The Haunted are a Swedish metal band, formed in 1997. The original members were Patrick Jensen of Witchery on guitar, Jonas Björler (bass), Adrian Erlandsson (drums), Anders Björler (guitar), and Peter Dolving (vocals). Both of the Björler brothers and Erlandsson were members of seminal melodic death metal band At the Gates, a pioneering force in the Swedish death metal scene. The current drummer is Per Möller Jensen. All members (past and present) are from Gothenburg, Sweden, with the exception of Per Möller Jensen, who is from Denmark, and Patrick Jensen, who is from Stockholm.
They combined the sounds of 1980sBay Area thrash acts like Metallica and Forbidden, as well as Los Angeles thrash bands Slayer and Dark Angel, with the local Swedish death metal stylings of such bands as Dark Tranquillity and also some influences of hardcore punk rock, mainly in the vocals. The released their first album, The Haunted, in 1998. After the release of this album, Peter Dolving and Adrian Erlandsson both left the band, the latter joining UK black metal purveyors Cradle of Filth. Marco Aro was recruited as a new vocalist and Per Möller Jensen as drummer. Their second album The Haunted Made Me Do It, released in 2000, was more melodic and resembled the "Gothenburg" style (At the Gates, etc) more than old-school thrash and speed metal. The subsequently released their live album Live Rounds In Tokyo (2001) packaged with a reissue of The Haunted Made Me Do It. Their most recent album was released in February of 2003 and is titled One Kill Wonder. Marco Aro left the band in the fall of 2003 and original vocalist Peter Dolving rejoined.
