11 Dreams Explained

11 Dreams
Type:Album
Artist:Mercenary
Cover:11dreams_big.jpg
Released:23 August 2004
Recorded:Lund and Hansen Studios, Denmark
Length:61:51
Label:Century Media Records
Producer:Jacob Hansen
Prev Title:Everblack
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:The Hours That Remain
Next Year:2006

11 Dreams is the third album by Danish extreme metal band Mercenary, released through Century Media Records. The original version was released in 2004, that being in Europe, the American version was released one year later, in 2005. The U.S. release contained two bonus tracks, one being a 3D version of the song "11 Dreams", and another being a radio edit of the song. This is the first album featuring Mike Park on drums and Martin Buus on lead guitars. This is also the final album to feature founding member Henrik "Kral" Andersen on bass guitar and death growls.

Reception

"Denmark's Mercenary are following bands like In Flames and Soilwork in terms of adding more symphonic and melodic elements to their brand of extreme metal with their latest release 11 Dreams. A greater emphasis is placed on catchy vocal hooks, where the clean vocal passages from Mikkel Sandager trade off with the more aggressive death/black metal stylings from bass player Henrik 'Kral' Andersen."[1]

"Highly progressive, Mercenary are influenced by bands like Soilwork, In Flames, Nevermore, Sentenced, and pretty much anything Scandinavian and influential, as well as occasionally throwing in a bit of thrash."[2]

Personnel

Guest appearances

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Review: "Mercenary: 11 Dreams" - Sea of Tranquility - the Web Destination for Progressive Music!.
  2. Web site: Review of Mercenary - 11 Dreams . 25 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604213742/http://metalreview.com/reviews/1355/mercenary-11-dreams . 4 June 2011 . dead.