Mercenary: Melodic Death From Denmark |
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Oct 22 2013, 08:55 AM
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Sounds good ! Like when Children of Bodom would met In Flames!
Btw Children of Bodom are coming here in december! |
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Oct 22 2013, 07:00 PM |
Newest album
http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/st...r-darkest-days/ I've been a fan since 1999 My favorite old ones: This post has been edited by Ulrik: Oct 22 2013, 07:02 PM -------------------- |
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Oct 23 2013, 04:48 AM |
Thanks for the vid! Killer band! They've got a really hard edge and nice proggy vibe. Good pull!
not bad at all, todd, I like that. I'll definitely check them out Todd, do you listen to Be'lakor? I recently got into them and they have become my new favourite melodeath band. They have a bit of a progy vibe to them as well. Really cool band. WOW!! Nice collection of vids there. Some really great tunes. I can't believe I'd never heard of these guys before. Newest album http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/st...r-darkest-days/ I've been a fan since 1999 My favorite old ones: |
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Oct 24 2013, 09:40 AM |
I've been listening more to these guys and I think I"m starting to get what I"m liking
1.)Actual singing. -They do some grunts/screams/growls, sure, wouldn't work without it IMHO. But they also actually incorporate actual singing and harmony/melody in the vocal lines. Soooooooo many bands seem to think they can't be "Heavy" unless they do nothing but scream/growl, the entire time. It takes all kinds, sure. But non stop scream/growl just starts to sound so similar after about two songs that it turns me off a bit. I can't make it through an entire MARDUK album for example. Actually now that I think about it, this is a good example. Here is the Marduk Album PANZER DIVISION MARDUK in it's entirety. Hit play and jump the play head forward and listen again. It's 30 minutes of music and literally sounds like it could be one song http://youtu.be/mP897M7JuII Not to dis Marduk, they it's a great demo for what I'm talking about. 2.)Rythmic Diversity -They don't spend all there time going Mach 5. Again, I love going Mach 5 now and again And enjoy listening to fast stuff. Just not non stop or it runs together. I hate to keep picking on MARDUK, but they use the BLAST BEAT so much, as do COUNTLESS other "Extreme Bands", that I'm starting to wonder if some drummers know how to play anything else? MERCENARY manage to incorporate a wide range of beats and still sound HEAVY. Well done 3.)Melodic Diversity -True, they are fond of the Minor Keys but so am I They manage to use Dissonance and Harmony as counterpoints making the music very dynamic. Again well done In short, the word "BALANCE" comes to mind yet again. They manage to balance many elements together and derive a cohesive sound from it. IT's never so crazy/prog that it just loses you and it's not to blast beat/drone that it gets boring. In short, it's almost Goldilocks Deth. Just right This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Oct 24 2013, 09:40 AM |
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