Metamorphosis (Mercenary album)

Metamorphosis
Studio album by Mercenary
Released	Europe February 25, 2011 U.S. March 29, 2011
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	48:40
Label	Europe Napalm Records U.S. Prosthetic Records
Mercenary chronology
Architect of Lies (2008) Metamorphosis (2011)

Metamorphosis is the sixth studio album by the Danish melodic death metal band Mercenary. This is the first album, except for their debut, First Breath, not to include the Sandager brothers, Mikkel on clean vocals and Morten on keyboards and Mike Park on drums since 11 Dreams. This is also the first album to feature Morten Løwe on drums. It was released on February 25, 2011, under the label Napalm Records.^[1] The US version will be released on March 29 under the label Prosthetic Records, and will include one bonus track.^[2] The song "The Follower" was released on the band's YouTube channel on December 23rd, 2010, and the song "In a River of Madness" was released for streaming on the band's Facebook page on February 8th, 2011.^[3][2] On February 14th, the whole album was released for streaming on the Metal Hammer Germany website.^[2][4]

Cover art of the US version.

Track listing

1. "Through the Eyes of the Devil" - 5:13
2. "The Follower" - 4:33
3. "In a River of Madness" - 5:59
4. "Memoria" - 5:43
5. "Velvet Lies" - 6:53
6. "In Bloodred Shades" - 4:35
7. "Shades of Grey" - 5:36
8. "On the Edge of Sanity" - 4:24
9. "The Black Brigade" - 5:44^[4]

Bonus tracks

"Incorporate Your Demons" (US bonus track)

"Vanity For Sale" (iTunes bonus track)^[2]

"The Devil's Own" (iTunes bonus track)

Personnel

Band members

• René Pedersen – vocals, bass
• Martin Buus – lead guitar, keyboards
• Jakob Mølbjerg – rhythm guitar
• Morten Løwe – drums

Additional credits

Don G. – cover art^[2]

References

1. ^ "Targetshop - online salg af musikk". http://www.targetshop.dk/dk/154994/MERCENARY/Metamorphosis/. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Mercenary's official website". http://mercenary.dk/Home.aspx. 
3. ^ "Mercenary's YouTube channel". http://www.youtube/user/mercenarydenmark. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Metal Hammer Germany". http://www.metal-hammer.de/Mercenary_METAMORPHOSIS_Stream_english.