THE HAUNTED · Exit Wounds | MEDIABOOK CD

Limited Mediabook CD.

Background information about 'Exit Wounds'

The Haunted return with their seventh studio album "Exit Wounds", delivering another crushing blow of Swedish thrash metal mastery that showcases the band's evolution while staying true to their aggressive roots. The album opens with the brief instrumental "317" before launching into the razor-sharp "Cutting Teeth" and the anthemic "My Salvation", establishing a relentless pace that rarely lets up throughout the record's 16-track journey. Tracks like "Psychonaut" and "Eye Of The Storm" demonstrate the band's ability to blend technical precision with raw emotional intensity, while "Trend Killer" serves as a middle finger to musical conformity with its blistering riffs and venomous vocals.

The album's second half maintains the momentum with standout tracks like "Kill The Light" and the haunting "Ghost In The Machine", before closing with two bonus tracks that feel essential rather than tacked-on. "As The Poison Sets In" and "The Manifestation" provide a satisfying conclusion to an album that finds The Haunted at their most focused and ferocious. The production is crisp and punishing, allowing every crushing guitar tone and thunderous drum hit to cut through with surgical precision.

For fans of: At The Gates, Slayer, Testament, and Kreator

Track listing

1. 317
2. Cutting Teeth
3. My Salvation
4. Psychonaut
5. Eye Of The Storm
6. Trend Killer
7. Time (Will Not Heal)
8. All I Have
9. Temptation
10. My Enemy
11. Kill The Light
12. This War
13. Infiltrator
14. Ghost In The Machine
15. As The Poison Sets In
16. The Manifestation

Manufacturer: Century Media Records GmbH, Schäferstr. 33a, 44147 Dortmund, Germany, Contact: www.centurymedia.com