Unleashed have issued the following statement:

"Unleashed are currently in guitarist Fredrik Folkare's "Chrome Studio" for the recording of our 10th full length album. The album will be released on Nuclear Blast records early next year. Musically, it will be the logical continuation from Midvinterblot and Hammer Battalion. Lyrically, you will recognize what has become the Unleashed trademark since more than 20 years, the combination of the past, present and future of viking struggle and way of life. A few of the songs also mark the beginning of a story never before told. More details about the album and song titles coming soon."

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Source:	unleashed.se
Band profile:	Unleashed

Nuclear Blast Records press release

Nuclear Blast proudly announces the signing of Unleashed! The legendary Swedish Viking Death Metal has several classic albums like "Across The Open Sea" already to their credit and is the perfect example for mixing melody and aggression: their riffs are pure shrapnel, but their choruses are epic, melting uncompromising brutality with anthemic odes to the Odin.

A statement from the band: "Unleashed marks their 20th Anniversary by proudly announcing their signing to Nuclear Blast records. Johnny and the Boys eagerly anticipate their partnership in this new era of Viking Death Metal."

Their Nuclear Blast album debut is set for a 2010 release.

Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Unleashed

Devian, Sweden's blackened death/thrash commando will be touring Europe in February and March 2009 together with country mates Unleashed and Diabolical and the Austrian Belphegor. The Hammer Battalion North Tour will start in the 27th of February and end up on the 14th of March in Goteborg (Sweden).

Devian will be promoting their new release "God To The Illfated" released through Century Media. Devian's vocalist Legion comments on the coming tour: "Despite the fact that I´ve been on the road since the mid 90'ies, Scandinavia is almost untouched ground for me. It seems appropriately and fucking cool to take Devian out on our first Nordic leg of touring supporting Unleashed, one of the forefathers and iconic acts of the Northern scene. Hell over Scandinavia! Hail!!"

Hammer Battalion North Tour 2009
Unleashed + Belphegor + Devian + Diabolical

27-02-09 (EST) - Tallin / Tapper
28-02-09 (FIN) - Tampere / Yo-Talo
01-03-09 (FIN) - Helsinki / Nosturi
03-03-09 (FIN) - Turku / Klubi
04-03-09 (FIN) - Joenasuu / Kellari
05-03-09 (FIN) - Oulu / Teatria
06-03-09 (SWE) - Umea / Midnight
07-03-09 (NOR) - Trondheim / ZONE Bakgarden Scene
08-03-09 (NOR) - Oslo / tba
10-03-09 (SWE) - Orebro / Kulturhuset
11-03-09 (SWE) - Malmoe / tba
12-03-09 (DEN) - Copenhagen / The Rock
13-03-09 (SWE) - Stockholm / Klubben
14-03-09 (SWE) - Goteborg / Sticky Fingers

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Source:	devian.se
Band profile:	Unleashed
Event:	Hammer Battalion North Tour

Swedish Death metallers Unleashed will release their new full-length album, entitled "Hammer Battalion", via SPV Records on June 6 in Germany (June 9 in Rest of Europe and June 10 in USA/Canada).

"Hammer Battalion" cover preview] tracklisting (not final order):

01. The Greatest Of All Lies (Mp3)
02. Long Before Winter's Call (Mp3)
03. Your Children Will Burn (Mp3)
04. Hammer Battalion (Mp3)
05. This Day Belongs To Me (Mp3)
06. Marching Off To War
07. Entering The Hall Of The Slain
08. Black Horizon
09. Carved In Stone
10. Warriors Of Midgard
11. Midsummer Solstice
12. Home Of The Brave
13. I Want You Dead

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Source:	unleashed.se
Band profile:	Unleashed

Sweden's Unleashed have issued the following update on their MySpace:

"Unleashed are currently hard at work in the studio to record their 9th studio album, "Hammer Battalion". Check in here for some photos from one of the recording sessions.

They also wanted to take this opportunity to reveal the song titles on "Hammer Battalion"

01. The Greatest Of All Lies
02. Long Before Winter's Call
03. Your Children Will Burn
04. Hammer Battalion
05. This Day Belongs To Me
06. Marching Off To War
07. Entering The Hall Of The Slain
08. Black Horizon
09. Carved In Stone
10. Warriors Of Midgard
11. Midsummer Solstice
12. Home Of The Brave
13. I Want You Dead

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Unleashed

Swedish Melodic Death Metal outfit Unleashed recently announced the following on their website: "The result of the pre-production of the new album is very satisfying and we will enter the studio early January to record our 9th full length album. Title, release date and such will be posted on the website soon. The new Unleashed album will continue in the same victorious spirit as our previous album "Midvinterblot"."

Source:	unleashed.se
Band profile:	Unleashed

The following announcement has been psoted on the official Uleashed website:

"Sadly....and just like with a few other tours before ours..... The tour promoter Metallysee fucked up again...!!!
It is with anger in our hearts we have to announce that the european tour has been cancelled for reasons completely beyond our control. Ourselves and our brothers in Belphegor tried in a combined effort to make this tour happen until the very last minute, but in the end there was nothing we could do.

HOWEVER, thanks to the local promoter in Ireland the shows in Dublin and Cork this weekend will happen as planned!
We will also do the headline festivals in Germany:
The Deathcrush fest in Adelsheim on the 26th of May and Hellraizer fest on the 27th in Leipzig.

We are of course extremely disappointed but will not let this bring us down!
We will spend no extra energy on slandering Metallysee, it is far too obvious that this company is not worth mentioning ever again.

Unleashed will reschedule the European tour to later this year, most likely in the autumn."

Metallysee was also responsible for the cancellation of the remaining of the Earthshaker Roadshock Tour (News Story) and the Excess Of Evil tour (News Story).

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Source:	unleashed.se
Band profile:	Unleashed
Event:	Unleashed: Midvinterblot Tour II [CANCELLED]

Swedish death metal veterans Unleashed have just announced the European leg of their Midvinterblot tour supported by Austrian death/black metallers Belphegor kicking off in Dublin, Ireland on May 12th. From May 15th to May 25th the two bands will be joined by Canadian death metal outfit Kataklysm while French black metallers Arkhon Infaustus will open the gigs for the remainder of the tour.

The tour dates read as follows:

Supported by Belphegor only:
May 12th 2007: Ireland, Dublin @ Voodoo Lounge
May 13th 2007: Ireland, Cork @ An Cruiscin Lan

Supported by Kataklysm and Belphegor:
May 15th 2007: England, London @ Underworld
May 16th 2007: France, Paris
May 17th 2007: Spain, Irun @ Tunk
May 18th 2007: Portugal, Coimbra @ Cine Teatro Avenida
May 19th 2007: Spain, Madrid @ Ritmo y Compas
May 20th 2007: Spain, Barcelona @ Mephisto
May 21st 2007: France, TBA
May 22nd 2007: Italy, Prato @ Siddharta Club
May 23rd 2007: Switzerland, Pratteln @ Z7
May 25th 2007: Holland, Deventer @ Burgerweeshuis

Supported by Belphegor and Arkhon Infaustus:
May 26th 2007: Germany, Adelsheim @ Live Factory
May 27th 2007: Germany, Leipzig @ Hellraiser Fest
May 28th 2007: Germany, Munich @ Backstage
May 29th 2007: Germany, Bochum @ Matrix
May 30th 2007: Germany, Karlsruhe @ Substage
May 31st 2007: Germany, Frankfurt @ Nachtleben
Jun 1st 2007: Belgium, Vosselaar @ Biebob
Jun 2nd 2007: Holland, Oss @ Groene Engel

EDIT:
After Kataklysm have dropped out, it looks like Arkhon Infaustus will be supporting Unleashed and Belphegor at all dates, even those on Irish soil.
There have also been added two dates:

May 21st 2007 - France, Marseille @ Korrigan
May 24th 2007 - Germany, Osnabrück @ Bastard Club

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Source:	unleashed.se
Band profile:	Unleashed
Event:	Unleashed: Midvinterblot Tour II [CANCELLED]

Danish death/thrash metallers Hatesphere have been added to the previously announced Unleashed, Krisiun, and Belphegor tour. Confirmed dates so far are as follows:

February 8 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club
February 9 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
February 11 - Mokena, IL @ The Pearl Room
February 15 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
March 5 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House

Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

Swedish death metal legends Unleashed will release their eighth studio album, "Midvinterblot", via SPV on October 10th. The tracklisting is as follows:

01. Blood Of Lies
02. This Is Our World Now
03. We Must Join With Him
04. Midvinterblot
05. In Victory Or Defeat
06. Triumph Of Genocide
07. The Avenger
08. Salvation For Mankind
09. Psycho Killer
10. The Witch
11. I Have Sworn Allegiance
12. Age Of The Warrior
13. New Dawn Rising
14. Loyalty And Pride
15. Valhalla Awaits

About the record, leader Johnny Hedlund commented recently: "I am very confident that this will be the best Unleashed album ever. Our mission is to create one of the most memorable records in the history of death metal!"

Source:	metal-rules.com
Band profile:	Unleashed

Dismember, Grave, Entombed and Unleashed will team up for the long awaited 'Masters Of Death' tour this November. Here are the first dates:

Nov. 03 - Leeuwarden (NL) - Romein
Nov. 04 - London (UK) - Carling Accademy
Nov. 08 - Essen (DE) - Turock
Nov. 09 - Saarbrücken (DE) - Garage
Nov. 10 - Erstfeld (CH) - Transilvania
Nov. 13 - Althofen (AT) - Kulturhaus
Nov. 14 - Vienna (AT) - Planet Music
Nov. 15 - Munich (AT) - Metropolis
Nov. 16 - Chemnitz (DE) - AJZ Taalschock
Nov. 17 - Adelsheim (DE) - Live Factory
Nov. 18 - Hannover (DE) - Faust
Nov. 19 - Eindhoven (NL) - Dynamo

More dates to be confirmed later.

Source:	dismember.se
Band profile:	Unleashed

Masters of Death tour 2006

In November, Europe will face the most brutal bill that has ever shared the same stage': Grave, Dismember, Entombed, Unleashed will team up to bring a night of the best metal Sweden has ever had to offer. The package is an idea that all four bands has planned and prepared in the past months and finally they are doing it. Dates and more info will be announced shortly.

Source:	grave.se
Band profile:	Grave

Johnny Hedlund (bass & vocals) posted the following message on Unleashed's offcial website:

"Unleashed are currently in the studio, completing the preproduction of our 8th full length album. We have more qualified songs to choose from than ever before, and I am very confident that this will be the best Unleashed album ever.

Our mission is to create one of the most memorable records in the history of Death Metal!!!

This one will be slightly faster than Sworn Allegiance. The songs will be anthems in the true traditional Unleashed way and will have you screaming along with the choruses.

The guitar sound will be taking a step towards brutality and grind. The drums are the closest we have ever come, to recording a "live" kind of intensity. The vocals?... well, not far away from Sworn Allegiance... Just add a little harshness and a slightly deep aggression to that sound and you'll get the picture right there.

Expect nothing but one of the most memorable records in the history of Death Metal."

Source:	unleashed.se
Band profile:	Unleashed

The band posted the following message on their website:

"Warriors !!!

Since the beginning of this year we have announced and promoted our confirmed participation on the X-mass tour 2005.
According to the promoter Metallysee, Nuclear Blast records have now sponsored the tour and also have the right to choose which bands they want next to theirs on the bill.
Accordingly, they ordered Unleashed off the bill, scared shitless of the competition Unleashed would cause, or just don't like us ?
Smart move either way, and quite understandable.

We have tried to book a replacement tour for December as announced on our website.
Unfortunately, time was not on our side to do so and we will have to reschedule for next year. We will now concentrate on the final details of the upcoming DVD release and also our 8th full length album. We plan to enter the studio in January 2006.

Johnny & The Boys"

Source:	unleashed.se
Band profile:	Unleashed

Swedish death metallers Unleashed will be touring through Europe, starting at November the 19th in France. The two-week trek is expected to conclude in early December. Support bands for the tour have yet to be announced.

Band profile:

Unleashed