UNLEASHED — The Hunt For White Christ

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4.34 | 3 ratings | 2 reviews
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Album · 2018

Filed under Death Metal
By UNLEASHED

Tracklist


01. Lead Us into War (3:28)
02. You Will Fall (3:35)
03. Stand Your Ground (3:15)
04. Gram (4:10)
05. Terror Christ (3:54)
06. They Rape the Land (4:00)
07. The City of Jorsala Shall Fall (4:12)
08. The Hunt for White Christ (2:36)
09. Vidaurgelmthul (3:24)
10. By the Western Wall (4:17)
11. Open to All the World (4:48)

Total Time 41:39

Line-up/Musicians


- Johnny Hedlund / Bass, Vocals
- Anders Schultz / Drums
- Fredrik Folkare / Guitars
- Tomas Olsson / Guitars

About this release

Label: Napalm Records
Release date: October 26th, 2018
Catalog ID: NPR805DP

Recorded in the Spring of 2018 at Chrome Studios.

Thanks to Nightfly for the addition and adg211288, UMUR for the updates

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UMUR
"The Hunt For White Christ" is the thirteenth full-length studio album by Swedish death metal act Unleashed. The album was released through Napalm Records in October 2018. It´s the successor to "Dawn of the Nine" from 2015 and shares some of the Odalheim/Midgard Scandinavian mythology lyrical themes of the predecessor in conceptual form. It´s actually a lyrical approach the band have used on the last three album releases. They´ve always written about Scandinavian mythology/vikings/anti-christianity, but it´s become more stylized and thematic from "As Yggdrasil Trembles (2010)" and onwards.

Stylistically the material on "The Hunt For White Christ" also continue the old school death metal style of the last couple of releases. Relatively simple and accessible song structures with catchy vocal phrases that you can growl along to, an impressive arsenal of guitar riffs, which are both rooted in death metal and thrash metal, a thight and powerful playing rhythm section, Johnny Hedlund´s strong and passionate growling vocals (fully intelligible), and as the icing on the cake... the incredibly skillful lead guitar work of Fredrik Folkare. Folkare is a large part of the reason why Unleashed´s albums have gone from being good to great, to now being excellent.

I won´t mention individual tracks from the album as highlights, because "The Hunt For White Christ" is one long highlight featuring only strong and memorable tracks. 11 tracks and a total playing time of 41:39 minutes and that´s it. The album don´t need to be any longer, to achieve its goal of making you bang your head and play air guitar to one after another of Folkare´s blistering leads.

"The Hunt For White Christ" features a clear, powerful, and brutal sounding production job, which further enhances the listening experience. The catchiness, the power and passion, and the high level performances go hand in hand, and the result is a high quality death metal album by Unleashed. This is not the sound of a band gearing down and making themselves comfortable after being active for many years, but the sound of a band in their prime, firing on all cylinders, because they still have a burning desire to conquer the world with their music. A 4 star (80%) rating is deserved.
Nightfly
Let’s get straight to the point, The Hunt For White Christ, album number 13 from Swedish death metaller’s Unleashed is fucking awesome! These guys have rarely released a bad album in their almost 30 year career and since Sworn Allegiance back in 2004 all their albums would receive nothing less than 4 stars from me.

If you know Unleashed you’ll know what to expect here – death metal with touches of black and thrash metal thrown in and we’re still in the world of Odalheim as on the last few albums. Yes, don’t expect any surprises in musical growth but that’s fine with me when they keep releasing albums of this quality. If anything these songs are played with added fire and energy though as song after song unleash (no pun intended) great riff after great riff. This is easy to get into death metal and could be a good starting point for the uninitiated with Johnny Hedlund’s clear growl being more accessible than many singers in the genre. There’s also plenty of melody both in the riffs and guitar solos which are rarely less than incendiary. Things are never allowed to get dull as the music is constantly shifting through well thought out parts and tempo shifts and of course great musicianship – after 30 years it’s not surprising this band runs like a well-oiled machine. I won’t cite individual songs for praise as such is the quality here it’s almost impossible to pick favourites.

I’ve added some great death metal albums to my collection this year but The Hunt For White Christ is one of my most played and favourites. Long may this great death metal institution continue to release albums as good as this.

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