Hin danska sveit Mercenary er ein af þeim sveitum sem ég er að tala við varðandi að kíkja upp á klaka til að spila. Þetta er að mínu mati ein af mest spennandi sveitunum um þessar mundir, spila mjög melódískt thrash, þar sem clean og growl söngur skiptist á. Þeir eru svo að gefa út nýja plötu á nýju ári og ég veit fyrir víst að flestu stóru labelin í metalnum eru að bítast um að fá drengina til sín og halda varla vatni yfir nýju afurðinni sem er víst tilbúin núna. Ég veit fyrir víst að á eftir Pain of Salvation, er þessi nýja plata ein af þeim plötum sem ég hlakka mest til að heyra (most anticipated).

Ef skyldi vera að þið ættuð ekki meistaraverkið Everblack (síðasta plata þeirra), þá eru hérna tvær mp3 skrár af þeirri plötu, ásamt einni eldri.

Screaming From The Heavens (Everblack) - http://www.mercenary.dk/mercenary_screaming_from_the_he avens.mp3
Sieze The Night (Everblack) - http://www.mercenary.dk/mercenary_seize_the_night.mp3
Supremacy (Supremacy) - http://www.mercenary.dk/mercenary_supremacy.mp3

Stil l not convinced???

Hér er smá yfirlit af þeim aragrúa af frábærum umsögnum sem Everblack fékk hjá hinum ýmsu tónlistartímaritum í hinum ýmsu löndum.

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

Walls of Fire (De): “Brilliant mixture of power, progressive and death metal!” 5/5

Beat The Blizzard (No): “One of the biggest secrets and best bands in Danish heavy metal scene” 5/5

Aberration Mag: “… versteht es meisterlich die Gefühle, Stimmungen und auch Power des Meldoic Death zu präsentieren.” 6/6

Musica Must Die (Russia): “Even in my weirdest dream I couldn?t ever imagine that Swedish Melodic Death Metal could be THAT breathtaking. Well, now I know: it can…” 6/6

Fyrsten (Dk): (none available) 96%

Metal Heart (De): “Die überraschung des Monats” 9,5/10

Metal Poisoning (Dk): (none available) 9,5/10

Dordingull Webzine (Iceland): “…I?d be surprised if they didn?t achieve an international breakthrough with this album.” 9,5/10

Oblivion: “Die Stücke treffen ohne Ausnahme ins Schwarze” 9/10

Metal Covenant Mag: “the best death metal release from Denmark so far! (…) this must be considered a major breakthrough.” 9/10

Sweden Rock Magazine: “En musikalisk excess” 9/10

Prospective (Finland): "If I had to choose the most surprising metal album I've ever heard, I just might pick Everblack….[it] is by far the best Danish metal album I've ever heard and compares pretty well with the international superstars, too.“ 9/10

Metal It (It): (album of the week) 9/10

Metal Abyss (Gr): ”…an absolute heavy death melodic album that will surprise you in many ways.“ 9/10

Noise Web (Fr): ”avec un sens de la composition noble le groupe nous sort donc un très bon album à acquérir.“ 9/10

Tenser Mag (Port.): (none available) 9/10

ProRock (Russia): (none available) 9/10

Panzerfaust zine(Pl) : (none available) 9/10

Metal Rules: ”we can already proclaim Mercenary to be one of the strongest and most promising forces coming from the Danish soil of refreshing metal“ 4.5/5

Mindview (Be): ”Stel jezelf open voor dit meesterwerkje“ 6/7

Dark Tales: ”Wenn ihr melodischen Death Metal zugetan seid,
solltet ihr in diese Scheibe unbedingt einmal reinhören!“ 5/6

Metal Invader (Gr): ”Listen carefully to songs like Everblack, Bloodrush, A Darker Shade Of Black, Rescue Me and you will understand“ 5/6

Scream (No): ”Everblack har injisert noe i musikknerven min som gir et aldri så lite rush i omløpet“ 5/6

Metal Hammer (It): ”Grandi.“ 5/6

Heavy Metal Universe (Fr):: ”One of the best releases of the year so far“ 5/6

B.T. (Dk) (none available) 5/6

Slave to Metal (Sw): ”Band som DARKANE, SOILWORK … har plötsligt fått hård konkurrens“ 4/5

Big Beng (Czech): (none available) 6/7

Ancient Spirit (De): (none available) 10/12

Eternal Flame: (none available) 87/100

Metal Factory: (none available) 8.7/10

Aardschock (Nl) : (none available) 85/100

Metal Will Never Die: (none available) 8.5/10

Mighty Mag ”If there's any justice in the world, Mercenary should be the next big thing.“ 8.5/10

Metal-Germany: ”ein dänisches Bonbon“ 8/10

Crucideth: ”This is a strong, powerful album full of moments of sheer greatness…
you'd be crazy not to lend Everblack your ears for an hour“ 8/10

Tartarean Desire: ”It is not easy to impress me these days but Mercenary have managed to do so…“ 8/10

Heavy Metal Mania(Gr) : ”Highly recommended“ 8/10

Tombstone (Gr): ”…the album is just one of the most impressive debuts we have ever heard…“ 8/10

Rock E-Zine: ”…a fine metal release“ 8/10

Castle of Pagan: (none available) 81/100

Metalized (Dk) (none available) 8/10

Hellevaart (Nl): (none available) 8/10

Lords of Metal (Nl): (none available) 78/100

Earshot: ”Ab in den Plattenladen und reingehört!“ 5,5/7

Metal Hammer (De): (none available) 5/7

Babylon Magazine: ”fresh, powerful, convinced and frills-free“ 7,5/10

Silent Scream (It): (none available) 7,5/10

Extreme Music News: (none available) 7,5/10

Rock Tribune (Bel): (none available) 72/100

Rumba (Finland): (none available) 4/5

Decibles (Fr) : (none available) 4/5

Possessed (De) : ”Freunde des Metals können hier mit dicken Eiern zugreifen.“ 4/6

Panorama (No) : ”Det er godt mulig at Mercenary står over for et internasjonalt gjennombrudd med Everblack“ 4/6

Danish Metal (Dk) (none available) 4/6

Stiftidende (Dk) (none available) 4/6

Totalmetal: (none available) 4/6

Undertonar: ”DANISH SUPER-METAL“ 3/5

Twilight Magazin: ”Killersongs wie Dead.com und Seize the night bringen jeden CD Player zum glühen“ 10/15

Metalvox: ”Mercenary, anotem este nome, pois é uma grande banda!“ 4.5/5

Metal Fan (NL): ”…een van de betere albums van 2002…“ 4,5/5

Ars Metalia (Fr): ”Un des musts de ce début d?année 2002!“ 4,5/5

XOAC Mag: ”brutal, melodic and straightforward as you need it.“ 3,5/5

Musicboom(It): ”Un album vario e interessante“ 3,5/5

Terrorizer (UK): ?blessed with a guitar sound heavier than elephant shit? -

Nocturnal Horde (Dk) (none available) 7/10

Steelfrog (DK) (none available) 7/10

Vampire Mag (Nl): ”…in my opinion one of the biggest surprises of the year (although it has just begun). -


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