Windows” contend for AOTY, or that … well I can’t even think straight, even the thought of one single human being claiming that this is a contender for album of the year 2011 gets my blood boiling!!!!!!!!

    Okay. I feel better now. Feel free to flame me.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ben-Alexander/1092891172 Ben Alexander

      LOL U HATIN’ BRO?

      Kidding, I completely agree actually. This album is fucking awful and if anyone says it’s the album of the year they need to have their right to listen to music taken away.

  • Ross

    I really don’t understand most of the “hater” comments here…Why do you honestly care this much? Was this album really something so different from what you thought it would be? Did you NOT listen to “The Dead Eye” or “Versus?” This has been the sound that the Haunted have been heading toward since 2006, for good or for worse. But to act like you’re surprised is what surprises me the most here. I certainly didn’t start streaming this album expecting to hear “Victim Iced,” “Everlasting,” “Creed,” “99,” or “Hate Song.” I expected to hear songs like “Cynic,” “Failure,” “Rivers Run,” or “Iron Mask,” and I think I got something in that vein, and perhaps something better.

    “No Ghost” is an amazing song. Does it fuck my face off? Of course not, but you know what? Not all amazing metal bands do. Not all amazing metal bands are SUPPOSED to. There seems to be one group of people that think that the most brutal music is the ONLY music that can be called metal. These people seem to believe that only the most brutal music is worthy of praise, or only the most wanky proggy technical stuff is worthy of praise. Or that with every album released, they have to do something innovative to deserve praise. I just wonder that after listening to albums the Haunted has released recently, especially “The Dead Eye,” do these people not realize and understand the subtlety and brutality that Dolving delivers purely through his lyrics and vocal inflection?

    “The Haunted are a METAL band and they should play METAL music…” most demonstrates my point. Who the fuck says this ISN’T metal? Who the fuck says they need to play “99″ all the time?

    I mean, fuck, if I was to listen only to bands with only the most guttural vox, 8-stringed, prog-wanking, technical face melting solos, and jazz tempo drumming followed by 1,360 bpm blasts I’d be pretty fucking bored very fucking quickly. I like variety, and recent Haunted has delivered this. That’s something that lacks from most of the brutal stuff I listen to that is commonly accepted on this site as being the best. On this album, it is still classic Jensen bros and classic Dolving. Who else could it be? Chevelle? Hardly. This is the Haunted doing what they want to do. It’s refreshing to hear a familiar sound in a new way to me. It’s refreshing to hear songs that bring out emotion from the vocals. It’s fucking refreshing to not hear bands having to constantly rip off shit that is straight from BTBAM. Are the guitars on this album super-complex? Of course not, but why do they have to be? Why does the Haunted have to thrash every fucking song? They don’t. And I for one happen to be happy that they don’t.

    I guess it’s just hard for me to understand “writing off” a band. There was a post a little while ago on this site about how long it takes you to “get” an album. It usually takes me around 7-8 full-on listens. With the amount of catchy hooks on this album, and emotionally charged vocals, I find it hard pressed that most who take the time to listen to the album multiple times won’t be headbanging and singing along to a lot of the songs on here. “The City” are you kidding me? That song is awesome. The whistling at the end of “Skull?” Something you wouldn’t hear from most of the stuff on this site. The riff from “Motionless?” Classic Haunted. This is a good album. Is it their best? No. Will it be their best. I don’t think so, but time really is the decider of that. Will it make my top 10 of the year? No. Top 20? Probably, yes.

    Extremely long rambling summed up. Don’t like it? Fine. Writing off the Haunted because it isn’t incoherent, distorted, wall-o-sound, brutal to the max prog wankfest? Fucking retarded…expand your horizons on what metal music is and can be.

    • http://eremonaut.wordpress.com Kim Larsson

      Good posts, these last two 8-) I’m not surprised by Unseen at all – I mean its general direction, its catchiness, the atmospheric vibe. I just don’t think it floats. My biggest concerns are the production and the lyrics. See? I care about lyrics – I’m not obsessed with BPM and violence. The production is a fluffy, very modern one, with hardly any lowend and zero bite in the guitars. A Björler and P Jensen are two of my favorite players, and I can hear that they’ve been working their asses off – but this production just kills and kills them again. I’m going to make a T-shirt with the text: The Madsen Made Me Do It”. No, just a bad joke. And pardon me, but is it just me who thinks that Per is underused? I’ve heard that this album would be groovy. Well, groove is not excactly what I hear most of the time. Well well. Why do I care? I care because I love this band. I care because Iäve waited 2,5 years for Unseen. I care because I believed Dolving’s words about this album. He said that it would be “the most important sedish album for the last 20 years”. Well that’s some claim. And it’s painfully untrue.

  • F A Squier

    Good Stuff!! Rich, Varied and Rocks!! I feel sorry for the folks who just don’t get it. Some bands do great being a cookie cutter with the same sound for 10 years but others need to change and grow. On the first listen I only loved about 1/2 but upon repeated listens and some reflection I have grown to love the whole batch. Will be buying this one for sure.

  • NarVik

    A very easy listening album with good songs & vocal lines. Still sounds like Haunted although the first and the title track have some parts [that are] not unlike Korn…
    Highlights were: “The skull” and “Them”.

  • Metalman

    Just found a metal band online. kind of sound a bit like old haunted and maybe at the gates. http://versesall.bandcamp.com/

    • Colin

      just found an irrelevent comment

  • http://eremonaut.wordpress.com Kim Larsson

    Sounds great … give them to grow … they don’t sound very original, but they sound great …

  • Jani91

    Great album! I can’t wait my limited edition CD! The first song reminds me the Metallica’s Through the Never song.

  • Sven

    I’ve listened to it twice now.

    I like it on it’s own merits. Some of the songs I cringed at first time caught on the second. It’s not as good as the Dead Eye, but still good.

    As for why it might sound so different…

    I saw them at the Note in West Chester on a weeknight, and there was no one there. And they fucking killed it, in front of basically no one. It was an awesome show, but I kind of felt bad for them. Dolving hung out a bit, and he was the nicest guy, not a bit like I imagined him from reading interviews. Good dude. I hope the rest of the tour went better for them attendance-wise, and maybe it was a fluke night, but they clearly needed to branch out just to survive.

    Maybe if you feel so betrayed by the Haunted, maybe you should’ve come to see them tour last time they came around. If they’re trying to mainstream it up a bit, they have every right to. Metal purists haven’t done shit for them lately.

    And last time I checked, there were still a few thousand other pure thrash bands you can still enjoy that will suit your pose nicely.

  • Kumail

    There is no band that sounds like this, especially a trash metal band that the haunted is. The groovy nature that of this album far surpasses anthing metal veterns have been able to accomplish. Great SHIT. Simply said. Its like meat and potatoes METAL! Cant have enough and cantlive without it.

  • Hank Wank (who works in a Bank)

    Excellent record! I plan to order this together with the latest Death Angel.

  • http://eremonaut.wordpress.com Kim Larsson

    To Sven: I sure get your point. I certainly don’t blame The haunted for trying to get some dough, radioplay or whatever. Hell, I would do the same thing if it was my band. I’ve met them (well not Anders and Per) once, and they were very nice, very very approchable guys. I saw them last spring, and it was a small place to – maybe 300 in the audience, and Haunted just ripped the place apart. Real classy, giving everything even if the place is small. I deeply respect that. Now when it comes to Unseen, I don’t like a bit, but I sincerely hope that it will bring in some money to the guys. They deserve it. And like you said, the metal purists haven’t done much for Haunted. There’s so much talking all the time. Oh fuck em all.

  • Chris

    They should change their name… it just doesn’t sound like “The Haunted”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Darcy-Noonan/501362977 Darcy Noonan

    wow this album was a total let down and im going to see them in a few months hope they dont play much of this nu metal shit or whatever the fuck it is…
    ONE KILL WONDER FTW!

  • http://WreckedReviews.com Wrecked Reviews

    Nice article, guys! If you want a different opinion on Unseen, check out what we had to say on Wrecked. Wrecked is an entertainment website from regular guys like you. Check it out here: http://wreckedreviews.com/2011/04/08/you-wont-see-this-new-direction-in-unseen-coming/

  • Arkham

    I really love this one!!!

    And maybe it´s because i consider myself a die-hard fan, and i love hearing the The Haunted “point of view” of, lets say, slow-melodical music. It´s not The Haunted typical song, but definitely it has the The Haunted spirit; the darkness, the anger and the Björler riffs, it´s all inside the CD with a plus of groove. And i really enjoy the vocal lines of Dolving, reminds me of Mary Beats Jane.

    Is this the new The Haunted? So be it

  • Jacob

    I think people need to realize that the band is not only trying to evolve their sound but they are getting older and might want something different instead of the same thrashy melodic death sound that they’ve always had. Look at Opeth’s Watershed for example. It sorta sounded like a softer version of Opeth with a lot less of Akerfeldt’s awesome growls. By no means was it a bad album, it just showed a natural progression of a somewhat aging band with changing perceptions of what their music should sound like. I’m not comparing the two bands musically cuz obviously they are totally different. The Haunted aren’t just going to keep making Revolver over and over again. That would be worse than so called regression that some are claiming. This album is a good hard rock album with some catchy tunes on it. If you look at it like that as opposed to another The Haunted album, it stands out among a bunch of crap that the radios have been feeding people over the past 12 years. Get your heads out of your asses and stop calling the Godsmack ripoffs. Godsmack couldn’t do what they do if they practiced their whole damn lives

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Johan-Nilsson/534951184 Johan Nilsson

      Comparing this to Opeth is silly. Opeth has always had those elements in their music.
      What The Haunted did with this album is totally different, they might as well have changed the name of the band.

      Opeth could practicly lose the growl all together and still keep their sound and name and it wouldnt be that strange.

      • Jacob

        Honestly I’m just saying it seems like a natural progression. And i feel like they still sound a lot like themselves. I know for a fact that a couple songs off of The Dead Eye would fit perfectly on this album. Listening to the dead eye, i felt as if this was the direction they would soon considering the larger amount of singing