THE HAUNTED: South American, Mexican Dates Announced

August 23, 2008

Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED will embark on a tour of Mexico and South America in November. Confirmed dates are as follows:

Nov. 20 - Monterrey, Mexico - Café Iguana
Nov. 21 - Mexico City, Mexico - Circo Volador
Nov. 28 - Santiago, Chile - Teatro Novedades
Nov. 29 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - El Teatrito
Nov. 30 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Hangar 110

More dates will be announced soon.

In other news, THE HAUNTED has re-launched its official web site with all-new content, including a never-before-seen video for the song "Chasm" (1998).

A new THE HAUNTED track entitled "Moronic Colossus" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the group's new album, "Versus", which is due late September via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded in part at PUK studio in Denmark with producer Tue Madsen (HEAVEN SHALL BURN, DARK TRANQUILLITY, MOONSPELL, etc),who previously worked with the group on its two most recent LPs, "rEVOLVEr" (2004) and "The Dead Eye" (2006).

"Versus" track listing:

01. Moronic Colossus
02. Pieces
03. Little Cage
04. Trenches
05. Ceremony
06. Skuld
07. Crusher
08. Rivers Run
09. Iron Mask
10. Faultline
11. Imperial Death March

"Versus" will be released on the following dates:

Sweden: Wednesday, September 17
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy: Friday, September 19
Spain, Portugal: Tuesday, September 23
Finland, Hungary: Wednesday, September 24
UK, France, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Rest Of Europe: Monday, September 22

Kerrang! magazine's (web site) Nick Ruskell conducted an interview with vocalist Peter Dolving of the Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the four-minute chat below.

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