The Hours that Remain

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The Hours that Remain
The Hours that Remain cover
Studio album by Mercenary
Released August 21, 2006
Genre Melodic death metal, Progressive metal, Power metal
Length 62:13
Label Century Media Records
Producer Jacob Hansen
Professional reviews
Mercenary chronology
11 Dreams
(2004)		 The Hours that Remain
(2006)		 Architect of Lies
(2008)

The Hours that Remain is the fourth album released by the band Mercenary, but the second through Century Media Records. This is the first album to not include founding member Henrik "Kral" Andersen. With this album, Mercenary seem to taken a more progressive approach, while still retaining some of their previous melodic death metal and power metal elements.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Redefine Me" – 6:06
  2. "Year of the Plague" – 5:29
  3. "My World is Ending" – 5:26
  4. "This Eternal Instant" – 6:10
  5. "Lost Reality" – 8:02
  6. "Soul Decision" – 5:03
  7. "Simplicity Demand" – 6:35
  8. "Obscure Indiscretion" – 4:46
  9. "My Secret Window" – 6:29
  10. "The Hours that Remain" – 8:07

The import version of the CD contains two additional tracks.

  1. "Into The Sea Of Dark Desire/World Hate Center" (Live) - 6:27
  2. "11 Dreams" (Live) - 6:50

[edit] Limited Edition

The limited edition of The Hours that Remain include a DVD. The first song is a video of 11 Dream's Firesoul, songs 2 to 5 are from the live show at Dynamo 2005, and finally, the rest are the official bootleg by the band live at Pratten.

[edit] Limited Edition DVD

  1. Firesoul (Video Edit Version) – 4:56
  2. Intro - reDestructDead (Live Dynamo 2005) – 5:45
  3. Firesoul (Live Dynamo 2005) – 8:04
  4. Intro - World Hate Center (Live Dynamo 2005) – 6:45
  5. 11 Dreams (Live Dynamo 2005) – 8:20
  6. Intro - reDestructDead (Live Pratten 2006) – 6:18
  7. Firesoul (Live Pratten 2006) – 8:27
  8. Sharpen The Edges (Live Pratten 2006) – 5:42
  9. Into The Sea - World Hate Center (Live Pratten 2006) – 6:51
  10. 11 Dreams (Live Pratten 2006) – 8:18

[edit] Special Guest Appearances

Bass on album – Jacob Hansen
Guest vocals on Redefine Me – Björn "Speed" Strid (From Soilwork)
Guest vocals on Soul Decision – Marcus Bischoff (From Heaven Shall Burn)

[edit] Credits

All music written and arranged by Mercenary.
All lyrics by Mikkel Sandager and Morten Sandager.
Produced by Jacob Hansen.
Mastered by Ziggy.
Art by Travis Smith.