Swedish thrash metal pioneers THE HAUNTED are set to release their tenth studio album, “Songs of Last Resort”, on May 30, 2025, through their longtime label, Century Media Records.
Recorded by Oscar Nilsson at Studio Bohus, with lead vocals tracked by Björn Strid at The Cellar Studio, “Songs of Last Resort” was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (KREATOR, ARCH ENEMY, SEPULTURA). The album’s artwork was once again created by longtime visual collaborator Andreas “Diaz” Pettersson.
The official music video for the LP’s first single, “Warhead”, directed by Patric Ullaeus of rEvolver (IN FLAMES, ARCH ENEMY, DIMMU BORGIR),can be seen below.
THE HAUNTED vocalist Marco Aro comments: “This is the first single of our new album ‘Songs Of Last Resort’. The song is called ‘Warhead’ and it’s an aggressive statement about the absolute horrors of the world we now have to live in!”.
THE HAUNTED guitarist Patrik Jensen added: “When writing this song, I knew that we were on to writing a good album. The main riff came to me at work, and I had to take the afternoon off that day to immediately get it recorded and worked on while the inspiration from this one riff was still creating goosebumps. Lyrics are about various people in charge being ‘warheads’, thriving in one way or another off of waging war. The intro sound FX were created together with Örjan Örnkloo (ex-MISERY LOVES COMPANY, who also performs on ‘To Bleed Out’ and the title track ‘Letters Of Last Resort’). I think it’s not a stretch to say that this song stand a real chance of becoming a fixture of our live set for many years to come”.
“Songs Of Last Resort” track listing:
01. Warhead (03:39)
02. In Fire Reborn (03:18)
03. Death To The Crown (02:56)
04. To Bleed Out (04:29)
05. Unbound (03:34)
06. Hell Is Wasted On The Dead (02:53)
07. Through The Fire (03:01)
08. Collateral Carnage (04:03)
09. Blood Clots (01:30)
10. Salvation Recalled (03:26)
11. Labyrinth Of Lies (03:30)
12. Letters Of Last Resort (04:06)
“Songs of Last Resort” will be released in multiple formats, including a limited-edition CD mediabook with a poster and the bonus track Feeding the Furnace, a standard CD jewel case, a digital album, and a 180g vinyl LP with a poster.
Upcoming THE HAUNTED live shows:
June 06 – Reichenbach, Germany – Chronical Moshers Open Air
July 05 – Kalmar, Sweden – Metal Theatre
July 25 – Wasa, Finland – Kaaos Festival
October 04 – Athens, Greece – Gagarin 20
November 01 – Vara, Sweden – Vara in Rock
November 07 – Umeå, Sweden – House of Metal
November 09 – Manchester, UK – Damnation Festival
