Swedish thrash pioneers and purveyors The Haunted continue to scorch the earth with their upcoming tenth studio album, Songs of Last Resort, to be released worldwide on May 30, 2025 via longtime partners Century Media Records. Pre-orders are live at the links below. The band is now unleashing the blistering new single, “In Fire Reborn,” along with a music video, which was directed by Patric Ullaeus / (In Flames, Arch Enemy, Dimmu Borgir, etc.). The clip can be found here!
The previously released video for the album’s opening track, “Warhead,” can still be seen here:
Pre-orders are now live:
https://the-haunted.lnk.to/SongsOfLastResort-Album
The Haunted vocalist Marco Aro comments about the track, “This is the second single off the album ‘Songs of Last Resort.’ The song is called ‘In Fire Reborn” and it’s a more classic The Haunted sounding song with the aggression turned up to 11…just in case you missed the memo on our previous single!”
Guitarist Jensen adds, “A classic The Haunted 6/8 beat song. I wrote the start, verses and ending of the song, but it wasn’t until Jonas wrote the chorus when ‘In Fire Reborn’ really bloomed out. I believe this could also easily become a fan favorite, just like it has become one of the band’s favorite songs on the album. The lyrics are, just like with ‘Warhead,” also along the topic of war, but this time from a soldier’s perspective.”
With music recorded by Oscar Nilsson at Studio Bohus, main vocals recorded by Björn Strid at The Cellar Studio, ‘Songs of Last Resort’ was then mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (Kreator, Arch Enemy, Sepultura, etc). Artwork was once again provided by longtime visual collaborator Andreas “Diaz” Pettersson.
The album artwork for Songs of Last Resort was created by Andreas “Diaz” Pettersson and can be found below along with the tracklisting.
Songs of Last Resort tracklist:
Warhead (03:39)
In Fire Reborn (03:18)
Death to the Crown (02:56)
To Bleed Out (04:29)
Unbound (03:34)
Hell is Wasted on the Dead (02:53)
Through the Fire (03:01)
Collateral Carnage (04:03)
Blood Clots (01:30)
Salvation Recalled (03:26)
Labyrinth of Lies (03:30)
Letters of Last Resort (04:06)
Album running time: (00:40:33)
Lineup:
Ola Englund – rhythm & lead guitar
Jonas Björler – bass, backing vocals
Marco Aro – lead vocals
Adrian Erlandsson – drums
Jensen – rhythm guitar
Cover Artwork: Andreas “Diaz” Pettersson
Music recorded by Oscar Nilsson at Studio Bohus
Main vocals recorded by Björn Strid at The Cellar Studio
Mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios
‘Songs of Last Resort’ will be available as Ltd. CD Mediabook & Poster (Incl. the bonus track “Feeding the Furnace” (02:32)), as Standard CD Jewelcase, as Digital Album and as 180g. LP & Poster in the following variants:
– Black LP & Poster (Unlimited)
– Ltd. transp. red LP & Poster (500x copies, available from www.cmdistro.de & various other retailers)
– Ltd. transp. petrol green LP & Poster (300x copies, available from various retailers in Europe)
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