MERCENARY & ESSENCE to tour Denmark together!

Label mates MERCENARY and ESSENCE have teamed up for an extended Denmark tour this Fall, both with new albums out and ready to strike!

MERCENARY comment the tour as follows:

“We are psyched to announce that we will be tearing up Denmark in September/October, along side our good friends, and label buddies Essence! We will be making sure that no heads are left UN-shook! We look forward to share the stage with Essence once again, and to make ONE HELL of a show every night! So get your asses down the shows, and bring the action!”

ESSENCE comment the tour:

“This will without a doubt be the heaviest co-headliner tour this year in Denmark – Mercenary and Essence have teamed up! We are needless to say extremely excited about this event and we can’t wait to get back on the Danish roads! It has been too long and now the time has come, to bring back the thrash flame to our fellow Danes. Though, our friends in Europe should rest assured that we will not oversee them, and that we will return when you least expect it…..”

MERCENARY & ESSENCE Denmark Tour 2013

26.09.2013 DK – Kolding, Godset
27.09.2013 DK – Herning, Fermaten
28.09.2013 DK – Horsens, Kulisselageret
04.10.2013 DK – Lyngby, Templet
05.10.2013 DK – Aarhus, Club Brutal
11.10.2013 DK – Aalborg, Studenterhuset
12.10.2013 DK – Vejle, Bygningen
18.10.2013 DK – København, Vega
19.10.2013 DK – Odense, Kansas City

Mercenary have released the first song coming off the new album, the title track „Through Our Darkest Days“:
https://soundcloud.com/noiseartrecords/mercenary-through_our_darkest_days

The album will be out in Europe on July 26 via NoiseArt Records and is going to be available as limited digipak including bonus track and can be pre-ordered here incl. an exclusive poster:
http://shop.noiseart.cc/p228-835/MERCENARY-Through-Our-Darkest-Days-Digipack-Limited-Poster

Official ESSENCE album trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s5c6jZprnqM

The ESSENCE album „Last Night of Solace“ was released end of March and can be ordered here:
http://shop.noiseart.cc/p13-231-668/ESSENCE-Last-Night-of-Solace-LIMITED-CD

www.mercenary.dk
www.facebook.com/essencemetal

MERCENARY – release first new song! Exclusive album pre-listening competition for BEASTIVAL!

MERCENARY’s new album combines the strength of their latest approach with both a fresh sound and the grand melancholy and soaring clean vocals of past albums. The unusual mixture of elements from many genres within metal is in truth the band’s biggest asset: an organic diversity bound together by tight songwriting and the ability to stand up to any sort of audience and make them lifetime MERCENARY followers.

Now the band has released the first song coming off the new album, the title track „Through Our Darkest Days“:
https://soundcloud.com/noiseartrecords/mercenary-through_our_darkest_days

„We are proud to let you all hear the title track of our new album, ‘Through Our Darkest Days’. We put a lot of effort, heart and soul into this beast and can’t wait to unleash it on the world! For us, the song is very iconic and it embodies the melancholic and grand sound that has always been a trademark for Mercenary.

Furthermore, we have a contest for those of you who will come out to see us live at the awesome BEASTIVAL (30.05. – 01.06.) next week! 5 fans will get the chance of attending an exclusive press listening event and will be able to hear the whole album as some of the first people in the world! To enter the contest, simply share the post with new song from Mercenary’s profile and in addition make a post on your own Facebook-wall where you 1) explain why you should be among the 5 fans to attend and 2) tag the Mercenary-Facebook-profile in this post. The 5 most interesting / unique / funny entries will be handpicked by the band. Winners will be notified directly. (Please note that winning does not include a ticket for the festival itself.)“ MERCENARY

Head over to the MERCENARY Facebook page and take part in the comp:
www.mercenary.dk/facebook

Tickets are available here or at the festival´s box office. MERCENARY are going to hit the stage on Friday, May 31:
http://www.hardticket.eu/e518/BEASTIVAL-2013

The album will be out in Europe on July 26 via NoiseArt Records and is going to be available as limited digipak including bonus track and can be pre-ordered here incl. an exclusive poster:
http://shop.noiseart.cc/p228-835/MERCENARY-Through-Our-Darkest-Days-Digipack-Limited-Poster

www.mercenary.dk
www.noiseart.cc
www.beastival.com

ESSENCE – To support MEGADETH!

Danish thrashers ESSENCE have just announced their direct support slot for mighty MEGADETH in Copenhagen this coming Saturday.

“We are fukn honored to perform with Megadeth on Saturday! It is a dream come true for us as a thrash metal band and as personal fans of the band. The audience can expect no mercy as we tear down the concert hall and peel the painting off the walls with our metal! This will be a show to remember and when we are done, we will bow before the mighty Hanger 18! Playing music for the hell of it has never been more fun!”
Lasse Skov, frontman of Essence

The ESSENCE album „Last Night of Solace“ was released on March 29 via NoiseArt Records and is available as limited CD in slipcase incl. bonus track! Order here: http://shop.noiseart.cc/c13-231/ESSENCE

Check out the official album trailer: http://youtu.be/s5c6jZprnqM

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MERCENARY – reveal tracklisting of their forthcoming album!

Just as they stand unflinching in a surreal frozen sea of ice on their latest promotion picture, Scandinavian MERCENARY stand their ground musically as bold and confident as ever on their seventh album »Through Our Darkest Days«. After the roller coaster of loosing half their lineup in 2009 and presenting a renewed lineup and a new musical approach on 2011′s »Metamorphosis«, MERCENARY’s new album combines the strength of their latest approach with both a fresh sound and the grand melancholy and soaring clean vocals of past albums. The unusual mixture of elements from many genres within metal is in truth the band’s biggest asset: an organic diversity bound together by tight songwriting and the ability to stand up to any sort of audience and make them lifetime MERCENARY followers.

“On »Metamorphosis« it was important for us to reinvent our sound and experiment rather than just trying to copying the sound of the old line-up. And we were really happy with the direction and the result. But with »Through Our Darkest Days« we felt that the right thing to do was to combine the new elements with more classic elements from Mercenary’s older material, so it’s only fair to say that the new album combines the best of both eras of the band.” René Pedersen

Again Mercenary decided to record with long time collaborator and Danish master producer Jacob Hansen in order to get the signature powerful and crystal clear production, and for the first time the cover artwork was done by MNEMIC guitar player Mircea Gabriel Eftemie.

The album will be out in Europe on July 26 via NoiseArt Records and is going to be available as limited digipak including bonus track.

„Through Our Darkest Days“ Tracklist:

1. A New Dawn
2. Welcome The Sickness
3. Through Our Darkest Days
4. Dreamstate Machine
5. A Moment Of Clarity
6. Beyond This Night
7. Starving Eyes
8. Generation Hate
9. Forever The Unknown
10. Holding On To Serenity (Bonustrack)

Here you can pre-order the NEW album w/ exclusive poster:
http://shop.noiseart.cc/p228-835/MERCENARY-Through-Our-Darkest-Days-Digipack-Limited-Poster

MERCENARY & OMNIUM GATHERUM live
Presented by LEGACY, PIRANHA, NOIZELETTER, METALNEWS and POWERMETAL.DE

MERCENARY
OMNIUM GATHERUM
+ Special Guest

30.08.2013 DE – Leipzig – Hellraiser
31.08.2013 DE – München – Backstage Club
01.09.2013 CH – Pratteln – Gallery
04.09.2013 RO – Bucharest – The Silver Church Club
05.09.2013 HUN – Budapest – tba
06.09.2013 AT – Wien – Escape
07.09.2013 CZ – Brno – Melodka
08.09.2013 DE – Berlin – Magnet
11.09.2013 BE – Vooselaar – Biebob
12.09.2013 UK – London – The Underworld
14.09.2013 DE – Stuttgart – Club Zentral
15.09.2013 NL – Eindhoven – Dynamo

Further MERCENARY dates:
31.05.2013 DE – Geiselwind, Beastival
01.06.2013 CH – Oberentfelden, Böröm Pöm Pöm (Headliner Show)
02.06.2013 CZ – Pilzen, Metalfest CZ

www.mercenary.dk

FUELED BY FIRE – New album out this Summer! Cover artwork and tracklist revealed!

Since their debut album „Spread The Fire“ made a huge impact on the metal scene, it was their second album “Plunging Into Darkness” that really made the difference and put FUELED BY FIRE on the thrash metal map for good. Now those insane thrashers are back with their newest effort called “Trapped in Perdition”.

„I would say the biggest difference to the previous album is the influence. We have more of an old school death metal influence along with late 80s early 90s thrash metal. A little heavier stuff on this one and lots of solos. Also some more technicality. I think it’s a step up from Plunging Into Darkness.“ Carlos Gutierrez, Drums

The album was recorded in the so-called Mana Recording Studios, Florida with death metal legend Erik Rutan of Hate Eternal. The front cover, which was done by artist Axel Hermann, who also did artworks for MORGOTH, ASPHYX, ICED EARTH and many others, also portraits the death metal influence with this dark, disturbing and gloomy piece of art.

End of 2012 the band embarked on a lengthy European run with the likes of KREATOR, MORBID ANGEL and NILE and they will do a South American tour as well as an extended North American tour this Summer along with Artillery, Gama Bomb and Bonded By Blood in August/September; a European tour for early 2014 is in the works.

The new FUELED BY FIRE album “Trapped In Perdition” will be out in Europe on July 26 and in North America on August 6 via NoiseArt Records.

„Trapped In Perdition“ Tracklisting:
1. Catastrophe
2. Suffering Entities
3. Forsaken Deity
4. Profane Path
5. Defaced Mortality
6. Rotten Creation
7. Pharmaceutical Extermination
8. Symbolic Slaying
9. Obliteration
10. Abeyant Future (Outro)
11. Depiction of Demise (Bonustrack)

Pre-order the album here:
http://shop.noiseart.cc/p228-836/FUELED-BY-FIRE-Trapped-In-Perdition-CD

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