Shadows in the Deep/Across the Open Sea [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Unleashed

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B000005HL9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #189,724 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Digitally remastered pressing of the 1992 sophomore release from this Swedish Death Metal band. Features 'The Final Silence', 'A Life Beyond', 'Onward Into Countless Battles' and other mind-numbing thrashers. EMI. 2006. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where Is It????, September 20, 2002

By	James F. Colobus (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews

You'd be surprised how often I find myself wondering where I put my copy of Unleashed's Shadows In the Deep. Is it at my parents' house in Virginia? Did my sister's ex-boyfriend borrow it? Did I lose it? I just can't remember and it's getting more and more frustrating. There's only so much enjoyment I can derive from listening to the 30-second free samples ...

Back when I knew where it was, this CD never failed to get me hyper when I put it on at 4 in the morning. To paraphrase another reviewer, this is the party death metal album. I have no idea what Johnny Hedlund is barking about most of the time, but it sure puts you in the mood to bounce off the walls. Try the surging "Immortals" for instance. It kind of sounds like the extra bonus track you never heard from Motley Crue's Shout At the Devil album with Max Cavalera on vocals instead of Vince Neil. By the time, you get ten seconds into "Shadows in the Deep", I dare you to stay seated. This is first-class death metal, simple and straightforward. "Countesssss Bath-oreeeeaaaahh". Yeah, this good stuff. The music is great and accompanied by some of the better vocals in death metal (though the message can be offensive at times assuming you are able discern some of it).

No, they weren't in the class of early Entombed or At the Gates in terms of technical proficiency, but I have to imagine Unleashed provided the soundtrack for partying Swedish death metalheads for much of the early to mid 90s. If you are a long-time student of Swedish death metal, you've already got it. However, if you're just beginning your research or arrived on the scene a little late (nothing wrong with that), you could do a lot worse than to start your collection with Shadows in the Deep. Now, if I could only find my copy...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Death Metal Album., November 2, 2003

By	El Smoksta "smokay" (ILLINOIS) - See all my reviews

I have the original. ROCK ON! Though I never listened to any of their other albums, this ranks as one of the biggest ass-kicking albums I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. SO RISE, IMMORTALS, WITH POWER, FROM HELL, WE MARCH!!!

3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 stars, May 6, 2005

By	Brent Kozlovsky "Nightfall" (Dallas,TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Shadows in the Deep itself is not all that good.But if you can get the new one that has across the Open sea,I would.Across the open Sea is a much better album in my opinion,both song-structure and soundwise.Yet it seems to be overlooked.However,I'm a collector,so I must have Shadows in the Deep.If anything it does have a unique sound,especially for it's '92 release.I love Johnny Hedlunds vocals!So I give this double-album 3.5 stars,mostly for Across the Open Sea.