Demos Collection, by Mercenary

Demos Collection

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1.	Feeding 01:29	buy track
2.	No Uniform 01:14	buy track
3.	Life 01:16	buy track
4.	Escape Reality 01:38	buy track
5.	Violent Action 02:50	buy track
6.	Religious System 00:57	buy track
7.	Dreams/Reality 01:38	buy track
8.	Urban Decay 02:44	buy track
9.	Dogs of Death 01:50	buy track
10.	Impatient Culture 01:28	buy track
11.	Suffer 01:46	buy track
12.	Pain and Profit 01:57	buy track

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While this is titled “Demos Collection,” it’s actually a discography–the collected works of one of the most ferocious hardcore groups to come out of the Southeast in the last decade. Mercenary’s noisy, heavy riffing blends Scandinavian and Japanese influences, and the drums blaze a frantic d-beat. It’s the vocals, though, that propel their recordings into the stratosphere. Vocalist Michael “Ruby” Rubenstein was at his most unchained in Mercenary, and his performance here has been likened to a “Neanderthal’s battle cry.” While modern science has concluded that Neanderthals were complex primates capable of art and symbolic thought, they were probably terrifying to face in a struggle for survival. While they had some enticing opportunities, the band never committed anything to vinyl save a comp track. They broke up in 2015, leaving behind two tapes and achieving legendary status for their pummeling live performances in Atlanta.

In 2021, Ruby passed away unexpectedly, a devastating loss for friends, punks, and music dorks around the world. This album is not only a brutal slab of tuneage, it’s also an important artifact representing Ruby’s life and his love of music. The tracks on this LP have been remixed and remastered to better capture the band’s intensity, and the album comes with a foldout insert and a photo of Ruby in action along with stark cover art by Joe Della. If Mercenary flew under your radar the first time, you missed out. Snag this once and future bonzer now. Proceeds from the sales of this record will go to a mural in memory of Ruby as well as the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition. Limited to a one time pressing of 500 copies.

*PLEASE NOTE: all digital download sales from this will go to the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition in memory of Ruby. I just sent the first batch off about a month after this was released but will continue to do so as time goes on. Better yet, if ya just wanna download the record for free and mail em a few bucks yourself, do it up! I'm sure they have a digital way of receiving funds as well. More info can be found here: atlantaharmreduction.org

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released March 15, 2022

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Beach Impediment Records Richmond, Virginia

HARDCORE PUNK AND NOT MUCH ELSE SINCE 2011.

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Heaven's Gate

Feb 2023
Glöd

Dec 2022
Destroyer

Dec 2022
Split

Nov 2022

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