The Haunted & Decapitated men form Eldvag

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Ola Englund and Kerim Lechner join forces on metal project

The Haunted guitarist Ola Englund and ex-Decapitated drummer Kerim ‘Krimh’ Lechner have joined forces to form Eldvag.

The pair are now actively looking for a singer for the project – and Englund reveals he doesn’t have a set sound in mind.

He says: “We’re not searching for any particular kind of vocalist. We just feel that the singer is the last piece of the puzzle that will form the outcome of this project. It could be clean, opera, growling – you name it. We want to hear it all.”

They’ve released a video of them in the studio playing together on an un-named track and are asking potential candidates to download it and then upload their versions to either YouTube or Soundcloud.

Meanwhile Lechner recently completed work on Krimhera, the latest album from his solo project Krimh. It’s due to be released on December 10. Earlier this year The Haunted released a hard-hitting promo for Cutting Teeth. The track’s lifted from their Exit Wounds album which launched in August.

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.