Through Our Darkest Days

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Through Our Darkest Days
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Studio album by
Released26 July 2013 (Europe)
30 July 2013 (US)
StudioHansen Studios, Denmark [1]
Genre Melodic death metal, power metal [2]
Length48:10
Label NoiseArt Records (Europe)
Prosthetic Records (US)
Producer Jacob Hansen
Mercenary chronology
Metamorphosis
(2011)
Through Our Darkest Days
(2013)
Soundtrack for the End Times
(2023)

Through Our Darkest Days is the seventh studio album by the Danish melodic death metal band Mercenary. It is their only album with drummer Peter Mathiesen who joined the band as a regular member in 2012 after performing more than 50 shows with them. [3] He left the band in 2019.

Contents

The cover artwork was done by Mircea Gabriel Eftemie the guitarist of the Danish metal band Mnemic. René Pedersen commented: "The cover artwork portraits a dark atmosphere, symbolizing the darkness that surrounds us everyday. But in darkness there is always a light, which in this case is symbolized by a burning candle, and the figure that holds its eyes in its hands, showing a piece of the world as seen through our eyes." [4]

Track list

All tracks composed by Mercenary.

  1. "A New Dawn" – 5:15
  2. "Welcome the Sickness" – 5:18
  3. "Through Our Darkest Days" – 4:39
  4. "Dreamstate Machine" – 5:34
  5. "A Moment of Clarity" – 5:02
  6. "Beyond This Night" – 5:45
  7. "Starving Eyes" – 5:14
  8. "Generation Hate" – 4:50
  9. "Forever the Unknown" – 6:31 [5]
  10. "Holding On to Serenity" (bonus track) – 5:06

Credits

Band members

Guest appearances

Additional credits

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References

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