Across the Open Sea

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Across the Open Sea
Unleashed across the open sea.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1993
RecordedEMI Studios, Stockholm, 1993
Genre Death metal
Length37:29
Label Century Media
Unleashed chronology
Shadows in the Deep
(1992)
Across the Open Sea
(1993)
Victory
(1995)
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Across the Open Sea is the third studio album by the Swedish death metal band, Unleashed. It was released in 1993 on Century Media Records. It was produced by the band itself.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Unleashed, unless stated otherwise

No.TitleLength
1."To Asgaard We Fly"3:54
2."Open Wide"3:12
3."I Am God"4:33
4."The One Insane"3:03
5."Across the Open Sea"2:45
6."In the Northern Lands"3:53
7."Forever Goodbye (2045)"2:27
8."Execute Them All"3:20
9."Captured"3:47
10."Breaking the Law" (Judas Priest cover)2:13
11."The General"4:22
Total length:37:29

Personnel

Guest musicians

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