Saw 40 years ago, when this album came out in SF at Warfield Theater. Also saw them in Sacramento in 2022 again. Absolutely 💯 🔥 bothe times. His voice still incredible!!!
METAL CHURCH - " Metal Church " 1984 Heavy Metal Classic. w/ Drum Intro that is Heavy Rockin' Right from the Beginning and Guitars are Insanely Fast and super Awesome.
Timi Hansen on bass RIP. Kim Ruzz on drums. Left the music business after the first two Mercyful Fate albums. Michael Denner and Hank Shermann on guitars. They have released other albums together. Force Of Evil, Zoser Mez and Denner/Shermann. Today they doesn't talk after Denner wasn't invited to tour with Mercyful Fate. They of course started out together in Brats. An old Danish punk band that turned into the first Danish metal band. Shermann was an original member of the punk version. After their 1980 Album they hired King Diamond as vocalist. After the record company thought they were too heavy the band broke up and Mercyful Fate was formed
The Shermann/Denner guitar duo was one of the top duos of the '80s (and there were a TON of dual lead guitar bands in the, frickin', '80s!!) 🤘🤘🔥! I LOATHED the lyrical content, but: the music was SO incredible (and so incredibly UNDERGROUND!!), that it was, simply, indelible! [Let's just say that: fewer people knew who Mercyful [sic] Fate were, in 1983, than knew who MetallicA were (and permit me to assure you!!!: In 1983??? If you were a MetallicA fan??? ...everybody KNEW that you WERE and, simultaneously, NO-ONE knew who THEY were!). The name of Mercyful Fate was, effectively, a shibboleth for: the deep, metal underground and the dark corners of "cool," which were UTTERLY invisible from the middle of the road! 🤘🤘 Melissa and Don't Break The Oath were FRIGHTENING when they came out! 🤘🤘
I have been listening to these guys since Nuns have no fun. After a hard day's work I can grab a couple beers and relax in the backyard listening to Melissa or Don't break the Oath. So relaxing. It's my smooth jazz 🎺
5:58 - that riff and guitar duo reminds me of Iron Maiden but the vocals? Rob Halford style. :P Not my type of vocal but musically these guys are crazy good.
Oh and I wouldn't call it another form of entertainment. Some of these guys, like Ghost, Slayer bands, King Diamond and Glenn Danzig are heavily into satanic energies and spirits. Don't mess with these and you'll be fine.
Metallica are good friends with Mercyful Fate. They got to know each other because while Mercyful Fate was recording this album Metallica was also in the same studio recording their debut album. They would pop in on each other to see how they were doing. Also Mercyful Fate and Metallica's drummer, Lars Ulrich, are both Danish.
The album “ Eye of The Witch “ is a great spooky story from beginning till the end and I love it !!!! Its by King Diamond 1990 ,Mercyful Fate was 80s !!!!
You guys are great! Interesting: At the time of this comment, you were at 50.2k subs. 😆 I took the liberty of taking a screenshot of the numbers. That's pretty cool: 50.2k subs. And Louisville's area code: 502 Right?! Cool. 🤘 I lived in Louisville for 5 years of my life between 01 and 07. I miss it so much.
One thing you can always count on in a Mercyful Fate song is there will be change ups in the beat and feel to the song throughout. King's vocals are jarring when you first hear them, but after you listen a couple times you get how good they are. I was a bigger fan of the Don't Break the Oath album, but those 1st albums were great.
...First band I ever saw use "corpse paint" (well: King Diamond. Everyone else remained "make-up-less."). ...I'm not saying "they started it,**" but ...I would bet that a lot of people who, later, used it or favored it ...encountered it via Mercyful Fate first. 🤘🤘 **That would, actually, probably, be: Arthur Brown [from: Crazy World Of Arthur Brown] and Alice Cooper (slightly later). 🤷🤷 [Best I can remember] (if we're gonna talk "history of corpse paint" - which, actually: we weren't GOING to! 🤷 🤪😋)
@@AgentBeans Gene would sue a bear's family for having fur, if he owned a coat made of one of their parents. Those guys were LOOKING for potential lawsuits. 🤦🤷
@@AgentBeans Definitely! Vince/Alice has ALWAYS been a cool-ass bastard! ...from what I know of King, he has always been the same with his fans (and just people in general!). ...Definitely cool to witness/remember, though! I agree!
The singer is Rob Halford's son? 😄 His voice is very similar to the famous singer Judas Priest, and overall I got the impression that I was listening to Judas Priest.
You opened up a whole new can of worms on this one! You want fast, relentless metal? Overkill 'Elimination' should be on your list...Bobby Gustafson is a relentless shred machine. When he left the band, they had to replace him with 2 guitarists. Mercyful Fate tracks that deserve a listen? Curse Of The Pharaohs, Melissa, Dangerous Meeting, Omens, Gypsy, Into The Coven - and of course the later Abigail album from King! Too many to list!
Go with a track from their/his most successful album 'Abigail' (under the monicker King Diamond, not Mercyful Fate)....either the title track Abigail, A Mansion In Darkness (amazing drums) or the brilliant album closer 'Black Horsemen'
The Swedish group Ghost is riding high on basically same idea except that the band members are left nameless. Have to say that the song suffers somewhat of the dated overall sound, reverb all over the place.
Actually enjoyed this more than I expected, though parts did seem a little disjointed to me--like they were lobbing every grenade in their arsenal into this one song. Will be interesting to hear another song by them. And, yes, quite an unusual vocal range.
Finally some metal and what a song choice! Big props for picking Mercyful Fate! Fire, just fire! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
King's voice is an instrument :)
Melissa is one of the best debut albums ever. Denner/ Shermann guitar duo a close second behind Downing/Tipton of Judas Priest.
They alway mixed it up realy well. Never boring. Always surprises around every corner.
I met him at a bar in the mid 90's. He was sans makeup, just super chill and playing pool. A very laid back, cool dude.
Definitely. 👍👍 The NICEST guy!
I loved this album and the follow up, Don't Break The Oath.
Perfect albums
Saw 40 years ago, when this album came out in SF at Warfield Theater. Also saw them in Sacramento in 2022 again. Absolutely 💯 🔥 bothe times. His voice still incredible!!!
I was at The Kabuki is SF for this tour with Death Angel and Laaz Rocket
Classic stuff, Cannot go wrong with Mercyful Fate or King Diamond.
Long Souvenir in 1984 ,13 years old 4 track cassette,sanyo walkman ,in winter walk
METAL CHURCH - " Metal Church " 1984 Heavy Metal Classic. w/ Drum Intro that is Heavy Rockin' Right from the Beginning and Guitars are Insanely Fast and super Awesome.
Metal Church's 3 best songs overall are on Side 1of their debut.
Merciless Onslaught!
Timi Hansen on bass RIP. Kim Ruzz on drums. Left the music business after the first two Mercyful Fate albums. Michael Denner and Hank Shermann on guitars. They have released other albums together. Force Of Evil, Zoser Mez and Denner/Shermann. Today they doesn't talk after Denner wasn't invited to tour with Mercyful Fate. They of course started out together in Brats. An old Danish punk band that turned into the first Danish metal band. Shermann was an original member of the punk version. After their 1980 Album they hired King Diamond as vocalist. After the record company thought they were too heavy the band broke up and Mercyful Fate was formed
The Shermann/Denner guitar duo was one of the top duos of the '80s (and there were a TON of dual lead guitar bands in the, frickin', '80s!!) 🤘🤘🔥!
I LOATHED the lyrical content, but: the music was SO incredible (and so incredibly UNDERGROUND!!), that it was, simply, indelible!
[Let's just say that: fewer people knew who Mercyful [sic] Fate were, in 1983, than knew who MetallicA were (and permit me to assure you!!!: In 1983??? If you were a MetallicA fan??? ...everybody KNEW that you WERE and, simultaneously, NO-ONE knew who THEY were!).
The name of Mercyful Fate was, effectively, a shibboleth for: the deep, metal underground and the dark corners of "cool," which were UTTERLY invisible from the middle of the road! 🤘🤘
Melissa and
Don't Break The Oath
were FRIGHTENING when they came out!
🤘🤘
I Love the lyrical concept. I didn't have to listen about getting the girl. I live the occult. 🤪
One of the greatest Metal albums ever recorded. Love Mercyful Fate. You guys should do the titile track Melissa.
Michael Denner and Hank Sherman are equally awesome .
Try "A Dangerous Meeting" from their second album. My vote for their best song.
that song shreds. the Old Oak has some fantastic solos. \m/
The bell 🛎 in the middle of the song adds to the tempo
I have been listening to these guys since Nuns have no fun.
After a hard day's work I can grab a couple beers and relax in the backyard listening to Melissa or Don't break the Oath. So relaxing. It's my smooth jazz 🎺
King Diamond will be in Louisville Oct 23rd, i will definitely be there, i would suggest you see this show, King is amazing and the show is fantastic.
HELL YEA MORE MERCYFUL FATE AND KING DIAMOND!!!!
🤘🏽😈🤘🏽
Now, satan' s fall
Desert Island stuff. The rest of the album is brilliant. Peak musicianship, face melting guitar and vox.
5:58 - that riff and guitar duo reminds me of Iron Maiden but the vocals? Rob Halford style. :P Not my type of vocal but musically these guys are crazy good.
Oh and I wouldn't call it another form of entertainment. Some of these guys, like Ghost, Slayer bands, King Diamond and Glenn Danzig are heavily into satanic energies and spirits. Don't mess with these and you'll be fine.
I suggest: - Mercyful Fate - Don´t Break the Oath and Tremonti - Throw Them To The Lions
Seen Mercyful Fate 5 times RIP Timi Hansen, legends for a reason
Metallica are good friends with Mercyful Fate. They got to know each other because while Mercyful Fate was recording this album Metallica was also in the same studio recording their debut album. They would pop in on each other to see how they were doing. Also Mercyful Fate and Metallica's drummer, Lars Ulrich, are both Danish.
King Diamond has an amazing vocal range! Head banging song for sure!!🤘🔥
Ahhhhhh memories ❤
King Diamond is pretty calm lol
The album “ Eye of The Witch “ is a great spooky story from beginning till the end and I love it !!!! Its by King Diamond 1990 ,Mercyful Fate was 80s !!!!
Metallica does an 8 min cover of king diamond songs. Must hear,
MF medley.. I've always loved MF riffage and music.. but it took many years for me to get into King Diamond's vox style.
I got to see King Diamond, Metallica and Ozzy @ Ozzfest 2008 in Dallas. Metallica played with King Diamond for the encore as well. It was phenomenal.
Metallica sucks! Boring posers!
You guys are great! Interesting: At the time of this comment, you were at 50.2k subs. 😆 I took the liberty of taking a screenshot of the numbers. That's pretty cool: 50.2k subs. And Louisville's area code: 502 Right?! Cool. 🤘 I lived in Louisville for 5 years of my life between 01 and 07. I miss it so much.
One thing you can always count on in a Mercyful Fate song is there will be change ups in the beat and feel to the song throughout. King's vocals are jarring when you first hear them, but after you listen a couple times you get how good they are. I was a bigger fan of the Don't Break the Oath album, but those 1st albums were great.
Venom, first 3 albums, Bathory first 3 albums, Celtic Frost forst 2 albums. thats all for now......
...First band I ever saw use "corpse paint" (well: King Diamond. Everyone else remained "make-up-less.").
...I'm not saying "they started it,**" but ...I would bet that a lot of people who, later, used it or favored it ...encountered it via Mercyful Fate first.
🤘🤘
**That would, actually, probably, be: Arthur Brown [from: Crazy World Of Arthur Brown]
and Alice Cooper (slightly later).
🤷🤷 [Best I can remember]
(if we're gonna talk "history of corpse paint" - which, actually: we weren't GOING to! 🤷 🤪😋)
@@AgentBeans 🤣🤣😂😂
@@AgentBeans Gene would sue a bear's family for having fur, if he owned a coat made of one of their parents.
Those guys were LOOKING for potential lawsuits.
🤦🤷
@@AgentBeans Definitely!
Vince/Alice has ALWAYS been a cool-ass bastard!
...from what I know of King, he has always been the same with his fans (and just people in general!).
...Definitely cool to witness/remember, though!
I agree!
The singer is Rob Halford's son? 😄 His voice is very similar to the famous singer Judas Priest, and overall I got the impression that I was listening to Judas Priest.
This year for Halloween marathon
Alice Cooper- Billion Dollar Babies ( 73)
You opened up a whole new can of worms on this one!
You want fast, relentless metal? Overkill 'Elimination' should be on your list...Bobby Gustafson is a relentless shred machine. When he left the band, they had to replace him with 2 guitarists.
Mercyful Fate tracks that deserve a listen? Curse Of The Pharaohs, Melissa, Dangerous Meeting, Omens, Gypsy, Into The Coven - and of course the later Abigail album from King!
Too many to list!
@@AgentBeans very cool!👍
I almost got to meet them a long time ago when they were touring with Slayer.
Go with a track from their/his most successful album 'Abigail' (under the monicker King Diamond, not Mercyful Fate)....either the title track Abigail, A Mansion In Darkness (amazing drums) or the brilliant album closer 'Black Horsemen'
they sound like metallica because metallica took lots of inspiration from them lol
Reacts to mercyful fate satan's fall live in Wacken 2022 please 😃🤘🏽
🤟🤟🤟🎸🎸🎸🎸😜😜😜
The Swedish group Ghost is riding high on basically same idea except that the band members are left nameless. Have to say that the song suffers somewhat of the dated overall sound, reverb all over the place.
React to Don't break the Oath!!!
Definetly dive into some of king diamonds other band king diamond….more melodic and even more theatrical with the vocals
The entire Abigail album from King might be a good Halloween special. It's a ghost story. 🍻
Soon to be covered by the morman tabernacle choir 😂 ..... Ok for a one time listen but not play list for me. Keep on being you.
Well, check out Venom. Perhaps to hard for our delicate ears🙂
Too many tempo switch ups for me but I didn't hate it.
kinda bangs?????? it f'n shreds!
Actually enjoyed this more than I expected, though parts did seem a little disjointed to me--like they were lobbing every grenade in their arsenal into this one song. Will be interesting to hear another song by them. And, yes, quite an unusual vocal range.
Straight garbage. I love metal but I bought this on cassette in 1983 and had to take it back to the store. First and only time that happened.