SPV Records has announced the signing of Swedish death metal masters, UNLEASHED, to a worldwide deal.

Known for their skillfully penned, Viking-themed songs and explosive live performances, UNLEASHED are poised to make a major impact this fall with the release of their eighth full-length album, titled Midvinterblot.

“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,” frontman Johnny Hedlund had previously stated about the CD. “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.”

UNLEASHED utilized the services of stand-in drummer Jonas Tyskhagen (INCARDINE, PELLE & THE POORBOYS) for their appearance at the Metalmania Festival in Katowice, Poland in early March after the group’s regular skinsman, Anders Schultz, was hospitalized following a lung-collapse.