Search - Mercenary :: Everblack

Dark yet beautiful, melo-death at it's finest

L. Zimmerman | Nebraska | 12/03/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Fans of Dark Tranquility, Soilwork, In Flames will eat these guys up, honestly i have to admit until about 4 month ago i had no idea who these guys were, i was reading all the press about there new cd 11 dreams which is just as if not more fantastic then this cd I bought that first then this a few weeks later, at first i was like what the big deal, but the more i listened the more i was pulled in ,and i can't or don't want to be pulled back out, these 2 cds are rapidly rising as 2 of the best cd's i own it's like a addiction almost, glad to see Century Media picked them up for 11 dreams maybe now this awesome band will get the exposure they deserve. there is so much going on in there music it's heavy, dark, epic'esque in parts, death with a touch of black metal thrown in, some clean vox, piano. Every single song on this cd rocks.



But Personally these 3 stand out for me.



1. Screaming From the heavens (quite possible one of the best songs ive ever heard in my life, this song is hard for me to move past it gets replayed over and over again.)



2. Bloodrush - right up there with screaming from the heavens heavy yet beautiul song.



3. Rescue Me - another awesome song that gets serious replay on my player



why it took me all these months to right this review i do not know but listen up cuz these guys are a bunch of talented musicians and i believe are the rightful heir to the thrown that In Flames stepped off of after they made reroute to reamin. in my opinon current day In Flames and Soilwork don't come anywhere near this (it's good stuff and i listen to it just nowhere near the same quality as Everblack and 11 Dreams). maybe a few years back in there prime , but these danish metalheads are just hitting there's . Dark Tranquility is still keeping it true looking foward to Character. Enjoy the cd or cd's I know i do Mercenary is a name we'll be hearing alot about in the years to come."

Genre-bending metal

Justin Gaines | Northern Virginia | 08/30/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Mercernary was the surprise (for me) from 2003's ProgPower USA event. I hadn't heard them before, so I was expecting another run of the mill prog/power metal band. Instead I heard a band that sounded like the perfect synthesis of In Flames and Tad Morose. Into Eternity is probably Mercenary's closest comparison point, though I personally have found Into Eternity to be somewhat sterile and emotionless. Mercenary blends death metal speed and vocals over progressive metal song structures and technical prowess, and adds power metal's emphasis on melody. There are also "clean" vocals, which allow the band to further cross metal's genre boundaries.



Everblack is the band's second album, and is a high-energy disc. You won't find much in the way of ballads or acoustic passages; just plenty of fast, aggressive, technical metal. It's not a death metal album, but fans of In Flames and Soilwork will have no problem getting into this album. Prog/power purists might not be able to handle the death vocals and aggression, but the more adventurous fans might enjoy this quite a bit.

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Dark and Awesome

CrimsonPunk | 04/10/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a great dark metal album. It has a fast pace and lots of energy. Songs like "Everblack" rip and are just plain fun to listen to. "Darkspeed", one of my favorite songs on the album is slower and more serious with both growling vocals and excellent guitar work. I couldn't give this a five because overall alot of the music sounds similar."