Mercenary (album)

Mercenary
Studio album by Bolt Thrower
Released 10 November 1998
Recorded Chapel Studios, December 1997, January 1998
Genre Death metal
Length 46:40
Label Metal Blade
Producer Ewan Davis and Bolt Thrower
Bolt Thrower chronology
War
(1994)War1994
Mercenary
(1998)
Who Dares Wins
(1998)Who Dares Wins1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Mercenary is the sixth album by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower. It was recorded at Chapel Studios, Lincoln, England, December 1997 to January 1998. The album was produced by Bolt Thrower and Ewan Davis. It was released on Metal Blade Records in 1998.

The cover painting is titled "Contact – Wait Out", which is also the first track on the next album, "Honour – Valour – Pride".

"Powder Burns" is a continuation of the song "Embers" from The IVth Crusade, and leads into "The Killchain" on Those Once Loyal.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Zeroed"5:46
2."Laid to Waste"4:40
3."Return from Chaos"5:04
4."Mercenary"5:54
5."To the Last ..."5:24
6."Powder Burns"4:46
7."Behind Enemy Lines"5:18
8."No Guts, No Glory"4:07
9."Sixth Chapter"5:40
10."Infiltrator ¹"4:47
Total length:46:40
¹ Bonus track on digipak and Japanese version. The digipak edition contains 25 tracks of which tracks 10 to 24 are short tracks of silence.

Personnel

Bolt Thrower
Production & Miscellaneous Credits

References

  1. Anderson, Jason. Mercenary review allmusic.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2012.
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