For a lot of the old-school fans, Unleashed begins with Where No Life Dwells and ends with Shadows in the Deep, (or Across the Open Sea, tastes depending). Those fans are missing out on a lot of great albums, especially "Victory". Victory was their last great album before the somewhat uninspired Warrior album, which ended their first era. Musically, this is old-school Swedish death metal, but done in a much more controlled and intentional manner, as opposed to the haphazard old "make a lot of noise and make sure we're heard" attitude some of their peers have, including themselves on their earliest recordings.. A good portion of this album is anywhere from slow to mid-paced, with a few notable exceptions of blistering aural attacks - In the Name of God and the very fast Revenge being the most remarkable. As far as instrument tone and production, the sound on this is fairly crisp for its time, giving all of the instruments room to breathe. This really works to the benefit of this album, as the leads are definitely worth hearing, the riffs are killer (with their down-tuned transitions from down-tuned riff to half a step down having eerily awesome effects), and the drums shine through proudly. The big winner here, though, is Johnny's vocals have definitely progressed since Across the Open Sea. They are definitely still rough death metal vocals, but it seems that Johnny has further mastered the art of enunciation within the limits of those vocals. Predating all of the "Viking" metal bands, save for Bathory, Unleashed have never limited themselves to ships, Vikings, plundering, looting and slaying. Overall, this is definitely an Unleashed album that should be in any Unleashed fans' record collection by default. And for fans of old-school Swedish death metal (you know, as opposed to "melodic Swedish death metal by the likes of In Flames and Soilwork), this is definitely an album to seek out if you don't already have it. This is highly recommended!!