Pulverised Records approached us as early as 2007 about doing a re-release but we didn't want to just release the exact same album again so we took our time and finally in 2008 we had the time to record two cover songs, and Dan Swanö was contacted about remastering the entire release. We also included the Progression Through Deterioration demo of 2004 since 4/5 of those tracks made it unto the original Unleash release in modified form.

Unleash was recorded in Studio Necromorbus (Stockholm), in Sept/Nov 2004.
It was engineered and mixed by Widda and produced by Widda and My Own Grave.

Progression Through Deterioration was recorded in Studio Domsaga (Sundsvall), January 2nd - 5th, 2004. It was engineered by Roger Bergsten, and produced by Roger Bergsten and My Own Grave. All lyrics written by Anders Härén, music written and performed by My Own Grave. The song Alcoholocaust also features five additional singers beside Aron and Anders of MOG: Infaustus of Setherial, Fredrik of Soreption, Johnny of SYN:DROM, Klas of Hectorite, and Macke of Disconnected.

War Ensemble was written by Slayer, and Orthodox was written by Krabathor. These covers were recorded in Studio Blastbeat, May 2008, engineered by John Henriksson.

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Jon Zig has done some amazing artwork for the release including additional drawings for the booklet. Hide additional info

It contains five brand new songs written in 2006 and is available in two release formats: A 200 copies limited edition slipcase release (December 2006) for the European tour with Setherial, and the official digipack release by Pulverised Records in March 2007.

The musical style on Unholy is more death metal oriented. The thrash is still there but is much less prominent. We have also taken our devotion to black metal to a new level this time by inviting outstanding Setherial-vocalist Infaustus of Setherial to do guest-vocals on the song Cross After Cross.

The main lyrical theme of Unholy is despise against organized religion in all its forms and this is clearly visible in the cover artwork. We see a ruin - the present, and in the lake below its reflection; a once proud church - the past. As the church is reflected all crosses are turned upside down. The artwork concept was created by Anders and visualized by talented artist Jörn Joghans.

The only exception from the main theme is the song Beneath Dark Waves, singer Mikael Aronsson's lyrical debut, which pays homage to the mythology of H.P. Lovecraft and the fathomless darkness of Cthulhu.
All the lyrics for Unholy can be found at Dark Lyrics.

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First we recorded all drums and guitars (literally working around the clock) during two weeks in September 2004. Then we returned in November to finish the job but we were once again too optimistic. Finally in December 2004, Widda, John and Max finished the mixing and Widda finished the mastering in January 2005.

The music style on Unleash is very riff-based Thrash with speed in focus. There's only one mid-tempo song (The beyond) and we've also tried to blend in a lot of Black metal since that's a genre we're very found of. The vocals are typical death metal with a lot of characteristic deep growling delivered by experienced growler Aron.

The tracklist on this album is a mixture between songs from the demo that led to the contract (Progression through deterioration), updated older songs and brand new ones. The song "Unleash" is really an intro made by John Henriksson which we used to, hopefully, build up some sort of feeling behind the title and give the record some atmosphere.

Basically the title Unleash symbolizes what the album is all about: the ignition, the discharge. The artwork was done by guitarist Anders Härén and the cover is supposed to capture the process of unleashing the inner rage, to break the mindly barriers, a transmogrification if you will. One half of the cover (guess which) is portrayed by Klas Wiklund, old friend and former member of the band (a brief session in 2002).

For further information on Unleash check out the lyrics at Dark Lyrics or visit your local death metal provider to get a copy. Hide additional info