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On 15 October 2024, during a performance at the Port Authority of San Antonio, King Diamond debuted two new songs called "Spider Lilly" and "Electro Therapy". [74] On this tour, the band was joined by Myrkur on keyboards, [75] and she appears on the studio recording of "Spider Lilly", which was released as a single on 17 December. [76]
King Diamond was formed in 1985, after the dissolution of the group Mercyful Fate, by vocalist King Diamond, guitarists Andy LaRocque and Michael Denner, bassist Timi Hansen, and drummer Mikkey Dee. The following year, the band released their debut album Fatal Portrait on 14 March 1986 which charted at number 33 in Sweden. [1]
King Diamond has appeared on the covers of many rock and metal magazines, and has influenced many artists, including Metallica's Lars Ulrich, [3] Cradle of Filth, [5] Cage, [29] and Andy DiGelsomina of the Wagnerian opera metal project Lyraka. [30] American heavy metal band Cage devoted to him the song "King Diamond" on the album Hell Destroyer ...
Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. [4] Influenced by progressive rock and hard rock, and with lyrics dealing with LaVeyan Satanism (often with ironic or sardonic use of Christian themes) and the occult, Mercyful Fate was part of the first wave of black metal in the early to mid-1980s, along with Venom ...
The Best of King Diamond is a compilation album by the heavy metal band King Diamond. [2] Track listing "The Candle" – 6:42 "Charon" – 4:17 "Halloween" – 4:15
Take, for example, Sky Ferreira’s comeback, a new bop by Rebecca Black, or SZA’s long-awaited deluxe album, LANA. And, of course, we couldn’t resist adding some festive tunes in the mix too ...
Abigail is the second album by Danish heavy metal band King Diamond, and the band's first concept album.It was released on 29 May 1987 [1] through Roadrunner Records.There were several re-releases, first in 1997 with four bonus tracks, and then a 25th anniversary edition in 2005 with a bonus DVD.
Conspiracy is the fourth studio album by Danish heavy metal band King Diamond, and the second part of a story that began on the album Them. Conspiracy was released on 21 August 1989 through Roadrunner Records, and is the last album to feature drummer Mikkey Dee who left the group but recorded the album as a session member.