| Mercenary | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Bolt Thrower |
| Cover: | Mercenary (album) cover.jpg |
| Released: | 10 November 1998 |
| Recorded: | December 1997 – January 1998 |
| Studio: | Chapel Studios, Lincoln, England |
| Genre: | Death metal |
| Length: | 46:40 |
| Label: | Metal Blade |
| Producer: | Ewan Davis, Bolt Thrower |
| Prev Title: | War |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Who Dares Wins |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
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.
This is the only album to feature Alex Thomas on drums.
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.
| Peakposition | ||
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[1] | 87 |
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