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- Hits: 1985
Just as they stand unflinching in a surreal frozen sea of ice on their latest promotion picture, Scandinavian MERCENARY stand their ground musically as bold and confident as ever on their seventh album »Through Our Darkest Days«. After the roller coaster of loosing half their lineup in 2009 and presenting a renewed lineup and a new musical approach on 2011′s »Metamorphosis«, MERCENARY’s new album combines the strength of their latest approach with both a fresh sound and the grand melancholy and soaring clean vocals of past albums. The unusual mixture of elements from many genres within metal is in truth the band’s biggest asset: an organic diversity bound together by tight songwriting and the ability to stand up to any sort of audience and make them lifetime MERCENARY followers.
“On »Metamorphosis« it was important for us to reinvent our sound and experiment rather than just trying to copying the sound of the old line-up. And we were really happy with the direction and the result. But with »Through Our Darkest Days« we felt that the right thing to do was to combine the new elements with more classic elements from Mercenary’s older material, so it’s only fair to say that the new album combines the best of both eras of the band.” René Pedersen
Again Mercenary decided to record with long time collaborator and Danish master producer Jacob Hansen in order to get the signature powerful and crystal clear production, and for the first time the cover artwork was done by MNEMIC guitar player Mircea Gabriel Eftemie.
The album will be out in Europe on July 26 via NoiseArt Records and is going to be available as limited digipak including bonus track.
„Through Our Darkest Days“ Tracklist:
1. A New Dawn
2. Welcome The Sickness
3. Through Our Darkest Days
4. Dreamstate Machine
5. A Moment Of Clarity
6. Beyond This Night
7. Starving Eyes
8. Generation Hate
9. Forever The Unknown
10. Holding On To Serenity (Bonustrack)
Here you can pre-order the NEW album w/ exclusive poster:
http://shop.noiseart.cc/p228-835/MERCENARY-Through-Our-Darkest-Days-Digipack-Limited-Poster
MERCENARY & OMNIUM GATHERUM live
Presented by LEGACY, PIRANHA, NOIZELETTER, METALNEWS and POWERMETAL.DE
MERCENARY
OMNIUM GATHERUM
+ Special Guest
30.08.2013 DE – Leipzig – Hellraiser
31.08.2013 DE – München – Backstage Club
01.09.2013 CH – Pratteln – Gallery
04.09.2013 RO – Bucharest – The Silver Church Club
05.09.2013 HUN – Budapest – tba
06.09.2013 AT – Wien – Escape
07.09.2013 CZ – Brno – Melodka
08.09.2013 DE – Berlin – Magnet
11.09.2013 BE – Vooselaar – Biebob
12.09.2013 UK – London – The Underworld
14.09.2013 DE – Stuttgart – Club Zentral
15.09.2013 NL – Eindhoven – Dynamo
Further MERCENARY dates:
31.05.2013 DE – Geiselwind, Beastival
01.06.2013 CH – Oberentfelden, Böröm Pöm Pöm (Headliner Show)
02.06.2013 CZ – Pilzen, Metalfest CZ
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...Domicile - 1993
Gummizild - 1994
Supremacy - 1996
First Breath - 1998
Everblack - 2002
Everblack - 2002
11 Dreams - 2004
Retrospective - 2006
The Hours That Remain - 2006
Architect of Lies - 2008
Metamorphosis - 2011
Recollections - The Century Media Years - 2012
Through Our Darkest Days - 2013
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Mercenary - Studio Diary Part 2
Mercenary - Studio Diary Part 1
"Through the Eyes of the Devil" Official Music Video
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www.facebook.com/pages/Mercenary/44708746481
www.myspace.com/mercenarydenmark
www.youtube.com/mercenarydenmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary_(band)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/mercenary/id80073958
www.reverbnation.com/mercenarydenmark
