First Breath is the first album by Danish metal band Mercenary. With this album, the band showed their death metal roots. First Breath was recorded at the Aabenraa Studio in Denmark.

First Breath
Studio album by
Released12 January 1998
RecordedAabenraa Studio, Denmark
GenreMelodic death metal, death metal
Length63:11
LabelHammerheart Records / Serious Entertainment
ProducerJacob Hansen
Mercenary chronology
Supremacy (EP)
(1996)
First Breath
(1998)
Everblack
(2002)

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Mercenary

No.TitleLength
1."Symbiotic"4:11
2."World Wide Weep"4:41
3."Horizon"8:00
4."Master Game"5:06
5."Perceptive"6:26
6."Graveart"4:24
7."Next to Nothing"3:45
8."Demon8"6:48
9."Watching Me"4:38
10."Alternative Ways"3:52
11."Sister Jane"5:54
12."Supremacy" (bonus track from Supremacy EP (1996))5:21

Personnel edit

  • Nikolaj Brinkmann – lead guitar
  • Jakob Mølbjerg – rhythm guitar
  • Henrik "Kral" Andersen – vocals, bass
  • Rasmus Jacobsen – drums

Guest appearances

  • Irene Poulsen – vocals on "Horizon" and "Sister Jane"
  • Jakob Sivsgård – keyboards on "Horizon" and "Demon8"

Production

  • Produced and engineered by Jacob Hansen
  • Mixed by Jacob Hansen and Kræn Meier

References edit