The original members were Anders and Jonas Björler, Peter Dolving, Adrian Erlandsson and Patrik Jensen.

After the release of this album, Peter Dolving and Adrian Erlandsson both left the band in 1999, the former focusing on a solo career and the latter joining Cradle of Filth.

The Haunted played festivals such as 2000 Decibel, Hultsfred (both in Sweden), Graspop (Belgium), and Wacken Open Air (Germany).

[3] The Haunted broke their own record being listed at number one on CMJ Loud Rock Radio Chart in five weeks.

After another tour to Scandinavia, North America, United Kingdom and Europe in late 2003, the sudden departure of Marco Aro came as a shock.

Their first album with Peter Dolving back at the helm (and signed to a new deal with Century Media), was entitled Revolver.

In April 2010, the band released a live CD called Road Kill, and they supported heavy metal legends Slayer on their August 2010 tour.

[11] The first sneak preview of the album was on 22 January 2011, when the band performed the song "No Ghost" on the P3 Guld Gala, broadcast live on TV and radio throughout Sweden.

Aro had missed being in the band and was tempted to rejoin, but he was hesitant at first because he was not interested in returning to the hectic touring he had done with The Haunted in his past stint as vocalist.

The Haunted had done a lot of touring for almost a decade straight after Aro left, reducing the band's desire to continue with such scheduling going forward.

More hesitation came because Aro had struggled with drug addiction during his time with the band, causing problems with his family, which he did not want to risk a reoccurrence of.

[15] The band had already been rehearsing before the announcement of the new lineup, and their first live performance followed at the 70000 Tons of Metal which set sail 27–31 January 2014.

[16] On 1 July 2014, it was announced that their new album would be titled Exit Wounds, with the release date of 25 August 2014 in Europe and 2 September 2014 in North America.

[17] On 10 May 2017, Century Media Records announced the band's ninth studio album would be entitled Strength in Numbers and it was subsequently released worldwide on 25 August 2017.