Swedish loss of life metallic veterans UNLEASHED will launch their fifteenth studio album, “Fireplace Upon Your Lands”, on August 15 through Napalm Information. The official lyric video for the LP’s third single, “A Toast To The Fallen”, might be seen beneath.
UNLEASHED feedback on “A Toast To The Fallen”: “Within the aftermath of the good warfare, the Valkyries fly throughout the bloody sand dunes on the foot of Mount Sinai, selecting the Warriors who made the final word sacrifice and died preventing for our lifestyle. It’s time for a toast for the fallen. They stay perpetually in our hearts as they make their last journey to Valhalla.”
In a latest interview with Jai That Aussie Steel Man, UNLEASHED bassist/vocalist Johnny Hedlund was requested what retains him and his bandmates motivated to maintain making new music. Johnny stated: “Nicely, I do not know the right way to cease. [Laughs]. It is unusual as a result of I’ve gotten this query many instances, and I nonetheless do not know actually the reply.
“The factor is that after we began this band, I used to be a younger man,” he continued. “We began it in 1989, and I had performed in NIHILIST for 2 years, so I began taking part in loss of life metallic in ’87. Now that is, like, 400 years in the past [laughs] — at the very least it feels prefer it. So the factor is that every little thing that we spoke about method again then was largely, ‘Let’s exit on fucking tour and bang heads collectively and drink some beers.’ There was no plan to launch 15 albums method again then, however because the years stored rolling, and we realized, ‘Man, we would really be good at this’ [laughs], we simply stored on going. And we nonetheless do. And Anders [Schultz, UNLEASHED drummer] used to inform me, ‘Nicely, what the hell ought to I do if I did not do that?’
“Initially, it’s totally inspiring to make music and lyrics, and we find it irresistible,” Johnny added. “And, in fact, going out to satisfy individuals and nonetheless bang heads and drink beer and assembly all the chums I have been seeing for all these years, that is the factor, man. There’s nothing higher. So, yeah, we simply carry on rolling.”
Relating to the lyrical inspiration for “Fireplace Upon Your Lands”, Johnny stated: “That is the sixth album now on the identical storyline from the guide that I wrote a few years in the past. And, effectively, we simply carry on doing that too, as a result of I maintain translating the chapters into songs, and plainly individuals prefer it and plainly we type of do it fairly effectively, so we simply carry on going with that. And, clearly, the story is not over but, so, effectively, at the very least since all people appears to love it, then we simply maintain doing that. So this one, in fact, begins when the earlier one left off, so to talk, so it is the very same occasions that simply carry on going to the subsequent chapter, so to talk.”
Earlier final month, Schultz advised RichardMetalFan concerning the songwriting and recording course of for the follow-up to 2021’s “No Signal Of Life”: “We have been writing because the final [album] got here out. It is an always-ongoing course of. So it is simply been — I do not know when [‘No Sign Of Life’] got here out; it has been a pair years, I assume, possibly three. However, yeah, as quickly as we do one thing, we maintain writing. So it is all the time type of ongoing. So there’s stuff that is at the very least three years outdated or no matter on the brand new one. And we performed lots of exhibits and stuff as effectively, so it isn’t like we now have a sure time frame we’re gonna write stuff and do stuff. We’ll simply maintain doing it till, ‘All proper. The stuff is prepared,’ after which we begin placing the final bits collectively after which we do the document. And typically it takes longer, ‘trigger you have obtained different stuff to do. Typically it comes faster, no matter. In order that’s type of how we’re used to doing it. And it is good. After which, I assume after a pair years, it is all the time like, ‘Oh, you understand what? We should always begin [recording].’ Trigger in the event you do not plan for one thing, it is by no means gonna occur. So that you simply maintain writing stuff after which, like, ‘The stuff is prepared.’ It is, like, ‘Okay, now we have gotta set a date and we wanna do that.’ [Then we] discuss to labels or no matter. After which they’re, like, ‘Okay, we wanna have it carried out by a sure date.’ After which we begin actually doing just like the final bits, [and that’s] when it will get a bit intense, as a result of the entire time earlier than that, it is simply been type of mellow, writing, placing stuff collectively, after which in direction of the tip, it is, like, ‘Okay, now we have gotta get this shit in gear and ensure every little thing is completely put collectively after which set the studio instances after which go for it.’ It is how we do it [and] all the time have, I assume. It is comfy.”
Anders continued: “We really went into the studio some time in the past to begin [recording the new album], ‘trigger I feel really it was imagined to have an earlier launch date. So we have been a bit pushed: ‘Okay, it is gotta be carried out by a sure date.’ So we needed to get on it. After which, really, the date obtained pushed again a bit. So it is, like, ‘Oh, shit.’ We did not have to… We did not rush it. It is all the time good to have a constructive stress type of factor. So it is good to have a date so that you get it carried out. However we might’ve had extra time, nevertheless it does not matter. So it is really been carried out for some time. So it is simply the discharge date that obtained pushed again till type of the tip of the summer season as a substitute of the start, I feel. For no matter causes, I do not know.”
Requested if UNLEASHED went into the songwriting and recording course of this time round with a want to strive one thing new or completely different that he and his bandmates hadn’t carried out earlier than, Anders stated: “Nicely, the factor with this band is it is all the time type of a continuing.. However you have all the time gotta hear that it is UNLEASHED. In case you put the document on, it is gotta be noticeable that it is an UNLEASHED document, so you’ll be able to’t actually sway an excessive amount of and go loopy on bizarre shit, which is one thing we do not [do anyway]. Nevertheless it’s nonetheless gotta be progress. So it is nonetheless in the identical vein, however, in fact, you attempt to progress a bit. However there’s, in fact, not main [stylistic] turns. This band from the beginning has been stated to be what it’s. So there isn’t any going off and doing rock and roll stuff or no matter. However we attempt to make progress inside what we’re and what we do. It is a sturdy document. It is obtained good songs on it. Nevertheless it’s most likely fairly much like the final one. However then once more, the final one is type of much like the one earlier than, however you simply type of veer off just a little bit and progress. So that is what we attempt to do.”
Anders added: “We stated that, really, from day one after we began this band. It is, like, ‘It is gonna be loss of life metallic.’ As a result of there was lots of bands that after a number of data, they begin veering off elsewhere, incorporate a bunch of… [it’s] not essentially dangerous, ‘trigger if that is stuff you wanna do, that is what you wanna do. However we all the time stated it is gotta be UNLEASHED. And in the event you wanna do one thing completely different, then you definately’ve gotta be in one other band. From the primary [album] and the final one, there is a huge distinction, however you’ll be able to nonetheless inform it is UNLEASHED. And that is type of the purpose — there may be progress. It is simply that you simply type of get progress inside what you do. And that was all the time necessary to us. And we stated it from after we began the band: ‘That is what it is gonna be.’ In fact we did not assume we have been gonna do that like 36 years later, however there was by no means anyone that was, like, ‘Shit, you understand what? I wanna put some jazz in right here. I wanna do some rock and roll stuff.’ It is, like, it is gotta be loss of life metallic, it is gotta be UNLEASHED.”
“Fireplace Upon Your Lands” observe itemizing:
01. Left For Useless
02. A Toast To The Fallen
03. The Street To Haifa Pier
04. Struggle Comes Once more
05. Fireplace Upon Your Lands
06. Loyal To The Finish
07. Midjardarhaf
08. Hail The Varangians!
09. To My Solely Son
10. Maintain Your Hammers Excessive!
11. Unknown Flag
Along with Hedlund and Schultz, UNLEASHED‘s present lineup consists of guitarists Tomas Måsgard and Fredrik Folkare.
Photograph credit score: Jens Rydén
