Versus

The Haunted | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 14, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B001FBSLUE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,199 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #68 in Music > World Music > Europe > Scandinavia > Sweden

Editorial Reviews

Sweden's The Haunted have retuned with a new offering that marks a much welcomed return to the band's trademarked aggressive, trashy sound. Great songs, catchfire-riffing, explosive groovy beats and sharp, dark and sarcastic lyrics.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not The Haunted I love, but..., October 23, 2008

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This review is from: Versus (Audio CD)

The Haunted - Versus = Ah, if you loved The Haunted for their first few in your face thrash metal releases, then you won't like this cd much. However, I think this cd has the potential to be a really commercially big release for them (especially amongst the Hot Topic crowd). The material is recorded really well. The guitar sound is awesome, and Peter Dolving (Vocals) is really confident and great in his delivery. However, for me, the stuff is way too mid-paced, and the songs are more akin to heavy rock like that of Tool and not the all out thrash assault that was The Haunted. So, if you're into heavy rock that's recorded really well, with great vocal delivery, and catchy, hooky riffs, then this cd is perfect for you. If you love the thrash assault of the first few Haunted cd's, then you'll dislike this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Haunted 1-3 but good, July 1, 2009

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J. Zugg "The Zuggernaut" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Versus (Audio CD)

I have finally taken The Haunted's new album for a few spins and I'm glad I did. Now I can forget that they released The Dead Eye. The Dead Eye was one of those albums that I wanted to like... I really did want to like it, mostly because rEVOLVEr was so damn good. I kept listening to The Dead Eye, over and over and I could never get into it. Versus however is a different story. From first listen I could tell this was a different album. I think what makes this album better is the tempo. I expect The Haunted to come out and punch you in the gut from the first note to the last, which is exactly what they do here. They kept the tempo on this one up to a headbanging pace. My faith in The Haunted has been mostly restored.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best one since revolver, October 19, 2008

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Mark A. Derasmo (Colonial hts,VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Versus (Audio CD)

This has really been an incredibly potent last couple of years for metal,with outstanding releases by numerous bands from Machine Head to Megadeth,and a bunch in between. After listening repeatedly to the new Metallica,feeling satisfied but not quite full, I searched for something to grab me by the onions from track one and refuse to let go. The Haunteds newest disc does just that,in an unrelenting, pounding and brutal sort of way,but also injecting some melody as well and not sounding like a hundred other bands,but fresh,potent,and exciting. This record is head and shoulders above Dead Eye,and right now is according to my most recent listening experience,better than revolver. The production is pretty crisp,not muddled like another reviewer put it,Peter Dolvings vocals have evolved tremendously over 2 albums,but the riffs...man the riffs! Its like these guys evoked guitar god spirits and just went nuts on the chords but man the riffs and hooks are just tasty,one right after the other. Where the Dead Eye suffered from few songs that failed to differentiate themselves from the others,there is a wide variety of different depths,grooves,and pummeling machine gun riffs to satisfy the most hungry metal madman. The disc starts off powerfully with the first track,and keeps building crescendo as it goes on,only letting up around track eight but just a little...then bam it hooks you in carrying you screaming until the brutal end. In simple terms,this is an excellent disc,and only one of a few that I can say I have listened to more than once,from beginning to end,and didnt even think about the FF button. Other discs of that ilk would be the new Soulfly,Gojira,and yes friends,the new Metallica. Past gems are Dry Kill Logic,of Vengeance and Violence,Arch Enemy,Rise of the Tyrant, Machine Heads the Blackening, Mastodon's Blood Mountain...someone shoot me I forgot the new Slipknot! So you see my friends its turning out to be a glorious time for metal,and there are a plethora of extremely talented bands to whet your appetite, Versus just happens to be one kicka@# band whose new release is quite simply,EXCELLENT. Give it a listen and you will be glad you did.