Artist description So who is this ugly bunch of bleedin' bastards anyway???Having been around since 1991 and now kicking it harder than ever, Mercenary is actually one of Denmark’s most persistent underground metal acts. After the release of their internationally acclaimed debut CD "First Breath" from 1998, the band is currently in the final stages of writing new material for the follow-up CD "Everblack". Despite dominating trends of either playing extreme metal, with all the familiar clichés of the black/deathmetal scene, or trying to write MTV-hypeable baggypants-wearing NU-metal, Mercenary sticks to playing their very own blend of metal which is intensely dark and melancholic, yet in-your-face, aggressive and heavy as fuck. Their new material displays much more skilled and deliberate songwriting than ever seen before ni the bands career, and while keeping the heavy groovy rhythms and the melodic guitar parts, the songs have been cut down in complexity to give place to more essential, purer and focused forms of expression. What the new songs might have lost in technical complexity and inspirational diversity, they have definitely gained in atmospheric intensity and musical honesty. The future is looking blacker than ever...

Music Style A deathly mixture of dark atmosphere, groovy beats and cut-to-the-bone agression....

Musical Influences Nevermore, Fear Factory, Sepultura, In Flames, Entombed, Machinehead, Carcass, Korn, Coal Chamber,

Similar Artists Nevermore, In Flames

Group Members Kral: Bass/shouts'growls'n'screams, Mikkel: Clean singing, Jakob: Rhythm guitarz, Zig: Leadguitars, Morten: keys, Mike: Drummz

Instruments guitar, drumms, keyboard, bass

Albums Supremacy (Ep '96), First Breath (CD '98), Everblack (CD '02)

Press Reviews Powerplay (Uk) "If only all albums I get to hear sounded so fresh and interesting... “Everblack” shines out like a diamond,possibly a black one, in the mire of homogeneity that is the dark metal scene." 10/10 Metalspirit (Fr) "une classe incroyable !" 10/10 Metal Guide "...took a lot of time to get out of our CD player." 10/10 Metal Heart (De) "Die überraschung des Monats" 9,5/10

Location Aalborg, Denmark - Denmark

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