The HAUNTED: Made me Do It CD PROMO 2000. (Totally different artwork!) Check video + audio (whole album) + video review.

Description

Haunted, The Made Me Do It
Label: Earache MOSH 241 CDPRO
Format: CD, Album, Promo
Country: Europe
Released: 2000
Genre: Thrash METAL

Tracklist
1 Dark Intentions 1:30
2 Bury Your Dead 3:07
3 Trespass 3:40
4 Leech 4:39
5 Hollow Ground 4:10
6 Revelation 1:35
7 The World Burns 4:10
8 Human Debris 3:01
9 Silencer 3:04
10 Under The Surface 4:13
11 Victim Iced 2:56

Comes with Cardboard Sleeve

Marco Aro – vocals
Anders Björler – lead guitar
Patrik Jensen – rhythm guitar
Jonas Björler – bass
Per Möller Jensen – drums

From the great grooves of the Gothenburg, Sweden, death-metal scene that spawned Entombed, Dismember, and the Haunteds immediate ancestor, At the Gates, comes another successful wedding of ominous Slayer-inspired metal with hard-hitting traditional rock. The accessibility of the onslaught brings Motörhead to mind, though the Haunteds sound is cleaner. In the Swedish style, even when the vocals are total gross-outs and the drums smack mercilessly, the guitars construct catchy melodic patterns like something from Judas Priest. With so much going on stylistically, the Haunted don’t take metal to the next level; rather, they mark a new beginning in the vital, prolific Swedish scene.

issued in October 2000, The Swedish bands Haunted Made Me Do It proved to be a springboard to success for the band, and has subsequently become established as the fans definitive The Haunted album. Featuring the classic tracks ‘Bury Your Dead’, ‘Hollow Ground’ and ‘Trespass’.

With the groups second effort on Earache and after enlisting a new vocalist and drummer, the Haunted rise in status to a role on par with important metal groups such as Entombed, Carcass, and mid-’80s Metallica, carefully balancing the fine line between raw extremity and accessibility. The majority of the 11 songs on The Haunted Made Me Do It never venture too far into complex progressive territory and never take their extremity to excessive abandon while still keeping their music far more innovative and intense than any metal band recording for a major label in 2000. Staying true to the complex and intense tendencies of underground metal without being too inaccessible isn’t an easy task (only a small handful of metal bands have ever done it, and even fewer for more than one album). The Haunted seem to understand this balance well: their songs average around three to four minutes in length, their vocals are nearly intelligible, their sparingly placed guitar solos never become masturbatory, and their songwriting never breaks too far away from traditional song structuring. Furthermore, the bands new vocalist, Marco Aro, gleams with charisma and possesses a unique style that can’t be classified as growling, screaming, yelling, or singing, often fluctuating from one style to the other with ease. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the Haunted manage to bring a sense of melody to their songs that creeps into their choruses and bridges, bringing back memories of the mid-’80s when Metallica was an important group for similar reasons. Though time will ultimately tell whether or not this album proves to be as fresh as it tries to be, it seems to belong on the same pedestal as Entombeds Wolverine Blues, Carcass’ Heartwork, and Metallicas Master of Puppets — albums that crossed over from the underground without compromising their integrity.

bury your dead motherfuckers – 96%