Swedish deadly thrash metal purveyors THE HAUNTED are back with a bang! Following eight long years since the release of 2017's much acclaimed studio album, 'Strength in Numbers,' THE HAUNTED is now pleased to announce its 10th studio album, 'Songs of Last Resort,' which will be released worldwide on May 30, 2025 via longtime partners Century Media Records.

To celebrate the release, the band is now unleashing the pummeling first single, "Warhead," along with a video, which was directed by Patric Ullaeus (In Flames, Arch Enemy, Dimmu Borgir, etc.). The clip can be found below.

Vocalist Marco Aro comments on the song, “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!"

Guitarist Jensen adds, “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…”

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. Pre-orders are now live HERE.

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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