Released 31 October 2000 Artist The Haunted Label Earache Records | Length 35:57 Release date 31 October 2000 | |
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Recorded December 1999 - February 2000
(Berno Studio, Malmö) Producer Berno Paulsson
The Haunted Made Me Do It
(2000) Live Rounds in Tokyo
(2001) Genres Thrash metal, Melodic death metal Awards Grammis Award for Hard Rock/Metal of the Year Similar The Haunted albums, Melodic death metal albums | ||
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Made Me Do It (also known as The Haunted Made Me Do It) is the second album by The Haunted. It was released on 31 October 2000. It was re-released in 2001 with the live album, Live Rounds In Tokyo as a bonus CD.
Contents
The haunted dark intentions
Album Cover
When asked about why the cover is a collage of serial killers, part of the band replied:
First of all we wanted artwork that was matching the first album. The idea about the serial killers came in last, and was partly put there to emphasize the title. Since a couple of the songs on the album is about serial-killers and other funny characters it all made sense to include some on the cover. I'd say, they're rather a part of an overall concept, than the actual concept of the album.
I think we wanted to portray a sort of "we are guilty before we even release the album" in regards to all the censorship and musicians blamed for violent crime....
When asked about who were on the Cover, part of the band replied again:
Let's see...We put Jeffrey Dahmer there, we have Charles Manson (even though not being a serial killer), and Henry Lee Lucas...to name a few. These are all fascinating characters in their own ways.
The person that describes it all is definitely RICHARD RAMIREZ. I don't know if he's on the cover or not, but the whole concept is about "an individual is responsible for his/ her own actions in life", it's always easy to blame something else, and not noticing the real problems in society. Taking the easy way out in the RAMIREZ case would be: "we have to ban AC/DC because he wore an AC/DC T-shirt".
Other notable mentions on the cover are Ted Kaczynski, Albert Fish.
Title
When asked about Title, part of the band replied again:
Ha, we used "The Haunted Made Me Do It" as a cynical statement to all the censorship discussions in the US, to sloppy cunts like Tipper Gore and the PMRC. People are gonna do what they do regardless.
Writing
When asked about Writing, Per replied:
Some songs were already written before I joined, but when we came back from the US tour with Testament last year, we started writing the last songs, which became "Bury Your Dead", "Leech", "Trespass" and "Revelation". Jonas, Anders or Jensen will bring in riffs, or a verse and chorus, and all the members can then have their input on the way the song will go.
Track listing
Reception
In 2005, Made Me Do It was ranked number 461 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
The Haunted
Additional Personnel
Songs
1Dark Intentions1:31
2Bury Your Dead3:07
3Trespass3:41