Merciless (Body Count album)
Merciless is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Body Count. It was released on November 22, 2024, via Century Media Records. Production was handled by Ice-T, Vincent Price and Will Putney. It features guest appearances from Corpsegrinder, Howard Jones, Joe Bad, and Max Cavalera.
Background
The album is based on vocalist Ice-T's love of horror movies, a theme he decided on while in New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic:"I was watching horror movies, serial killers, all this s—. So before you know it, there’s a song called ‘The Purge.’ There’s a song called ‘Psychopath.’ I’m looking at this new election coming. I’m like, ‘these motherf—s are gangbanging.’ All these different topics are coming to my head, and we make the next record."
Personnel
Body Count- Ice-T – lead vocals
- Ernie C – lead guitar
- Juan of the Dead – rhythm guitar
- Vincent Price – bass, backing vocals, keyboards
- Will "Ill Will" Dorsey Jr. – drums
- Sean E Sean – backing vocals, sampler
- Tracy "Little Ice" Marrow Jr. – backing vocals
- George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher – additional vocals
- Joe Bad – additional vocals
- Howard Jones – additional vocals
- Max Cavalera – voice
- Will Putney – additional guitar
- David Gilmour – additional guitar solo
- Ice-T – production
- Vincent Price – production
- Will Putney – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
- Erik Motta – cover photo
- Tamara Llenas Navarro – live photos
- Alex Solca – back cover photo
- Carsten Drescher – layout