One new Scandinavian review at Sellfish this week: The Haunted - Revolver

Witchery is finally coming back to life according to a recent posting from guitarist/songwriter Patrik Jensen. Now that work with The Haunted's (Jensen's other band) new album is done, there's time for the guys to release a new album which is currently being mixed and mastered. No word on a title or label, but they hope to have it out by the end of the year. I'm sure we'll hear more soon.

Check out the first single from The Haunted's upcoming album, "All against all": http://mp4.centurymedia.com/audio/5.ram
The track comes from the band's new album "rEVOLVEr", due out October 18 on Century Media.

The Haunted has been added to the upcoming Shadows Fall/Damageplan US tour set to kick off sometime in October. Dates soon.

The Haunted have set "rEVOLVEr" as the title of their upcoming fourth album, tentatively due out October 18 via Century Media.

The all-star Swedish metal lineup of In Flames, The Haunted, Hypocrisy, Lost Horizon and Nifelheim will be joining forces for a special benefit show called 200,000 Decibel at Trägårn in Göteborg on September 2. The show's goal is to raise 200,000 SEK (~$27,000) to pay the bills for Lennart Larsson, the founder of the 2000 Decibel Festival. Lennart is a long-time supporter of hard rock and metal in Sweden and the musical community he helped nourish is hoping to help him out after this spring's edition of his fest did so poorly and left him deep in debt. Read more: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=24908

Check out a video of The Haunted playing the new song "99" live from the Sweden Rock Festival last month: http://web.cyklode.com/the_haunted_-_99_(live_sweden_rock_festival_2004)-the-haunted.com.zip

Check out a brand new mp3 from The Haunted: http://www.centurymedia.com/audio/haunted_99.mp3

The Haunted have officially signed with Century Media who will release the group's new, just-completed album this coming fall. The band's previous two albums were released on Earache Records. Read the press release: http://www.cyklode.com/haunted/doc/cm_p-release.htm

The Haunted have finished mixing their new album. Charles Storm originally did it, but the band decided they sounded 'too sophisticated' for what they wanted to convey so they had Tue Madsen from Antfarm Studios redo 'em. Here's a video clip of them listening to the results at Studio Fredman: http://lagavulin.gotdns.com/mov/flik4.html

Swedish doom metal band Candlemass have called it quits yet again, seemingly for the last time. Their statement:

"We are truly sorry to inform you that Candlemass have disbanded! This is sad news for us and everybody else that love this fantastic band. There will be no more gigs, no new album, no more doom!
This is it... ..finished..........zero...........nada........out!!!
Despite the tremendous success of the reunion, everything hasn’t been perfect.
Tiny cracks in the façade could be seen during the first round in the summer of 2002 because members of the band do not share the same vision of C-mass, the gigs, an eventual new album, democracy etc, and last year it became clear that the indifferences were too large to overcome.
A demo was recorded but the internal problems overshadowed the fun of playing. The gig at Klubben (Stockholm) nov. 29 came to be the last and final for Candlemass.
The band have tried to save the situation. There have been meetings and discussions, but unfortunately it hasn’t been possible for the five members to agree on how Candlemass could work in the future. The members would have loved to continue but the chemistry is just not there anymore.
The magic is gone........................."

Of course, the music will still live on, especially since GMR Records is compiling a tribute album to the band. Some of the names set to contribute include Opeth, The Hellacopters, The Haunted, Cathedral, Grand Magus, Krux, Satyricon and maybe Timo Rautianinen & Trio Niskalaukaus. It's tentatively set for a spring 2005 release.

Streaming playlist: On tour

Here's a new flash version of the Peter Dolving/The Haunted studio report and interview: http://lagavulin.gotdns.com/mov/flik2.html

Here's a video of The Haunted frontman Peter Dolving talking about the recording of the new album at Studio Fredman: http://lagavulin.gotdns.com/mov/haunteddolving.mov

Some new headlining gigs in the UK for The Haunted:

05/03 - Hop & Grape, Manchester
05/07 - Zodiac, Oxford
05/09 - Rio, Bradford

As mentioned before, the band will be heading over there with around the same time with Funeral for a Friend. Full dates here: http://www.cyklode.com/haunted/doc/tour.htm