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There are several artists called Mercenary:

1) (Danish Metal band) Mercenary is a four-piece band from Denmark that combines both and genres, and in their earlier work . The band was formed in 1991, they have released a total of six albums.

Mercenary was formed as the brainchild Henrik “Kral” Andersen in Aalborg, Denmark, in 1991. After the release of two demos, they were able to sign with Black Day Records, and released a four-song EP, Supremacy (1996). In 1997, they were signed to the Danish label Serious Entertainment, and in 1998 they released their full-length debut, First Breath.

In 2002, the band decided to expand their sound with the addition of vocalist Mikkel Sandager, as well as his brother Morten, who introduced keyboards into their songs. This new line-up added new dimensions to their sound, blending more melody into their more aggressive heaviness.

Mercenary’s fame increased that year with their slot on the ProgPower music festival in the United States, as well as with the release of their sophomore effort, Everblack. It was after this that the band fired drummer Rasmus Jacobsen, thinking that he invested too little time into Mercenary and too much into other projects. During this time, guitarist Signar Petersen also left the band, due to personal reasons. Two old friends of Kral’s (drummer Mike Park Nielson and Martin Buus Pedersen) would soon fill in the two spots, and with this new lineup, Mercenary were signed to Century Media Records.
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  • Khaotic077

    Just discovered this band, great stuff!

    10 May 10:42pm Reply

  • -Nile-

    Nice new cover. Hopefully they really go back some steps. Hours was the best! Thank you ryujijitei!

    30 Apr 1:05am Reply

  • Sander1991

    Their upcoming album is called "Through Our Darkest Days" and is set for release on June 27th. The cover artwork can be viewed at this location: http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=91364

    29 Apr 3:04pm Reply

  • ryujijitei

    -Nile-: There hasn't been an update in almost a year, but here's the page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/FIRESOUL/181746441887539

    26 Apr 9:11pm Reply

  • -Nile-

    The old singer and the other ex-members of Mercenary said that they would start another project. Does someone know something about it? I did not found anything so far. :(

    24 Apr 10:23am Reply

  • ryujijitei

    I miss Kral.

    15 Apr 4:58am Reply

  • ikd-sj

    -lost reality- GOOD (´ﾟωﾟ):;*.

    14 Apr 7:55am Reply

  • xapg

    Bendyrulz, that's because it's a bonus song included only in the limited edition.

    8 Mar 8:19am Reply

  • hailmarduk666

    Mercenary> Scar Symmetry> Disarmonia Mundi. Truth.

    5 Mar 12:40pm Reply

  • Bendyrulz

    How is Death Connection so low? Such an amazing song...

    3 Mar 4:59pm Reply

  • xapg

    bassius, you can keep on whining, if you like, I am not going to stop you. The fact is that Mercenary managed to remain awesome even after their great loss (of couse, I'm speaking of Kral's departure), and they kept on being great even after losing Sandager brothers. I think we should first of all miss Mike, he is a really talented drummer and I believe he would make Metamorphosis sound even better than it already does.

    3 Mar 9:01am Reply

  • Sonata89

    tolerant guys everywhere :) what they say is law! Sweet comments ;D If you don't like Metamorphosis it's alright, I like it and if you call it "mallcore" (wtf haha) I guess you just became a hater of this band. ^^

    2 Mar 7:45pm Reply

  • OLOLOVOSHCH

    Welcome to the dark side of music

    26 Feb 3:50pm Reply

  • sadmisanthrope

    No Sandagers =/= no Mercenary. First Breath and Metamorphosis are nice.

    21 Feb 3:12pm Reply

  • TheTrooper1138

    No Sandagers = no Mercenary [2] so true

    20 Feb 9:50pm Reply

  • D_W_D_M

    11 Dreams <3 [3] No Sandagers = no Mercenary

    20 Feb 2:07pm Reply

  • TheTrooper1138

    11 Dreams <3 [2] also, yes Metamorphosis is pure mallcore...

    12 Feb 7:10pm Reply

  • ipwnnoobsah

    11 Dreams <3

    6 Feb 11:58am Reply

  • sadmisanthrope

    awesome band, metamorphosis isn't mallcore

    3 Feb 1:55pm Reply

  • TheTrooper1138

    Mallcore isn't just Metalcore, kid...

    31 Jan 6:14pm Reply
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