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Артист: Mercenary Альбом: The Hours That Remain, 2006 Жанр: Modern Metal (melodic power/death/atmospheric/progressive/technical) Формат файла: eac/ape/covers/rar Ссылка 1: CD 1 5 clicks Ссылка 2: CD 2 Ссылка 3: CD 3 Нахождение: eDonkey/Torrent Примечание: Warning! DO NOT listen to anything else for the period of one week after listening to the latest Mercenary album.

trax:
1.Redefine Me
2.Year Of The Plague
3.My World Is Ending
4.This Eternal Instant
5.Lost Reality
6.Soul Decision
7.Simplicity Demand
8.Obscure Indiscretion
9.My Secret Window
10.The Hours That Remain

+bonus DVD: Feat. comprehensive "the Hours That Remain" Making-of, Interview,
Live Footage from Dynamo Festival 2005 (live 4 tracks from "11 Dreams") and more

Label: Century Media
Playing time: 62:13
Release date: August 21st - 2006


Martin Buus - Guitar
Mikkel Sandager - Vocals
Rene Pedersen - Bass & Vocals
Mike Park - Drums
Jakob Molbjerg - Guitar
Morten Sandager - Keyboards & Backing Vocals


The increasingly misleading named Danes of MERCENARY are back, two years after their stylistic re-orientation of "11 Dreams" and their fourth album continues to walk the path they had broken then, by now having found their own sound, which could (should?) bring them the breakthrough. Why, you ask? Because they perform a remarkable split between modern, pretty popular sounds and their roots in Death/Thrash Metal, which should be accessible to fans of both camps and thus could appeal to a pretty wide spectrum of listeners.

Vocally they are mostly in clean territory, which Mikkel Sandager defends with great skill, there are many modern bands that use clear vocals, but only rarely they reach the class of Mikkel’s voice, he can compete with the best, no kidding, and his counter part, bassist René Pedersen, accentuates these melodies with crunchy Death Metal vocals. This does not only thread through the vocal department, but also the music, where they utilize the intensity of a Death Metal rhythm or Death/Thrash riffing to loosen up the pretty much typically American sounding guitars and at the same time keep in touch with their past.

That the compositions are pretty long again (only one song under 5 minutes, to over 8) might make most fastfood listeners (and with that I mean the trend kids, whose attention span is roundabout the same as a colibri orgasm) shake their head and turn their backs, but it also shows that MERCENARY are not out for the short-term success, but have bigger plans, which works find for me.

Many of the songs live off their big, super catchy choruses, which will stay stuck in your head for a while, often embedded into the heavy riffing, which is the contrast, "Redefine Me", the absolutely ingenious "My World Is Ending" and "Obscure Indiscretion" are excellent examples for this. On the other side we have a "Year Of The Plague", which sets out in full Death/Thrash manner, just to deliver another grandiose chorus, very good combination of old and new MERCENARY. And also "Soul Decision" starts very straight and powerful, just to culminate in another very melodic chorus.

Even if you are rather wary of the more modern directions some bands have turned into, I am part of this group, then you should still give MERCENARY a chance, because the production is very powerful, the musicianship is top-notch and if this album will not be part of many Top 20, then I don’t know what went wrong...
(THE METAL OBSERVER)

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How exactly do you describe the music of a band like Mercenary? There are just too many influences to put in a logical order. Let’s say these guys have an "extreme" (call it Death Metal) base. From there on anything goes. From Power Metal to atmospheric and even progressive / technical Metal. And don’t think that they’re afraid to experiment with Pop tunes. Hell, their "Music Non Stop" cover version of the hit single by Pop singer Kent (included in their previous album) will prove you wrong. But how come all these elements crafted under one solid sound, that makes many "leaders" of the aforementioned genres run for cover, works?

I did mention that the lads in Mercenary are geniuses, right? In fact I am pretty sure that if they weren’t musicians they would probably be Math or Chemistry professors or something like that. Boy does it take time and endless repetition in order to decode the countless layers of riff / solos / keyboards / vocal lines that craft the maze of songs included in "The Hours That Remain". I know that titles like "The Eternal Instant" or "Obscure Indiscretion" bring in mind some hideous acts of extreme technical music but Mercenary are definitely not boring or show-offs like many of their colleagues. Their ability to swap moods from death frenzied patterns to melodic refrains will amaze even the more demanding fans of technical music.

And that’s not all. The album comes with such a solid production that I still wonder how much punishment my speakers (and the ears of my neighbors) can handle. Damn it, the guitars sound like mini nuclear explosions. Still everything is amazingly distinct and clean for the listener who takes the time and follows the progress of each instrument. Just in conclusion let me add that the album will also be released in a limited edition including a bonus DVD with more than 120 minutes of video footage. Light-years ahead of any competition...
(METAL-TEMPLE.COM)

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Вот спасибульки !!! Помню от предыдущего 11Dreams чють крышу от кайфа
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