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UNLEASHED, the Chief Vikings of Swedish Death Metal, as one of this years exceptions from the basic Steelfestian black metal line up. 
Also the third and last of this years Swedish bands which all played on Thursday.
Keep an eye on »» RAUTA @ YouTube! There will be an interview with Johnny from UNLEASHED and a bunch of other bands from the festival. Eventually. Always interesting stuff.

 

[Live clips by GRONNENHELL, Tales From The Frontline & sarvi]

 

 

Notes & links:
– UNLEASHED @ extreMMetal.se
– Tomas printshop Helloil.com has lots of official t-shirts & other stuff https://www.helloil.com/
www.facebook.com/unleashed
Steelfest.fi

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30 åringarna!

“The warriors of UNLEASHED have been the ultimate embodiment of Death Metal and are seen as founding fathers of the Viking-Death-Metal movement as well. Without ever having compromised in the slightest they managed to unite the spirit of the viking tradition with the grandeur of purest Death Metal.”

Band: Johnny Hedlund(Bass, Vocals) Fredrik Folkare(Lead Guitar) Tomas Måsgard(Rhythm Guitar) Anders Schultz(Drums)

 

Demos
1990 – The Utter Dark
1990 – ….Revenge
1990 – Century Media Promo Tape

Studio albums
Where No Life Dwells (1991)
Shadows in the Deep (1992)
Across the Open Sea (1993)
Victory (1995)
Warrior (1997)
Hell’s Unleashed (2002)
Sworn Allegiance (2004)
Midvinterblot (2006)
Hammer Battalion (2008)
As Yggdrasil Trembles (2010)
Odalheim (2012)
Dawn of the Nine (2015)
The Hunt for White Christ (2018)

 


http://www.unleashed.se/web/index.php
https://www.facebook.com/unleashed
www.facebook.com/CloseUpMagazine/>

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UNLEASHED ska ge ut en ny platta och kom på att jag fortfarande inte hade den förra som jag plåtade för. Nu har dom bytt skivbolag till Napalm Records, men Nuclear Blast som gav ut Dawn of the Nine, skickade vad dom hade så fick en tröja och ett par CD:n med posten:) Vinylen kommer senare.

 

Det fattas en och annan platta fortfarande från div band och tror inte att jag nånsin kommer att få tag på dom alla, men då får det vara så.

 

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“Unleashed was formed in Stockholm, Sweden in November 1989, and sprang from the ashes of the pioneer Death Metal band Nihilist.
Unleashed, along with a few more bands founded what is today called the Swedish Death Metal scene. There has been very few lineup changes throughout the years and today the band consists of Johnny – Bass and Vocals Fredrik – Lead guitar Anders – Drums Tomas – Rhythm guitar.”
– Band bio unleashed.se –

 

»THE GALLERY

http://www.unleashed.se/odalheim
https://www.facebook.com/unleashed
More UNLEASHED @ extremmetal.se


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One hell of a show!!! I think The Underworld is my favourite venue of the ones I visited this day.  Crowded, sweaty and when I got my spot on the small balcony I stayed there and slowly melted away. But what an awesome atmosphere!!:D Kudos to Fredrik who played two sets  in a row at the same place.  At some times even I wished I´ve had a bucket of ice water to dive in to. Luckily Håkon was there handing over a bottle of water. Brilliant guy, Håkon. Looovely person!:))


UNLEASHED was the last band to finish on a very hectic and sometimes confusing festival day. Some fuckups but all together I had a great time!
Awesome clips by profanometal  and Craig Land (more of his UNLEASHED videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFBcdrt2l_HA7TjosY9wCXg)


The pic above is from Nuclear Blast but it´s my photo from the promo shoot we did in January.

 


https://www.facebook.com/unleashed
http://incinerationfest.com/

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The great outdoors with Unleashed. (very) Icy & (very) cold.

Pictures for promotion & the album “Dawn of The Nine”

Thankful for warmers & coffee:) The semla season starts way too early these days but we didn´t mind. So we had those also.
It was a shit cold day, so some hours outdoors required some Viking genes for sure. Pro guys! We tried out a couple of locations but forests and lakes didn´t win this time.
Lovely bunch of ppl but it was way too cold to spend any time for goofing about. Just a little bit:)

Nuclear Blast are huge and still one of the most photographer friendly labels out there. They sent me first a care package with a couple of CD versions and a T shirt, and later on the vinyl:)

 

» UNLEASHED live @ extremmetal.se
» UNLEASHED @ The Works
https://www.facebook.com/unleashed
https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Unleashed/Dawn_of_the_Nine/492817

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Dawn of the Nine is the 12th studio album by Unleashed. It was released on 27 April 2015 by Nuclear Blast Records.

Recorded September 2014- January 2015 at Chrome Studios, Stockholm
Producer Fredrik Folkare

Johnny Hedlund – Vocals, Bass, lyrics
Fredrik Folkare – Lead guitar, music
Tomas Olsson – Rhythm guitar
Anders Schultz – drums

Fredrik Folkare – Engineering, Production
Pär Olofsson – Cover art
Erik Martensson – Mastering
Soile Siirtola – Photography
Joakim Sterner – Layout

 

“With their blend of melody and brutality, the warriors of UNLEASHED are credited as the founding fathers of the Viking death metal movement from their inception back in 1989. Twenty-six years later, they have managed to unite the spirit of the Viking tradition with their merciless riffs and epic choruses – melting uncompromising brutality with hymns to Odin.”