Unleashed

Artist: Unleashed
Country of origin: Sweden
Location: Kungsängen, Stockholm
Status: Active
Formed in: 1989
Years active: 1989-present
Genre: Death Metal
Lyrical themes: Death, Darkness, Anti-religion, Norse mythology, Metal
Current label: Napalm Records




Members:
Johnny Hedlund: Bass, Vocals (1989-present)
Anders Schultz: Drums (1989-present)
Tomas Olsson: Guitars (1990-present)
Fredrik Folkare: Guitars (1995-present)





Formed after Johnny Hedlund was kicked out of Nihilist (who actually split-up and reformed as Entombed to avoid firing him directly).

Unleashed are credited to be one of the first death metal groups to write songs about Viking/Scandinavian history and heritage instead of more typical subjects like death and gore.

Members also involved in Bajen Death Cult.

Compilation Appearances:
 - "Unleashed", "Dead Forever" and "If They Had Eyes" on In the Eyes of Death (Century Media, 1991)
 - "The Dark One" on A Projection of a Stained Mind (CBR, 1991)
 - "Into Glory Ride" on Rock Hard Presents Monsters of Death (R/C, 1992)
 - "Into Glory Ride" on Lords of Chaos - The History of Occult Music (Prophecy Productions, 2002 / Index Verlag, 2008)

Discography:

  Where No Life Dwells (1991)

Album: Where No Life Dwells
Type: Full-length
Release date: May 1st, 1991
Catalog ID: 84 9718-2
Label: Century Media Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 192Kbps | 36:52 | 50,7Mb

Tracklist:
1. Where No Life Dwells  00:47  instrumental
2. Dead Forever  03:00
3. Before the Creation of Time  03:48
4. For They Shall Be Slain  03:20
5. If They Had Eyes  03:52
6. The Dark One  03:39
7. Into Glory Ride  03:21
8. ...and the Laughter Has Died  03:22
9. Unleashed  03:25
10. Violent Ecstasy  03:13
11. Where Life Ends  04:56

In the booklet "If They Had Eyes" has the subtitle "The Watchers of the Earth".

Music video:
- Before the Creation of Time

Recorded at the Woodhouse Studios in Dortmund, Germany in April 1991.

  Shadows in the Deep (1992)

Album: Shadows in the Deep
Type: Full-length
Release date: May 1st, 1992
Catalog ID: 84 9732-2
Label: Century Media Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 192Kbps | 40:17 | 55,3Mb

Tracklist:
1. The Final Silence  02:54
2. The Immortals  04:22
3. A Life Beyond  04:48
4. Shadows in the Deep  05:02
5. Countess Bathory (Venom cover)  * 04:00
6. Never Ending Hate  02:31
7. Onward into Countless Battles  04:13
8. Crush the Skull  03:34
9. Bloodbath  04:07
10. Land of Ice  04:30

This album is dedicated to the memory of Per Olin, you shall forever dwell in our minds...R.I.P.

Recorded at Woodhouse Studios in Dortmund, Germany in April 1992.
Produced by Unleashed & Waldemar Sorychta.
All arrangements by Unleashed.

  Across the Open Sea (1993)

Album: Across the Open Sea
Type: Full-length
Release date: October 1st, 1993
Catalog ID: 77055-2
Label: Century Media Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 192Kbps | 37:30 | 51,5Mb

Tracklist:
1. To Asgaard We Fly  03:54
2. Open Wide  03:12
3. I Am God  04:33
4. The One Insane  03:03
5. Across the Open Sea  02:45  instrumental
6. In the Northern Lands  03:53
7. Forever Goodbye (2045)  02:27
8. Execute Them All  03:20 
9. Captured  03:47
10. Breaking the Law (Judas Priest cover)  02:13
11. The General  04:22

A music video was made for "The One Insane".

Recorded at EMI Studios in Stockholm, Sweden in July 1993.
Produced by Unleashed.
Mastered at Cutting Room in Stockholm.

  Victory (1995)

Album: Victory
Type: Full-length
Release date: February 27th, 1995
Catalog ID: 77090-2
Label: Century Media Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 192Kbps | 34:01 | 46,7Mb

Tracklist:
1. Victims of War  04:13
2. Legal Rapes  03:10
3. Hail the New Age  03:09
4. The Defender  03:19
5. In the Name of God  03:44
6. Precious Land  05:00
7. Berserk  01:55
8. Scream Forth Aggression  03:54
9. Against the World  03:00
10. Revenge  02:36

Arranged by Unleashed.
Music by Fredrik Lindgren, Johnny Hedlund and Tomas Olsson.

Recorded in November and December, 1994 at EMI Studios in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mastered at Cutting Room in Stockholm, Sweden.
Produced by Unleashed.

  Warrior (1997)

Album: Warrior
Type: Full-length
Release date: June 5th, 1997
Catalog ID: 77124-2
Label: Century Media Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 192Kbps | 41:12 | 56,6Mb

Tracklist:
1. Warmachine  01:58
2. In Hellfire  02:35
3. Mediawhore  03:28
4. Down Under Ground  02:52
5. My Life for You  02:09
6. Death Metal Victory  02:14 
7. Hero of the Land  03:13
8. Löngt nid  05:22  instrumental
9. Born Deranged  03:02
10. I Have Returned  03:27
11. Ragnarök  05:01
12. Your Pain My Gain  01:36 
13. The End  04:13

First recording with Fredrik Folkare as the lead guitarist.

Recorded at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden, March 1997.
Produced by Unleashed and Fredrik Andersson.
Mastered at CRP Recording.

  Hell's Unleashed (2002)

Album: Hell's Unleashed
Type: Full-length
Release date: April 29th, 2002
Catalog ID: 77424-2
Label: Century Media Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 192Kbps | 43:48 | 60,1Mb

Tracklist:
1. Don't Want to Be Born  02:54
2. Hell's Unleashed  02:15
3. Demoneater  03:54
4. Fly Raven Fly  04:15
5. Mrs. Minister  03:01
6. Joy in the Sun  03:05
7. Demons Rejoice  03:07
8. We'll Come for You  03:08
9. Triggerman  02:34
10. Dissection Leftovers  02:47
11. Peace, Piece by Piece  01:58
12. Burnt Alive  04:01
13. Your Head Is Mine  03:32
14. Made in Hell  03:14  instrumental

Recorded from October to December, 2001 at A-Music Studio in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mastered in December, 2001 at Polar Studios.
Music by Folkare, Hedlund and Olsson.

  Sworn Allegiance (2004)

Album: Sworn Allegiance
Type: Full-length
Release date: July 26th, 2004
Catalog ID: 77524-2
Label: Century Media Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 192Kbps | 44:43 | 61,4Mb

Tracklist:
1. Winterland  03:03
2. Destruction (Of the Race of Men)  02:56
3. Only the Dead  03:59
4. The Longships Are Coming  04:10
5. Helljoy  03:05
6. Insane for Blood  04:00
7. I Bring You Death  03:21
8. Attack!  01:40
9. CEO  02:28
10. One Night in Nazareth  03:13
11. Praised Be the Lord  02:25
12. Metalheads  03:14
13. To Miklagård  03:42
14. Long Live the Beast  03:25

Engineered by Fredrik Folkare and Anders Rosdahl & Produced by Fredrik Folkare from January to March, 2004 at Chrome Studios in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mastered by Peter in de Betoe in April, 2004 at Tailor Maid Productions.

  Midvinterblot (2006)

Album: Midvinterblot
Type: Full-length
Release date: October 6th, 2006
Catalog ID: SPV 97952 CD
Label: Steamhammer
Format: CD
MP3 | 192Kbps | 46:30 | 64Mb

Tracklist:
1. Blood of Lies  02:14
2. This Is Our World Now  03:19
3. We Must Join with Him  03:58
4. Midvinterblot  02:59
5. In Victory or Defeat  02:40
6. Triumph of Genocide  03:12
7. The Avenger  03:12
8. Salvation for Mankind  02:54
9. Psycho Killer  02:14
10. The Witch  03:16
11. I Have Sworn Allegiance  02:39
12. Age of the Warrior  03:33
13. New Dawn Rising  02:47
14. Loyalty and Pride  03:09
15. Valhalla Awaits  03:35

Engineered and produced from January to June, 2006 at Chrome Studios in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mastered in July, 2006 at Tailor Maid Productions.

  Hammer Battalion (2008)

Album: Hammer Battalion
Type: Full-length
Release date: June 6th, 2008
Catalog ID: SPV 92292 CD
Label: Steamhammer
Format: CD
MP3 | 192Kbps | 44:35 | 60,5Mb

Tracklist:
1. The Greatest of All Lies  03:22
2. Long Before Winter's Call  03:51
3. Your Children Will Burn  02:57
4. Hammer Battalion  03:29
5. This Day Belongs to Me  02:38
6. Marching Off to War  03:50
7. Entering the Hall of the Slain  03:33
8. Black Horizon  03:54
9. Carved in Stone  03:19
10. Warriors of Midgard  03:35
11. Midsummer Solstice  03:06
12. Home of the Brave  02:51
13. I Want You Dead  04:03

A music video was made for "Black Horizon".

Engineered and produced in January and February, 2008 at Chrome Studios in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mastered in 2008 at Tailor Maid Productions.

  As Yggdrasil Trembles (2010)

Album: As Yggdrasil Trembles
Type: Full-length
Release date: March 19th, 2010
Catalog ID: NB 2481-2 / 27361 24812
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD
MP3 | 320Kbps | 47:47 | 109Mb

Tracklist:
1. Courage Today, Victory Tomorrow!  03:54
2. So It Begins...  03:24
3. As Yggdrasil Trembles  04:52
4. Wir kapitulieren niemals  03:26
5. This Time We Fight  03:02
6. Master of the Ancient Art  03:48
7. Chief Einherjar  03:41
8. Return Fire  04:04
9. Far Beyond Hell  03:18
10. Dead to Me  02:47
11. Yahweh and the Chosen Ones  03:52
12. Cannibalistic Epidemic Continues  04:59

Engineered and produced at Chrome Studios in Stockholm Nov-Dec 2009.
Mastered at Tailor Maid Productions, 2010.

  Odalheim (2012)

Album: Odalheim
Type: Full-length
Release date: April 20th, 2012
Catalog ID: ICARUS 936
Label: Icarus Music
Format: CD
MP3 | 320Kbps | 42:59 | 98,4Mb

Tracklist:
1. Fimbulwinter  04:11
2. Odalheim  04:29
3. White Christ  03:12
4. The Hour of Defeat  03:08
5. Gathering the Battalions  03:06
6. Vinland  03:58
7. Rise of the Maya Warriors  02:40
8. By Celtic and British Shores  03:49
9. The Soil of Our Fathers  04:55
10. Germania  03:33
11. The Great Battle of Odalheim  05:51

Recorded at Chrome Studios.

  Dawn of the Nine (2015)

Album: Dawn of the Nine
Type: Full-length
Release date: April 24th, 2015
Catalog ID: NB 3231-0 / 27361 32310
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD, Digipak, Limited edition
MP3 | 320Kbps | 45:03 | 103Mb

Tracklist:
1. A New Day Will Rise  03:52
2. They Came to Die  03:13
3. Defenders of Midgard  04:38
4. Where Is Your God Now?  04:29
5. The Bolt Thrower  03:49
6. Let the Hammer Fly  04:10
7. Where Churches Once Burned  05:19
8. Land of the Thousand Lakes  04:16
9. Dawn of the Nine  06:41
10. Welcome the Son of Thor!  04:34

Engineered and produced at Chrome Studios in Stockholm Sept 2014-Jan 2015.
Mastered at blowoutproductions.com, Jan 2015.

  The Hunt for White Christ (2018)

Album: The Hunt for White Christ
Type: Full-length
Release date: October 26th, 2018
Catalog ID: NPR805DP
Label: Napalm Records
Format: CD, Digipak, Limited edition
MP3 | 320Kbps | 41:43 | 95,5Mb

Tracklist:
1. Lead Us into War  03:28
2. You Will Fall  03:35
3. Stand Your Ground  03:15
4. Gram  04:10
5. Terror Christ  03:54
6. They Rape the Land  04:00
7. The City of Jorsala Shall Fall  04:12
8. The Hunt for White Christ  02:36
9. Vidaurgelmthul  03:24
10. By the Western Wall  04:17
11. Open to All the World  04:48

Recorded in the Spring of 2018 at Chrome Studios.

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