As of April 27, melodic death metal titans Mercenary are all done with their newest record Through Our Darkest Days and are shooting for a release date of July 27!
Mercenary are a pretty ever-present band in the metal world. Everyone knows who they are, how much they rule, and nobody has a bad thing to say about their timeless jams. Now with their seventh record on it's way, it's about time we fired up the ol' Mercenary-hype machine. In a statement by the band about the record cover by Mnemic guitarist Mircea Eftemie and music-
“Last year when we were busy with preproductions, we considered reaching out to Mircea Eftemie to ask if he'd like to give our new cover a shot, because we liked his recent stuff and wanted to try someone with a fresh approach. Against all odds, however, he actually beat us to it and contacted us first with the exact same offer, so it very much seemed as a collaboration that was meant to be.
After a few sketches, we quickly locked on to the main motive of the cover below, which we felt was both iconic, mysterious and not least, oddly disturbing. Most importantly perhaps, we also felt that Mircea's artwork had managed in a natural way to combine something fresh with the style of our older album covers and their dark and atmospheric vibes.
As our new album is very much a combination our latest material with a lot of the more traditional melodic and melancholic elements of previous Mercenary albums, we felt that this was a perfect visual expression of Mercenary's sound and identity in 2013.
The cover symbolizes a darkness that we have gone through as a band, which we feel that we have finally been able to put behind us. The title of the album is meant very positively and thematizes both the journey through existential darkness as a general theme and the ability to break through it. The lyrical universe is very much about making the most of life and not getting caught up in negativity.”
All of my yes. If this is nearly s good as their 2011 effort Metamorphosis, we're in for an amazing record. Hell, if they can just take half of the melodic aspect of that record we're in for it- that record rules.
