Legendary Swedish trailblazers, Unleashed, will release their new studio album, Dawn Of The Nine, on April 24th via Nuclear Blast. Pre-order now at this location.

The band is offering fans a taster of their forthcoming masterpiece, in the form of the first part in a series of track-by-track videos. Check out the video (with song snippets) below:

With Dawn Of The Nine, Unleashed have forged a modern death metal weapon from the blood and spirit of their viking ancestors. The artwork their twelfth studio album was created by Pär Olofsson (Immortal, Demonize, Exodus).

Mastermind Johnny states: “The artwork represents the continuation of our previous album, which ended with “The Great Battle of Odalheim". The battle took place at Uppsala fields in Sweden, and you can clearly see the "kings graves" at the cover art work which is present at Uppsala also in the future. You can also see the bombed out Church in the far distance. Then off course, you see the place of Blot in the front and the rune stone with the runic symbol of courage of the new dawn.”

 

 

Dawn Of The Nine tracklisting:

“A New Day Will Rise“

“They Came To Die“

“Defenders Of Midgard“

“Where Is Your God Now?“

“The Bolt Thrower“

“Let The Hammer Fly“

“Where Churches Once Burned“

“Land Of The Thousand Lakes“

“Dawn Of The Nine“

“Welcome The Son Of Thor!“

“Where Is Your God Now?” lyric video:

The forthcoming release was recorded by producer and guitar player Fredrik Folkare in his own Chrome Studios in Stockholm, Sweden.

With their blend of melody and brutality, Unleashed are credited as the founders of the Viking death metal movement from their inception back in 1989. Twenty six years later and their riffs are still pure shrapnel and their choruses just as epic - melting uncompromising brutality with anthemic odes to Odin.

 

 

Check out two more lyric videos:

“Odalheim”:

“Rise Of The Maya Warriors”: