Following it's digital release on October 23, 2011, the album received generally positive reviews, with Simon Pettersen of Sputnikmusic.com stating "If this was a Sonic Syndicate album, it would’ve been their best, but fact is… It is not." Pettersen finished his review stating: "All in all, Hell Frost is the best album made by any of these musicians. It is truly a masterpiece worth picking up. I don’t have any complains about this album. I hoped for screaming by Roland, and possibly a ballad, but what I got was far better. Even if you didn’t like Sonic Syndicate, The Unguided might just change your mind."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Roger Sjunnesson & Roland Johansson.
All lyrics written by Richard Sjunnesson.

Personnel

The Unguided:

• Richard Sjunnesson - harsh vocals
• Roland Johansson - clean vocals, lead guitar
• Roger Sjunnesson - rhythm guitar, keyboards
• John Bengtsson - Drums

Session musicians:

• Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry
  Scar Symmetry
  Scar Symmetry is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Avesta in Dalarna County, formed in 2004. The band has released five albums, with six released singles...
  
  ) - Bass
• John Bengtsson (Sonic Syndicate
  Sonic Syndicate
  Sonic Syndicate is a melodic death metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden. They are influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames, Soilwork and metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage.....
  
  ) - Drums
• Pontus Hjelm (Dead by April
  Dead by April
  Dead by April is a Swedish metal band from Gothenburg, formed in February 2007. The band consists of Jimmie Strimell, Zandro Santiago, Marcus Wesslén and Alex Svenningsson. They released their self-titled debut album in May 2009. In 2010 the two guitarists, Pontus Hjelm and Johan Olsson, left the...
  
  ) - Additional keyboards
• Peter Tägtgren (PAIN
  Pain (band)
  Pain was an American rock band from Mobile and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The main songwriters Dan and Pose, grew up in Mobile and graduated from Mcgill Toolen High school in midtown Mobile. Though they have not produced any chart-topping hits, the band enjoyed a semi-mainstream following after touring...
  
  , Hypocrisy
  Hypocrisy (band)
  Hypocrisy is a melodic death metal band from Sweden. It was formed in 1990 in Ludvika, Sweden by Peter Tägtgren.Musically, the band started off with a traditional death metal sound on their first albums, and soon drifted to become a melodic death metal band. The lyrics in their early stages -...
  
  ) - Additional vocals on "Pathfinder"

Production:

• Produced, Mixed and Engineered by Jonas Kjellgren
• Artwork by Kuang Hong
• Artwork layout design by Gustavo Sazes
• Additional artwork by Jose A. Aranguren