Metamorphosis (Mercenary-Album)
Occupation
- Vocals / Bass: René Pedersen
- Guitar: Jacob Mølbjerg
- Guitar: Martin Buus
- Drums: Morten Sørensen Løwe
Metamorphosis is the sixth studio album by the Danish Melodic Death Metal band Mercenary. It was released on February 25, 2011 by NoiseArt Records.
Formation
The album was under difficult circumstances. When the musicians gathered the first ideas for new songs turned out that the band members wanted to develop the music in different directions on. As a consequence, left in November 2009, drummer Mike Park Nielsen and Sandager brothers Mikkel (vocals) and Morten (keyboards), the group. The post on the drums took over Morten Sørensen Løwe who played, among other things with the bands The Arcane Order and Submission. The vocals took over the bassist René Pedersen.
In the spring and summer of 2010 the musicians revised the existing songs. Harder songs like "Through the Eyes of the Devil" and "On the Edge of Sanity" gave this set the tone for the other songs. The recordings took place in the Danish town of Ribe in the Hansen Studios. It was produced and mixed by Jacob Hansen Metamorphosis. All keyboards were played by Kim Olesen of the band Anubis Gate. According to René Pedersen album title to represent the new beginning of the band. On the album cover of this process is represented by the phoenix.
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Reception
Metamorphosis was provided by the press mostly positive reviews. Uwe " Buffo " Schnädelbach from the magazine Rock Hard wrote in his review that " the band in terms of songwriting almost perfectly gets the balancing act between aspirations and commerce, heaviness and melody back on track ." Mercenary were " without doubt the best In Flames ," for which Schnädelbach awarded nine out of ten. For the reviewers Eckardt online magazine metal.de Metamorphosis is a " convincing performance as a quartet, strong songs, and packaged it all into a powerful, modern sound ." He forgave eight out of ten.
Negative commented Thomas Meyns online magazine Metal News. He criticized that the album " constructed through from cover to cover acts " and that the " tame Radio suitability songs robs Sustainability". Meyns awarded 4.5 of seven points. Sebastian Kessler criticized by the magazine Metal Hammer that " after the first two strong songs creep in more and more trivia " and that the album " over the entire season out of air ." Kessler missed four of seven points.