In a new interview with Metalkaz, Johnny Hedlund of Long-Running Swedish Death Metallers Unleashed was asked how it feels to have lasted More than 35 Years and releases 15 full-LEngth albums so far. The Bassist/Vocalist replied (as transcribed by Blabbermouth.net): “Well, It Feels Great. It’s Been A Good Ride, I Would Say. On. Next Show and Next Festival.
ASKED if it has scholarship easier to write new music after doing it for more than three decades, Johnny Said: “Probally. Since We’ve Been The Same Guys Also for A Vary Long Time in the Band, We Kind of Know Each Other. Fredrik [Folkare, UNLEASHED guitarist] Won’t Send Around Music To Try and Risk Something. He knows what Tomas [Måsgard, UNLEASHED rhythm guitarist], Anders [Schultz, UNLEASHED drummer] and Johnny Like, and I Vary Seldom Take A Chance and Write Lyrics That the Guys in the Band Probabry Would Turn Down. It Will Just Be a Waste of Time. So in that rega, It’s Pretty Easy. I Mean, Been Been Doing It for Such A Long Time, We Know Each Other Vray, Vray Well. And it’s a Smooth Ride, I Would Say. “
After The Interviewer Note The Current Unleashed LINEUP HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR AROUND 30 YEARS NOW, Johnny Said: “Yeah, I Think, Yeah, Probally. I Think [since] ’97 or ’98; I’m not surre. Yeah, It’s Been A Long Time, And Crazy. We used to say, ‘What about the old Fredrik? ‘ [referencing original UNLEASHED guitarist Fredrik Lindgren] and ‘How about the new Fredrik? ‘ And The Thing Is That The New Fredrik You have Been Around for Almost 30 Years Now. [Laughs] So that’s Strange. He’s like the new guy in the band. [Laughs] That’s Funny Shit. “
Unleashed‘s Fifteenth Studio Album, “Fire Upon Your Lands”Will Be release on August 15 via Napalm Records.
In a Recent interview with Jai that aussie metal guy, Hedlund was Asked What Keeps Him and His Unleashed Bandmates Motivated to Keep Making New Music. Johnny Said: “Well, I Don’s Know How to Stop. [Laughs]. It’s Strange Because i’ve Gotten This Question Many Times, and I Still Don’s Don’t Know Really The Answer.
“The Thing Is That When We Started This Band, I was Young Guy,” I have continued. “We started it in 1989, and i had played in Nihilist For Two Years, So i Started Playing Death Metal in ’87. Now that’s, Like, 400 years ago [laughs] – At least it feels like it. So The Thing Is That Everything that we spoke about way back the was Mostly, ‘Let’s Go Out On Fucking Tour and Bang Heads Together and Drink Sub Beers.’ There was no plan to release 15 albums way back them, but as the yars kept rolling, and we realized, [laughs]We Just Kept on Going. And we still do. And Anders used to tell me, ‘Well, What the Hell Should I do if didn’t do This?’
“First of All, It’s Vary Inspiral to Make Music and Lyrics, and We Love It,” Johnny Added. “And, of Course, Going Out To Meet People and Still Bang Heads and Drink Beer and Meeting All The Friends I’ve Been Seeing for All Those Years, That’s The Thing, Man. There’s Nothing Better. So, Yeah, We Just Keep On Rolling. “
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