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This is Mercenary's first album to be released and there is almost nothing that can be taken out as a negative thing. Mercenary's music is (very) well thought through and the production is good. These two things together make an entirety that shines brighter than most other music that I've heard. There's a lot of melody in Mercenary's music. But there is also a roughness and brutality present during the whole ride. But it's a nice ride, and it continues for more than an hour. An hour of sheer quality melodic death metal with wonderful contrasts. Kral plays his bass and does also handle the absolutely stunning vocals. Nowadays he share his grunting and screaming voice with Mikkel who sings clean which works perfectly on "Everblack". But here, on "First Breath", he delivers maybe the best growls I've come to hear! It's so full of modulation that I don't miss Mikkel ("Everblack" was the first record I heard with Mercenary). The guitar work is more than great. It is beyond this world! Melodies that give the rainbow its colors, melodies that melt the snow, melodies that would be able to stop wars. And behind the drums we find the ambassador of Atlantis, Rasmus Jakobsen. Well, it's absolutely brilliant what he does to his drums and percussion. Yes, I am lyrical. And hopefully you will understand why if you get to listen to this wonderful piece of Scandinavian metal. As stated in the beginning of this review: It is hard to point out anything negative about this album. But why doesn't I give it a full score? Well, sometimes when I listen to "First Breath", the songs tend to sound quite alike each other, and I don't like that. And some passages feels kind of slow and just not interesting enough. But the songs are still exceptionally good. "HORIZON – DO YOU REMEMBER THE TIME OF WINTER WHEN WE WERE SO YOUNG – HORIZON” Bang yer heads!
| Tracklist |
| 1. Symbiotic |
| 2. World Wide Weep |
| 3. Horizon |
| 4. Master Game |
| 5. Perceptive |
| 6. Graveart |
| 7. Next To Nothing |
| 8. Demon8 |
| 9. Watching Me |
| 10. Alternative Ways |
| 11. Sister Jane |
: 63.11
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