''The Hours That Remain'' is the fourth album by Danish
extreme metal
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band
Mercenary
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, and the second released through
Century Media Records
Century Media Records is a heavy metal record label with offices in the United States, Germany and London. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million.
Background
Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf and Oli ...
. It is the first album to not include founding member Henrik "Kral" Andersen. The album blends
heavy
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,
thrash
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and
melodic death metal
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, with almost all the vocals being clean ones. This was due to the absence of a dedicated
growling
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vocalist, which Mercenary has otherwise employed. Growled vocals would return with 2008's ''
Architect of Lies
Mercenary are a Danish melodic death metal band that was formed in 1991. The band incorporates a lot of power and progressive elements in their songwriting.
History
Mercenary formed in Aalborg, Denmark in 1991 as the brainchild of Henrik "Kral ...
''.
Track listing
The import version of the CD contains two additional tracks.
Limited edition
The limited edition of ''The Hours That Remain'' includes a DVD. The first song is a video of "Firesoul", songs 2 to 5 are from the live show at ''Dynamo 2005'', and the rest are the official
bootleg
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by the band live at ''Pratten''.
DVD
#''Firesoul (Video Edit Version) – 4:56''
#''Intro — reDestructDead (Live Dynamo 2005) – 5:45''
#''Firesoul (Live Dynamo 2005) – 8:04''
#''Intro — World Hate Center (Live Dynamo 2005) – 6:45''
#''11 Dreams (Live Dynamo 2005) – 8:20''
#''Intro — reDestructDead (Live Pratten 2006) – 6:18''
#''Firesoul (Live Pratten 2006) – 8:27''
#''Sharpen the Edges (Live Pratten 2006) – 5:42''
#''Into the Sea — World Hate Center (Live Pratten 2006) – 6:51''
#''11 Dreams (Live Pratten 2006) – 8:18''
Personnel
* Mikkel Sandager – vocals
* Jakob Mølbjerg – guitars
* Martin Buus – lead guitars
* Morten Sandager – keys
* Mike Park – drums
Additional musicians
*Jacob Hansen – bass
*
Björn "Speed" Strid – vocals on "Redefine Me"
*Marcus Bischoff – vocals on "Soul Decision"
Production
*Jacob Hansen – producer
*Ziggy – mastering
*Travis Smith – art
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hours That Remain, The
2006 albums
Century Media Records albums
Mercenary (band) albums
Albums produced by Jacob Hansen