Hell yeah! We are proud to announce that we are confirmed for COPENHELL 2014 on June 12th! See you in the pit!

More info on: www.copenhell.dk/

Moreover, for those of you that haven't seen it yet, we are happy to announce that we reached a total of 4801 Euro in our crowdfunding campaign for a new music video, which was 120 % of our goal of 4000 Euro.

To all who contributed - Thanks for showing us that we have some of the most killer fans in the world, your support makes all the difference for us. We will soon begin to look into all the perks that were sold and send out information about expected delivery of the different items that were included. We hope you can be patient here as there's a lot of work do be done.

We are happy to be able to confirm our first shows for 2014!

Friday, February 7th, 2014
Mercenary Headliner Show
Support: Orion Child
Sala Sonora, Bilbao, Spain

Satuday February 8th, 2014
Mercenary Headliner Show
Support: Orion Child
Sala We Rock, Madrid, Spain

Saturday, June 21st, 2014
Rage Against Racism Festival, Germany

Saturday, August 23rd, 2014
(Mercenary Headlining)
Tattoofest, Netherlands

We are psyched to announce that we have launched an Indiegogo campaign today to fund a killer video for the track "Welcome the Sickness"!

We need the help of our loyal fans to fund a kick ass music video that captures and reflects the dark, vivid atmospheric soundscapes of our music, so click on the link below, read all about it and check out all the many ways you can participate in the project and the many other perks - such as guitar, drum and vocal lessons, a dinner with the guys and much more!

http://igg.me/at/mercenary/x/5421327

We are happy to announce what we consider to be two great opportunities for our fans.

First, VIP-packages are now available for all shows on our upcoming headliner tours in Europe and in Denmark. The VIP-packages include early access to soundcheck on the day of the show, meet and greet, a strictly limited tour T-shirt and more. Read more and buy your pass under 'VIP' in the Shop on this site. Only 5 VIP-passes are available for each show (and they are only available through our official webshop). The VIP-packages also include membership of our new fan community, The Black brigade (read below).

Second, we consider ourselves lucky to have some great and dedicated fans, which is why we now launch The Black Brigade in order to offer special deals, a stronger sense of community and have closer interaction with our core fans. Members get an exclusive Black Brigade Dog Tag, access to future exclusive merchandise, a permanent discount in our webshop, access to a closed Black Brigade Facebook group together with all four band members and more. Read more under 'The Black Brigade' in the shop menu above.

We are happy to let you all know that "Through Our Darkest Days" entered the US Heatseekers Chart at number 111. Seems a few people are still buying albums out there. A great weekend to all the metalheads out there!

Our new album "Through Our Darkest Days" is now out in Europe and Denmark and it hits the US tomorrow

While you are waiting for you copy to arrive in the mailbox, you can either let let your curiosity get the better of you and stream the album on the link below, courtesy of Decibel Magazine, or you can read what the press and some of our friends in the music business have had to say about the album:

http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/streaming-mercenary-through-our-darkest-days/

Quotes on 'Through Our Darkest Days'

Matt Heafy (Trivium):
"The Kings of Danish Metal have returned with another incredible record, Through Our Darkest Days. Their seventh effort is still very much of what new and old fans have always loved in Mercenary - only this time the band can be seen traversing new realms of melody in an almost old school Metal approach (in their very own modern way of course). The song writing is as air-tight as the riffs, the vocals are staggering in their range and versatility. Whether into the old, the new, or the middle-ground... any who call Metal a genre they love must be into this band."

Ward Slojkowski (Psychotic Waltz):
"Through Our Darkest Days" is the best thing I have heard from my friends from Denmark, Mercenary. Strong tracks from beginning to end. Very solid effort here. Tight rhythms , killer vocals , excellent guitar solos, memorable songs...what more could you want? Fucking buy it now! \m/"

Merlin (Eluveitie):
"I've long been a sucker for epic guitar solos and displays of outstanding musicianship. Mercenary get all this just right, while delivering massive punch along with it and always staying musical!"

Press reviews and quotes on 'Through Our Darkest Days':

- Metal Hammer Germany: #3 on soundcheck
- Aardschock: #5 on soundcheck
- Rock Hard Germany: 9/10, Soundcheck #13
- Up Magazine NL: 97/100
- MyGlobalMind: 9/10
- metalunderground (Austria) 5/5
- Ashladan.be 90/100
- The Blog of Much Metal/Powerplay UK 9/10
- rockdospuntocero.com 8,5/10
- Gaffa.dk: 4/6

new-transcendence.com: 10/10:
"an incredible power metal album with some death metal elements"

nocleansinging.com:
"Mercenary are an incredibly underrated band, one of metal’s best kept secrets"

- metal-temple.com: 9/10
"MERCENARY, since emerging as a foursome crew, has been assimilating the meaning of true greatness, their attention to details is exemplary with great ideas to keep up the foundation going."

- METAL.de 8/10:
“Ein rundum starkes und höchstgradig unterhaltsames Album, das die Stärken von MERCENARY hervorragend auf den Punkt bringt.”

ROCKNYTT.net:
"Power, melody, musicianship of highest rate with an excellent blend of melancholy and a progressive touch makes this their best album to date!"

Today´s Music Bulgaria 9/10:
"The best years of the Modern Melo-death might be behind us but MERCENARY are still here to bring us yet another MMDM masterpiece! "Through Our Darkest Days" is one of the best albums this genre has seen in the last 10 years! Great songwriting, great vocals, great guitars, and choruses so great, you'll start singing them along right after you hear them."