Architect of Lies

Architect of Lies is the fifth studio album by Danish metal band Mercenary, and the third released through Century Media Records. This is the first album to include René "Renegade" Pedersen on bass guitar and death growls who replaced founding member Henrik "Kral" Andersen. This is also the last album to include vocalist Mikkel Sandager, keyboardist Morten Sandager, and drummer Mike Park. The album was released 24 March 2008.

Artwork is provided by Niklas Sundin who also did the artwork for 11 Dreams. The limited edition includes the bonus track "Death Connection" and a bonus DVD offering live footage filmed at Bang Your Head!!! 2007 and Summer Nights festival 2007, a detailed studio report and the promo video for "My World Is Ending", from their last album The Hours That Remain.

On 25 January, "Embrace the Nothing" was posted on the band's MySpace page.

Band members

 * Mikkel Sandager – clean vocals
 * Jakob Mølbjerg – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
 * Martin Buus – lead guitar
 * Morten Sandager – keyboards
 * Mike Park Nielsen – drums
 * René Pedersen – bass, death growls

Guests

 * Robert Chouinard – spoken words (on track 8)
 * Jacob Hansen – backing vocals (on track 6)