Victory (Unleashed album)

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Victory
Unleashed victory.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 February 1995 (1995-02-27)
RecordedEMI Studios, Stockholm, November December 1994
Genre Death metal
Length34:00
Label Century Media
Unleashed chronology
Across the Open Sea
(1993)
Victory
(1995)
Warrior
(1997)

Victory is the fourth studio album by the Swedish death metal band Unleashed. It was released in 1995 on Century Media Records.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Rock Hard 9.5/10 [2]

In 2005, Victory was ranked number 309 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Unleashed, unless stated otherwise

No.TitleLength
1."Victims of War"4:13
2."Legal Rapes"3:10
3."Hail the New Age"3:09
4."The Defender"3:19
5."In the Name of God"3:44
6."Precious Land"5:00
7."Berserk"1:55
8."Scream Forth Aggression"3:54
9."Against the World"3:00
10."Revenge"2:36
Total length:34:00

Personnel

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References

  1. Anderson, Jason. "Allmusic review" . Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. Albrecht, Frank. "Rock Hard review". issue 94. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 88. ISBN   3-89880-517-4.