11 Dreams

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11 Dreams
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Studio album by
Released23 August 2004
RecordedLund and Hansen Studios, Denmark
Genre
Length61:51
Label Century Media Records
Producer Jacob Hansen
Mercenary chronology
Everblack
(2002)
11 Dreams
(2004)
The Hours That Remain
(2006)

11 Dreams is the third studio album by Danish melodic death metal band Mercenary, released through Century Media Records in Europe in 2004, and in the United States in 2005. The U.S. release contained two bonus tracks, one being a 3D version of the song "11 Dreams", and another a radio edit of the song. This is the first album with 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.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 10/10 [2]

"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." [3]

"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." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mercenary.

No.TitleLength
1."Into the Sea of Dark Desires"1:05
2."World Hate Center"4:58
3."11 Dreams"6:51
4."reDestructDead"5:45
5."Firesoul"7:36
6."Sharpen the Edges"5:32
7."Supremacy v2.0"8:09
8."Music Non Stop" (Kent cover)4:11
9."Falling"6:56
10."Times Without Changes"2:58
11."Loneliness"7:36

Personnel

Guest appearances

Production

References

  1. "Mercenary - 11 Dreams Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  2. Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 318. ISBN   9781-926592-20-6.
  3. "Review: "Mercenary: 11 Dreams" - Sea of Tranquility - the Web Destination for Progressive Music!".
  4. "Review of Mercenary - 11 Dreams". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.