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For bands that matter, the formula of their sound often rests with one or more key founding members. In the case of Sweden's internationally acclaimed band THE HAUNTED which was spawned in the mid-‘90s, songwriter/guitarist Anders Björler and lyricist/vocalist Peter Dolving were seminal architects. This is further proven by the long anticipated return of Dolving to the fold on the group's new album rEVOLVEr in 2004. With only the inspiration of their anger as a guide, these five men prove that their art is not an attempt to solve the problems caused by the pathology of civilization; their only concern is to state those problems correctly. Riding the laurels of being crowned as "the single greatest exponents of balls-out metal in the world" by Kerrang! Magazine, there is nothing to do but gape in awestruck amazement in the face of THE HAUNTED's arsenal of virtuosity in its purest form. No force can abolish the memory of what THE HAUNTED's 1998 self-titled debut album acco...