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| Released | 15 August 2025 (2025-08-15) | |||
| Studio | Chrome Studios, Stockholm, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 38:05 | |||
| Label | Napalm | |||
| Producer | Fredrik Folkare | |||
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| Singles from Fire Upon Your Lands | ||||
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Fire Upon Your Lands is the 15th studio album by the Swedish death metal band Unleashed. It was released by the music label Napalm Records on 15 August 2025.
Background
As with the previous albums, Fire Upon Your Lands was recorded at Chrome Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. It was produced and mixed by Fredrik Folkare. It was mastered by Erik Martensson. The album is a concept album based on vocalist/bassist Johnny Hedlund's unpublished novel that takes place in the world of Odalheim. There's a single plot that runs through it, and it's the same one that runs across the band's prior five releases. It's the sixth installment of a gigantic, epic Viking mythological saga set after Ragnarok.[1]
On 21 May 2025, Unleashed released the first single "War Comes Again" while also announcing their new album Fire Upon Your Lands.[2][3] On 19 June, they released the second single "Hold Your Hammers High!"[4][5] On 18 July, Unleashed released the third single "A Toast to the Fallen".[6][7] On 14 August, the band released the fourth single "To My Only Son".[8]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Johnny Hedlund; all music is composed by Hedlund and Fredrik Folkare.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Left for Dead" | 3:30 |
| 2. | "A Toast to the Fallen" | 3:03 |
| 3. | "The Road to Haifa Pier" | 3:03 |
| 4. | "War Comes Again" | 4:02 |
| 5. | "Fire Upon Your Lands" | 2:58 |
| 6. | "Loyal to the End" | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Midjardarhaf" | 3:53 |
| 8. | "Hail the Varangians!" | 2:46 |
| 9. | "To My Only Son" | 3:24 |
| 10. | "Hold Your Hammers High!" | 4:05 |
| 11. | "Unknown Flag" | 4:00 |
| Total length: | 38:05 | |
Personnel
This section relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2025) |
Credits adapted from Tidal.[9]
Unleashed
- Fredrik Folkare – electric guitar, production, mixing, engineering, mastering
- Johnny Hedlund – lead vocals, bass guitar, engineering
- Tomas Måsgard – electric guitar, engineering
- Anders Schultz – drums, engineering
Additional contributor
- Erik Mårtensson - mastering
Charts
| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] | 14 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] | 25 |
| German Rock & Metal Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] | 10 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV)[13] | 92 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] | 89 |
References
- ^ Zukowski, Zenae (12 August 2025). "Interview: Unleashed's Johnny Hedlund talks new album 'Fire Upon Your Lands'". Metal Insider.
- ^ Kennelty, Greg (21 May 2025). "UNLEASHED Returns With "War Comes Again", New Record Due Out This August". Metal Injection.
- ^ Zukowski, Zenae (26 May 2025). "Unleashed share "War Comes Again" video; new album arriving in August". Metal Insider.
- ^ Barrios, Joel (19 June 2025). "UNLEASHED Stream Crushing Mid-Tempo New Single "Hold Your Hammer High!"". Metal Injection.
- ^ "UNLEASHED Take a Stand With Destructive New Single "Hold Your Hammers High!"". Metal Planet Music. 19 June 2025.
- ^ Weaver, James (20 July 2025). "Unleashed release new song 'A Toast To The Fallen'". Distorted Sound Magazine.
- ^ Clement, Keith (18 July 2025). "UNLEASHED Raise Their Horns for Third Single "A Toast to the Fallen"". Metalheads Forever Magazine.
- ^ Alache, Gino (14 August 2025). "Unleashed shares emotional new single To My Only Son with lyric video". Rockum.
- ^ "Fire Upon Your Lands/ Unleashed / Credits". Tidal. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Unleashed – Fire Upon Your Lands" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Unleashed – Fire Upon Your Lands" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts Top 20 Rock/Metal-Charts – 22 August 2025" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ "OLiS - oficjalna lista sprzedaży - albumy" (in Polish). OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Note: Change the date to 15.08.2025–21.08.2025 under "zmień zakres od–do:". Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Unleashed – Fire Upon Your Lands". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
