Band: Salvation
Album: The Haunted
Release Date: October 16th, 2026
Label: Reptilian Records
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Guitarist/vocalist Jason Sipe comments:
“I’d say this new album was a real different endeavor for Salvation. You work on music in life if that’s your passion but all the while we all have to keep pushing forward in regular daily life and sometimes you make the most of what you have and where you’re at. That’s where this album begins. Our drummer Brian was having a birthday and his wife Alison gifted him three days at electrical audio (the late Steve Albini’s studio) Studio B to record with all his most current projects and with his family.
We had four songs ready to go so we tracked two takes of each… guitar, bass and drums with studio engineer Taylor Hayes and wrapped it. We were pleasantly surprised with what we ended up with so then met with Erik Rasmussen over at Palisade Studios and after playing him what we had he was on board to help us with the completion of not only those four songs but also tracking some songs I had written on my own as more ‘solo’ type performances as well as being open to taking some new full band songs on. I had written some new songs that we tracked literally thirty minutes after showing the boys in the studio and one idea that formed from a band practice jam off of Victor’s bass line he was practicing and after Brian and I jumped in, we kept it 100% improvised. We ended up recreating that particular song that exact way over at Palisade and that’s where we finished the album.
So, this has definitely been a nontraditional journey. I also found myself going through a transitional period in my life as far a stable place to live and income, so the whole completion of this album is a complete passion project and was completed in an almost miraculous way. Artistically I feel that it also pulled us into some different places than the last album Mock that was our first album with Brian on drums. I can say that no matter what the future holds… Salvation is here to explore the boundaries of what it is to be a band, to be multi-instrumentalists and composers working together. I will always continue to chip away at trying to understand the great song writers that have come before my time and that are in my and our time and I’ll continue to explore and respect what’s been built and explore breaking down all walls of what’s expected… being an artist is more important than people tend to realize. It’s what helps bring this world culture and beauty and connection… and I can’t express how fortunate I know I am and we are to have these opportunities to share our craft with all of you. So, thank you so very sincerely for your time.”
The Haunted track listing:
- “Quotas”
- “Blow On A Wednesday”
- “Already Dead”
- “Devil’s Child”
- “Emergency”
- “Another Sinner”
- “Depression”
- “Soaked To The Bone”
- “Already Done”
- “Descending Time & Space”
