Anders Björler of AT THE GATES and THE HAUNTED has recorded a guest solo for a song called “Ocean” from Gothenburg, Sweden-based metallers COLDTEARS. The track, which will be released via iTunes in a few weeks, will appear on the new COLDTEARS album, “Silence Them All”, along with 20 other cuts.
COLDTEARS guitarist David Johansson wrote the music for the chorus of the title track of the latest THE HAUNTED album, “Unseen”. In addition, former THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving was a guest vocalist on the first COLDTEARS EP, “Warning”, in the song “No Ordinary Ghost”, which he also wrote the lyrics for.
Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED have launched a vocalist search following the departure of longtime frontman Peter Dolving. Serious applicants should send their submissions, including two songs from THE HAUNTED back catalog and a few words to describe themselves, to the e-mail address below. Images and links to performance video clips are much appreciated and will be most valuable in the screening process.
Dolving announced his exit from THE HAUNTED yesterday, writing on his Facebook page, “I have had it. I will NOT answer questions to why. It’s no one else’s business. I am looking forward to seeing you people at other shows with other projects.” Source: Blabbermouth.net
“Theme Park Family Fun”, the new video from ROSVO, the Swedish hardcore band fronted by former THE HAUNTED vocalist Peter Dolving, can be seen HERE. The song comes off the group’s debut EP, “Ticks And Ants”, which is available on iTunes. The clip was created by THE HAUNTED guitarist Anders Björler, Hans Simonen and Mark Alan Loso as “a continued cooperation of vigilante art for art’s own sake.” “Ticks And Ants” track listing:
01. Mommy Dearest
02. Start Chopping
03. Seasick
04. Theme Park Family Fun
ROSVO is currently touring Scandinavia and putting the finishing touches on the material for the follow-up to “Ticks And Ants”. According to Dolving, the forthcoming effort will be “a nice friendly audio anvil administered to the frontallobe of our beloved audience.”
ROSVO has been entertaining “tiny punk rock clubs and drunkard pub audiences” around Sweden and Denmark in January and February and will continue to do so throughout 2012. Currently unsigned and quite happily so, the four-piece outfit delivers a diverse and highly personal brand of intense, catchy heaviness more akin to that of DEAD GUY, COALESCE, CONVERGE and KEN MODE than more traditional hardcore.
In an interview with Metal Shock Finland, Dolving stated about ROSVO, “[The band] in itself is not really open for speculation or storytelling. It’s all about the music and the words. Anything outside of that, and the images it brings out are really completely uninteresting.”
Regarding ROSVO‘s musical direction and lyrical themes, Dolving said, “We are like a fastfood hardcore. We ARE the identikit. We ARE the cool tattoos. We ARE the macho. The über-tough guys, and a token of a politically correct. We are more straight-edge than an ecological box, We are stamped justice mince soy and we are angry. Very very angry. I’m sure some people will feel a great deal of discomfort by our well-defined agro. We are like Ninja in the night. Oh yes. Beware.”
ROSVO consists of Dolving, Hans Simonen, Martin Lundgren and David Andersson.
Dolving announced his departure from THE HAUNTED earlier today, writing on his Facebook page, “I have had it. I will NOT answer questions to why. It’s no one else’s business. I am looking forward to seeing you people at other shows with other projects.”
Source: Blabbermouth.net
ROSVO performing live in Gothenburg, Sweden on January 28, 2012:
Swedish Metalheads, THE HAUNTED nominated for a Swedish Grammis Award as well as a P3 Guld Award with “Unseen” album! Also their newest album “Unseen”, hit the charts at #5 position in Sweden as well as #26 in Finland.
“Just got back home from an exciting trip in Asia. We played Japan together with Ihsahn and that was awesome! Also, this trip marked the first appearance in China for us and it was a great experience. China is really a great potential market for metal music. We had loads of fun!!! In other news, we just got word that we are nominated for the prestigious P3 gold awards here in Sweden for the “Unseen” album in the “best rock/metal” category. The awards ceremony will take place in Gothenburg in January so we’ll keep our fingers crossed for the win. Furthermore, we also just found out that we are nominated for a Swedish Grammy. This is great news, and hopefully we can bring home our 3rd Grammy award…” the band posted.
For the Swedish Grammis Award, other nominated acts in the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” category are Graveyard, Hammerfall, Opeth and In Flames. For the P3 Guld Award from Swedish radio station P3 in the “Best Rock/Metal Album Of The Year” category the other nominated acts are Arch Enemy, Graveyard, In Flames and Opeth.
Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED kicked off their three-date Japanese co-headlining tour with former EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn on Monday (December 5) at Shibuya O-East in Tokyo.
Ihsahn‘s backing band, progressive metallers LEPROUS, opened the shows with a separate set.
Video footage of THE HAUNTED‘s entire Decemebr 5, concert can be seen below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
IN FLAMES, OPETH, ARCH ENEMY, GRAVEYARD and THE HAUNTED have been nominated for a P3 Guld award from Swedish radio station P3 in the “Best Rock/Metal Album Of The Year” category. The winners will be announced on January 21, 2012 during a live awards ceremony broadcast from the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg, Sweden.
For first the first time in the eight-year history of the awards, it will be up to the public to cast their votes rather than industry professionals.
P3 Guld nominees in the “Best Rock/Metal Album of the Year” category are as follows:
* ARCH ENEMY – “Khaos Legions”
* GRAVEYARD – “Hisingen Blues”
* THE HAUNTED – “Unseen”
* IN FLAMES – “Sounds Of A Playground Fading”
* OPETH – “Heritage”
Source: Blabbermouth.net
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