Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33995 in Music
• Released on: 2012-01-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Special Edition
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

From Amazon.co.uk
As they feature several ex-members of At the Gates, you'd expect the Haunted to deliver superior material. But One Kill Wonder, the follow-up to the excellent The Haunted Made Me Do It, is unexpectedly superb. Only 38 minutes in length, it's short but perfectly formed--there are no fillers. And it's not a simple, adrenalin-fuelled rush, either. Tracks blend into one another, piercing guitars meld beautifully with vocal shrieks, grand melodies dominate the awe-inspiring charge.

The Haunted claim to be inspired by old-school thrashers like Testament, but their influences clearly stretch back further to more classically musical outfits like Rainbow and the Scorpions (though they eschew the vocal pyrotechnics of Dio and Klaus Meine). The eastern-tinged dual guitar assaults of "Shadow World" and "DOA" recall the Schenker brothers at their most brutal, while the super-dramatic instrumental "Demon Eyes" fades out with a medieval swing worthy of Ritchie Blackmore. Naturally, of course, One Kill Wonder is also righteously heavy. Few can match the intensity and power of "Urban Predator", "Downward Spiral" and "Bloodletting" and this--with all five members sharing songwriting duties and the same unshakeable firmness of intention--is surely thanks to a genuine group effort. It's quite brilliant. --Dominic Wills

Album Description
Recently unearthed limited edition pressing of the Swedish Metal band's third album, originally released in 2002, comes in a sturdy clam box containing six art cards. The Haunted features former members of the seminal At The Gates. Relentlessly brutal and fast without sacrificing melody, the band's sound combines Death and Thrash Metal with concise songwriting and the commercial accessibility of bands such as Metallica. One Kill Wonder was the follow-up to their 2000 release The Haunted Made Me Do It, which is considered a modern Metal classic. Earache.