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Evil | Mercyful Fate | 4:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Curse of the Pharaohs | Mercyful Fate | 3:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Into the Coven | Mercyful Fate | 5:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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At the Sound of the Demon Bell | Mercyful Fate | 5:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Black Funeral | Mercyful Fate | 2:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Satan's Fall | Mercyful Fate | 11:23 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Melissa | Mercyful Fate | 6:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 7 Songs |
Album Review
Mercyful Fate's debut album, Melissa, took Black Sabbath's dark occult obsessions to an extreme, fusing them with the speed and tightened, twin-guitar riffing attack of British metal bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. But the band had a distinctive sound of its own, thanks to the neo-classical flourishes of guitarists Hank Shermann and Michael Denner and the unpredictable vocal leaps of King Diamond, who could jump from a deathly growl to an unearthly falsetto wail in the next line. The band was still finding itself, and some of the songs on Melissa have a tendency to move into long, meandering instrumental sections, but the basic components of Mercyful Fate's influential European gothic black metal sound were already in place.
Customer Reviews
Incredible, beautiful hymns. Never outdone. All Hail!
One of the greatest things my ears shall ever hear. This is not a "heavy metal", or any other specified "genre" album. Aside from a few shock-value lyrics (although, theatrics are certainly a plus when we are speaking of King!), this is an album of hymns that Handel would be lucky to have the talent to write. This album will live on forever in many hearts as something sacred(?). Not just a great listen, but a great religious(?) experience.
Packing List for Eternity
Friends, when I die, at an absolute minimum, please pack among my provisions for the journey, the following tracks from this album: Evil, Curse Of The Pharaohs, Into The Coven.
Started it all
This is Mercyful Fate's debut album and this started the legacy of one of the best Black Metal bands to live. Other than Dani Filth and Nattefrost, King Diamond has got to be my favorite Black Metal vocalist. I really cant imagine how he gets his voice so high and he can do it night after night and album after album. Hank and Michael are guitar gods. Melissa has about 4 solos in it, not very long solos but very good ones. Also, i think itunes should put Mercyful Fate in the Black Metal itunes essential thing. It has all of the other bands from the first wave (Bathory, Celtic Frost, Venom) and i think MF should be added too. If you are a fan of any of those bands you will most likely like Mercyful Fate, who is my favorite out of all of them. Reccomended tracks are Black Funeral and Melissa.
Biography
Formed: 1981 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '80s, '90s
Top Albums and Songs By Mercyful Fate
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Evil | Melissa | 4:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Dangerous Meeting | Don't Break the Oath | 5:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Oath | Don't Break the Oath | 7:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Come to the Sabbath | Don't Break the Oath | 5:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Desecration of Souls | Don't Break the Oath | 4:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Gypsy | Don't Break the Oath | 3:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Evil (Re-Recorded 2009) [Mastered By Andy LaRocque] | Evil - Single | 4:46 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Welcome Princes of Hell | Don't Break the Oath | 4:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Nightmare | Don't Break the Oath | 6:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Night of the Unborn | Don't Break the Oath | 4:59 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
