I'm 46 years old, I've been listening to this album since I was a teenager and I like it more and more. I hope that the next generations will carry this sound forever. Simply unique !!!
I Am 34 years old And To This Day Absolutely Love And Inspired By Kim Bendix Peterson,AKA...KING DIAMOND WHO HAS JUST CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY ON THE 14'TH OF JUNE, BORN IN 1956 IN HVIDOVRE DENMARK
I bought this album on cassette a day after it came out. Two days later I was sent to England. I was in the Air Force. Listening on cassette, my MAC flight flew over England, I played this album while seeing the patterns of the landscape, and geography of the UK from the air. We landed and my charter military bus drove around the English countryside, mostly East Anglia. This music made an impact on me, seeing ruins, cities, graveyards, fields, etc. My first time in Europe. Perfect Soundtrack.
Bruv , what about " LURKING IN THE DARK " ???????????? What about " Haunted " ? This is a f***ing masterpiece from top to bottom , is what this album is .
Music is my education. Reggae is my religion, the closest thing that I found to the all-father. I'm 54 2023 first time listening. The Goblen Realm and what happen to our Father in the left eye of Odin is all in his music. All the ablums are the missing pieces that connect us to our Orgin in the Dragon and Lion United Kingdom and all they have stolen from us in knowledge of the true meaning of Christmas. Sad state of the West and 🎄🗽. We are Mithras!⚡️⚔️🐲 Leigons and Protectors. Much ❤➕️🖤
@@raymondmorrow9824 58 here still eat metal for breakfast I've had a few people from back in the day say hey u didn't outgrow that? No they outgrew it 😂
... legendary long-lasting KING DIAMOND 🇩🇰/🇺🇲/🇸🇪 from origin Denmark/ later the USA and Sweden, Heavy-Metal institution (masterminded by King Diamond aka Kim Bendix Petersen, vocs) ... 🇩🇰 🤘 🇺🇲 🤘 🇸🇪
Every time I hear The Candle, it takes me back to being 14 years old again, and I am 51 today. The amount of mysticism and otherworldly feeling this song and album gave to me is just unparalleled by anything I have ever experienced since then.
2020 anyone ?!!!! This album is a bluprint for Metal , if there is a Heavy Metal hall of Fame the award or trophy should be related to King Diamond top hat or somthing with respect, as a teen you just bang your head to this, now at 48 ,it blows me away the technical behind the greatness of creating this album !!!!! Best album ever in my opinion , has all you would apresheate in dept , greetings from Puerto Rico🇵🇷🤘
I am 64 years old and I have been listening to King Diamond for the last 35 years and it's about the only heavy metal album that I'll ever listen to every album that he's ever made is a masterpiece and yes I agree the Hall of metal should be awarded to King Diamond the king of writing heavy metal
This album changed my life forever - this was the first HM album I ever listened to on a bus ride from Borough Green to Tonbridge thanks to Adam Dunn, he had only just copied it from LP to tape to listen to on that long and boring hour-long ride. Back in '86 I was part of the punk movement still alive in Tonbridge in those days, but it was thanks to kicking Adam's gear that I got introduced to King Diamond, and it changed my life forever - I soon got my first electric guitar and learnt to play everything from Portrait and soon after all from, Abigail. KD still own a HUGE part of my life and my introduction into HM guitar. TOTALLY LOVE THEM.
Agreed , Most of the people I know that listen to the King don't even really try to understand the stories he tells in his songs. Hell they didn't even like "Them" which made me terribly sad
@@MjmanDK My 1st influence when I started playing bass in the mid 90s ... 1st line I´ve ever learned by ear ( at that time there was no other alternative , at least where I live(d) ) was " Nightmare " ... " Don´t break the Oath " is a very special album to me .
Abigail is the Best for me....the intro, "Arrival", "The family Ghost"...and the brutal, brilliant, magnificent, epic,....."Mansion in darkness" have no comparison....
I heard this on a program called "Metal Shop" on a local radio station (97X) out of Oxford Ohio. I would stay up late on sunday night to listen to it from midnight till 1am. I'd be so tired in school come moday morning. But it was worth it. I discovered so many new bands through it. Still listening to KD in 2024!
Halloween, from the first time I heard it, it was a staple Rocker to be played on 10/31 every year, Of Course!! And then the "Voices from the Past" , such kick-ass music, lord have mercy,,, long live the KING.
Me and 3 friends of mine drove nearly 700 miles in about about 12 hours to Long Beach California to see this concert. There were 4 bands on the bill. Two were bands I'd never heard of (and haven't heard from since) but the other was Exodus. The venue was small and Heavily overbooked and crowded AF. The mosh pit got out of control and turned into a riot. Someone threw a 5 gallon bucket of mayonnaise onto the stage in the middle of King Diamond's set. That was the end of the show. My friends and I were all frying on vitamin A and pretty drunk too. The car had issues and we were stranded several states away from home but it was a relatively easy fix (a faulty battery). A generous mechanic gave us the still functional battery a customer had left in his shop after replacing it. It got us home. I long since quit frying and/or drinking. Good times.
Спустя более 20 лет прослушивания тяжелой музыки, прийдя к technical, brutal death, второй волне black metal и gore grind, понимаю, что истинная энергия и мелодика скрыта именно в начале 80х, в таких бессмертных вещах, как этот альбом.
... legendary long-lasting KING DIAMOND 🇩🇰/🇺🇲/🇸🇪 from origin Denmark/ later the USA and Sweden, Heavy-Metal institution (masterminded by King Diamond aka Kim Bendix Petersen, vocs) ... 🇩🇰 🤘 🇺🇲 🤘 🇸🇪
... check also out legendary long-lasting MERCYFUL FATE 🇩🇰/🇺🇲/🇸🇪 from origin Denmark/ later Denmark and the USA and Sweden, Heavy-Metal institution (masterminded by King Diamond aka Kim Bendix Petersen, vocs) ... 🇩🇰 🤘 🇺🇲 🤘 🇸🇪
Head banging with the KING since 1995 when I was 16! Saw The Graveyard Tour at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio in 97'!!! Best fucking show ever!!! When I'm in the mood for metal it's either THE KING or early MAIDEN! HAILS from Ohio,USA!!!
Ok. I listened to this on a whim. I am absolutely blown away. I can see who maiden get their inspiration from. Don’t get me wrong I’m a die hard maiden fan since age 15
@@Absolutely_puck_fakestineking Diamond inspired thousands of first wave black metal albums with mercyful fate and this album alone so it works with what they're saying
@Absolutely_puck_fakestine I never said it was black metal but King diamond did inspire tons of bm bands. Have you ever read a fanzine? Tons of better known black metal bands were inspired by mercyful fate. Masters hammer is a key example
Кинга слушаю часто,он как будто энергией заряжает, голос так я вообще молчу!!! Есть группы которые нужно несколько раз послушать чтобы понять,а здесь всё и сразу!!!
... ini album king diamond yang paling saya suka 😍😍😍😍😍. suka musik metal saat saya masih usia sekitar 14 tahun ini album metal pertamayang saya dengarkan, saat itu di Indonesia masih berupa kaset
King Diamond's First Project after [ MERCYFUL FATE] This Debut Album is technically 75% of " Mercyful Fate " but Definitely The Start of The Steven King of Heavy Metal's Horror Movies in the Form of Kickass Albums with Dark Themes and Recurring Characters and places as King Diamond continue to Blow everyone Away.🤘🤘🤘🤘
@@Andrzej-q2h nie drogi Panie Andrzeju, to jest album absolutnie klasycznego Heavy metalu, jednakże równie absolutnie znakomity, jak cała twórczość Kinga zresztą.
@Zaakarr mam 51 lat ten album usłyszałem gdy miałem lat 12 dla mnie to Black metal muzyczne arcydzieło króla z lat 80tych tak jak wcześniej mercyful tatę to Black metal teksty klimat i wreszcie sama muzyka piękne heavy metal to manowar iron maiden judas priest ale nie king
I'm 56 I remember listening to king diamond in my teens
I'm 46 years old, I've been listening to this album since I was a teenager and I like it more and more. I hope that the next generations will carry this sound forever. Simply unique !!!
Dificil agora só rola essa bosta de funk😄
same age, same history, same hope! \m/
Me too ..still listening...45 here
Totally agree!
I Am 34 years old And To This Day Absolutely Love And Inspired By Kim Bendix Peterson,AKA...KING DIAMOND WHO HAS JUST CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY ON THE 14'TH OF JUNE, BORN IN 1956 IN HVIDOVRE DENMARK
I bought this album on cassette a day after it came out. Two days later I was sent to England. I was in the Air Force. Listening on cassette, my MAC flight flew over England, I played this album while seeing the patterns of the landscape, and geography of the UK from the air. We landed and my charter military bus drove around the English countryside, mostly East Anglia. This music made an impact on me, seeing ruins, cities, graveyards, fields, etc. My first time in Europe. Perfect Soundtrack.
So glad you had that experience! Good for you!
I bought YO MAMMA fo 50 cents and I want mai money back!
one of the best metal album ever exist!!! truly masterpiece!!!!!!!!
This album reminds me great Memories
Not overstated. Get goosebumps every time I listen
Dressed in white is one of the best metal songs ever.
Bruv , what about " LURKING IN THE DARK " ???????????? What about " Haunted " ? This is a f***ing masterpiece from top to bottom , is what this album is .
@@saraivatoledo1842 whole album is fucking brilliant!
Truth.🤘🤘🤘🤘
ALL The song is The best!
What about Voices From The Past? Mikkey Dee as it's best form!
I'm 51 and when I was 19 I was obsessed with king diamond. This band is so tight. Havent herd anything I didn't absolutely love.
I'm 59 and still am.!!! ROCK ON.
Music is my education. Reggae is my religion, the closest thing that I found to the all-father. I'm 54 2023 first time listening. The Goblen Realm and what happen to our Father in the left eye of Odin is all in his music. All the ablums are the missing pieces that connect us to our Orgin in the Dragon and Lion United Kingdom and all they have stolen from us in knowledge of the true meaning of Christmas. Sad state of the West and 🎄🗽. We are Mithras!⚡️⚔️🐲 Leigons and Protectors. Much ❤➕️🖤
Love most of his albums front to back man !!!!!! From the music to the concepts !!! Mmm mmmm good !!!!!
@@raymondmorrow9824 58 here still eat metal for breakfast I've had a few people from back in the day say hey u didn't outgrow that? No they outgrew it 😂
67 Y O here . love King . still one of my go to metal artists . King Rules Y'all
... legendary long-lasting KING DIAMOND 🇩🇰/🇺🇲/🇸🇪 from origin Denmark/ later the USA and Sweden, Heavy-Metal institution (masterminded by King Diamond aka Kim Bendix Petersen, vocs) ... 🇩🇰 🤘 🇺🇲 🤘 🇸🇪
Every time I hear The Candle, it takes me back to being 14 years old again, and I am 51 today. The amount of mysticism and otherworldly feeling this song and album gave to me is just unparalleled by anything I have ever experienced since then.
2020 anyone ?!!!! This album is a bluprint for Metal , if there is a Heavy Metal hall of Fame the award or trophy should be related to King Diamond top hat or somthing with respect, as a teen you just bang your head to this, now at 48 ,it blows me away the technical behind the greatness of creating this album !!!!! Best album ever in my opinion , has all you would apresheate in dept , greetings from Puerto Rico🇵🇷🤘
@Larry Copeland me too. 2021 )
Fuck yeah' brother.
I can understand what you feel!
Cheers from Portugal 🤘🍺🇵🇹
I feel the same way my friend
2021 !!!
@@portuguesebeer5069 greetings from Ukraine !!!
I am 64 years old and I have been listening to King Diamond for the last 35 years and it's about the only heavy metal album that I'll ever listen to every album that he's ever made is a masterpiece and yes I agree the Hall of metal should be awarded to King Diamond the king of writing heavy metal
It is a true jewel of Heavy Metal
This album changed my life forever - this was the first HM album I ever listened to on a bus ride from Borough Green to Tonbridge thanks to Adam Dunn, he had only just copied it from LP to tape to listen to on that long and boring hour-long ride. Back in '86 I was part of the punk movement still alive in Tonbridge in those days, but it was thanks to kicking Adam's gear that I got introduced to King Diamond, and it changed my life forever - I soon got my first electric guitar and learnt to play everything from Portrait and soon after all from, Abigail. KD still own a HUGE part of my life and my introduction into HM guitar. TOTALLY LOVE THEM.
Saw them on this tour at Fender's ballroom for the first time in 86 🍻🤘
One of the best albums..
Dressed in White is a legend. Perfect jam
Amigo...suena fuertísimo...infernal...un abrazo desde Brasil...🇺🇾🇧🇷🍀
KD is not only music, it's a story to tell. Both this and Mercyful Fate, way much underrated.....
Agreed , Most of the people I know that listen to the King don't even really try to understand the stories he tells in his songs. Hell they didn't even like "Them" which made me terribly sad
King Diamond is the best black metal band in Europe & the world.
True🤘
Hope that’s a fucking joke
They're definitely not black metal
Poking the purists and neckbeards. Love it.
This is traditional metal like a heavier version of Judas Priest.
Listening to the third KD album in a row now. Masterpieces all of them.
I'll probably do something similar tomorrow. Big Mercyful Fate kick today, nice of the algorithm to bring me here next.
Another Master Piece of the King
Great album I am about to turn 50, I haven't heard this album in years.
The guitar work on this album is beyond epic and timeless greatest solos and riffs that i know
Haunted is one of my favorite songs by King.
Oh mine too!
This sounds infinitely better than previous versions. The bass on Haunted sounds particularly good.
Timi Hansen was ( * edit: Sorry ... : " IS " ) a f***ing God ! All I do as a bassist has got his spirit !
@@saraivatoledo1842 R.I.P. Timi
@@MjmanDK My 1st influence when I started playing bass in the mid 90s ... 1st line I´ve ever learned by ear ( at that time there was no other alternative , at least where I live(d) ) was " Nightmare " ... " Don´t break the Oath " is a very special album to me .
Tim Hansen( RIP)🙏
i'm 200 years old and i tremble all the time and can't wipe myself but i like heavy metal !!
As a fan who died 3 years ago (concussive damage), I'm down in my grave still blasting Abigail on the stereo I insisted that I be buried with.
R U GRANDMA 🙃
Best King Diamond album.
Listen to Mercyful Fate Melissa full album
He said best KING DIAMOND album.
This is great, but Abigail and Them?? Those are the masterpieces
The best music!
Abigail, conspiracy, them, eye...
King's magnum opus. Many people prefer Abigail(stellar record btw) but for me this is the ultimate King Diamond album.
This is definitely The King's most evil album. I love it.
That's cause the production is better on abigail the guitar sound on this album is a bit thin but I prefer this album personally
This and Melissa are the two best things he did in opinion.
Abigail is the Best for me....the intro, "Arrival", "The family Ghost"...and the brutal, brilliant, magnificent, epic,....."Mansion in darkness" have no comparison....
agreed 100%
Long Live Tim Hansen [ RIP] Great Musician.🤘🤘🤘🤘
One of the best heavy metal albums for sure
I heard this on a program called "Metal Shop" on a local radio station (97X) out of Oxford Ohio. I would stay up late on sunday night to listen to it from midnight till 1am. I'd be so tired in school come moday morning. But it was worth it. I discovered so many new bands through it. Still listening to KD in 2024!
How I love this album...
38 years that I came to hear and love it... It brings tears of happiness to mine eyes...
Oooh elaborate please
Are these comments real?
@@sigurdur5606 Fair enough, but I think if it's a typo for 34.5 years, the math lines up?
@@quercusquercus532 I commite a mistake that's corrected.
ONE OF THE GREAT ALBUMS !!!!!!!
this album is really great! from there started black metal. I'm 54 years old and I've been listening to this music since I was young.
And Black Metal begat Marilyn Manson, Lil' Nas X and Sam Smith...🤨
The beginning is really scary! Added to my Halloween 2020! King diamond is a legend alive of metal!
Sure is. The greatest.
Forgotten masterpiece in new dress. Thank you for sharing.
Bought this from the local Our Price record store sometime in 1987. Never heard of him/them but the cover looked amazing and wasn't disappointed.
Never heard of "them" ;D
@@Gurra88 brilliant!
🤣Nunca ouviu falar dele mas é bom .
Ohhhh...what sweet music King makes!
Amazing album...
King Diamond doesn't have a bad album! Metal rules!
The Graveyard, House of God, Voodoo are mediocre to say the least.
Halloween, from the first time I heard it, it was a staple Rocker to be played on 10/31 every year, Of Course!! And then the "Voices from the Past" , such kick-ass music, lord have mercy,,, long live the KING.
Me and 3 friends of mine drove nearly 700 miles in about about 12 hours to Long Beach California to see this concert.
There were 4 bands on the bill. Two were bands I'd never heard of (and haven't heard from since) but the other was Exodus.
The venue was small and Heavily overbooked and crowded AF. The mosh pit got out of control and turned into a riot. Someone threw a 5 gallon bucket of mayonnaise onto the stage in the middle of King Diamond's set. That was the end of the show.
My friends and I were all frying on vitamin A and pretty drunk too.
The car had issues and we were stranded several states away from home but it was a relatively easy fix (a faulty battery). A generous mechanic gave us the still functional battery a customer had left in his shop after replacing it. It got us home.
I long since quit frying and/or drinking. Good times.
Витамин А в те времена был наверное чертовски хорошим...
Ahhh the glorious 80's!!!
Hi Was that show at Fenders Ballroom?
Спустя более 20 лет прослушивания тяжелой музыки, прийдя к technical, brutal death, второй волне black metal и gore grind, понимаю, что истинная энергия и мелодика скрыта именно в начале 80х, в таких бессмертных вещах, как этот альбом.
Jammin on King since 87🤘
... 🇩🇰 🤘 🇺🇲 🤘 🇸🇪
... legendary long-lasting KING DIAMOND 🇩🇰/🇺🇲/🇸🇪 from origin Denmark/ later the USA and Sweden, Heavy-Metal institution (masterminded by King Diamond aka Kim Bendix Petersen, vocs) ... 🇩🇰 🤘 🇺🇲 🤘 🇸🇪
... check also out legendary long-lasting MERCYFUL FATE 🇩🇰/🇺🇲/🇸🇪 from origin Denmark/ later Denmark and the USA and Sweden, Heavy-Metal institution (masterminded by King Diamond aka Kim Bendix Petersen, vocs) ... 🇩🇰 🤘 🇺🇲 🤘 🇸🇪
Head banging with the KING since 1995 when I was 16! Saw The Graveyard Tour at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio in 97'!!! Best fucking show ever!!!
When I'm in the mood for metal it's either THE KING or early MAIDEN!
HAILS from Ohio,USA!!!
Very smart decision to uplad the old/new mix. It made me buy the record.
I was raised on King Diamond... this music will make a boy into a man...
If only the King knew how he inspired tons of first wave black metal bands with this album
King Diamond is the law!!
Voices from the past sounds like something that would be on the original DOOM
Blew my mind first time I heard it
Let Halloween be where i chime In. All generations hail king diamond
Normally into Thrash, Death and Blackmetal, but I love King Diamond since the 80s, esp. this album and Abigail
Every song on this album is outstanding and i am blown away by
Ok. I listened to this on a whim. I am absolutely blown away. I can see who maiden get their inspiration from. Don’t get me wrong I’m a die hard maiden fan since age 15
true iron maiden that existed 11 years before king diamond (band) got their inspiration from king diamond..no it makes sense
How?
Not maiden but extreme metal acts.... death and black metal early on were inspired by mercyful fate.
My favorite black metal album!!!!
Black metal ???? 😂😂😂
@@Absolutely_puck_fakestineking Diamond inspired thousands of first wave black metal albums with mercyful fate and this album alone so it works with what they're saying
@@War_Meister_Records it doesn't. It's not MF.
@Absolutely_puck_fakestine I never said it was black metal but King diamond did inspire tons of bm bands. Have you ever read a fanzine? Tons of better known black metal bands were inspired by mercyful fate. Masters hammer is a key example
@@War_Meister_Records By MF yes.
I would love to play an organ like that in a church, unexpected, out of the blue.
Кинга слушаю часто,он как будто энергией заряжает, голос так я вообще молчу!!! Есть группы которые нужно несколько раз послушать чтобы понять,а здесь всё и сразу!!!
Legendary
Dressed in white!!! lml
Love this album sounds like old school mercyful fate
Dressed in White rules.
This showed up a few days ago in the mail. I had pre-ordered it and it's worth every penny!
King Diamond forever....!!!
King Diamond is the world best black metal Lead Vocalist in Europe 🇪🇺 & the world 🌎
Hail to King Diamond and Black Rose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Perfect album, maybe my favorite 🤘
Synth in Lurking in the Dark really gives me that tingle on back of the neck.
I still have my OG cassette from back in the day . I was 15 and devoured by the darkness!!!
\M/ Fuck yeah! Got to see King Diamond last year in Los Angeles. Absolutely spectacular!
Único, autêntico....35 anos se passaram..obra prima. Inesquecível..matador
Hail to the king
Metal is Forever 🤘😎
Killer album.
... ini album king diamond yang paling saya suka 😍😍😍😍😍. suka musik metal saat saya masih usia sekitar 14 tahun ini album metal pertamayang saya dengarkan, saat itu di Indonesia masih berupa kaset
Sama.. bahkan bg sy ini album metal terbaik..
This Lineup was 3/4 of Mercyful fate 🤘
I haven't been able to keep up with the new stuff, I can't get past the old stuff yet!
Almost 40 years of enjoyment
I have this on vinyl.
Me too got it on orange on monday
lucky bastard
Masterpiece \m/
Para mí es una obra maestra. Un saludo.
Simplemente alucinante,poderosa,brutal y atmosférica🧡🔥🤘🎸
King diamond wasn't fucking around
merci pour cette publication...TERRIFIC!!!
Masterpieces 🤘😎
🤘🏻The King forever🤘🏻
🤘wow Jewell of Heavy Metal🤘Migthy album🤘
This is A Dangerous Meeting
King Diamond's First Project after [ MERCYFUL FATE] This Debut Album is technically 75% of " Mercyful Fate " but Definitely The Start of The Steven King of Heavy Metal's Horror Movies in the Form of Kickass Albums with Dark Themes and Recurring Characters and places as King Diamond continue to Blow everyone Away.🤘🤘🤘🤘
his shows are just as good as his products I was fortunate enough to watch him on Halloween night how spectacular that was
@@kchaze4574Awesome, I Have Yet to See My Hero Live.🤘🏻🤘🏻
Que buenicimo el heavy metal de estos señores que viva el heavy metal por siempre
The fkng and only KD!
Magnifico álbum
outstanding LEGENDARO KING DIAMOND :::: HAIL from GERMANY
KING DIAMOND MIT UNS
RESPECT !!!!!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘👏👏👏👏👏
This is Black metal album classic my favorite
not black metal, but a heavy metal classic
This is Black metal album
@@Andrzej-q2h nie drogi Panie Andrzeju, to jest album absolutnie klasycznego Heavy metalu, jednakże równie absolutnie znakomity, jak cała twórczość Kinga zresztą.
@Zaakarr mam 51 lat ten album usłyszałem gdy miałem lat 12 dla mnie to Black metal muzyczne arcydzieło króla z lat 80tych tak jak wcześniej mercyful tatę to Black metal teksty klimat i wreszcie sama muzyka piękne heavy metal to manowar iron maiden judas priest ale nie king
King Diamond is definitely in a league of their own. Nobody sounds like 'Them'.
OLD SCHOOL BRUTAL HEAVY METALLLLLLLLLLL 🍺 MERCYFUL FATE OLD SCHOOL 🍺🎸
This album still rules 🤘👿🤘
Clasicc Heavy Metal
Best thing about this album is that each song is better than the last. It just keeps building.
Oh noooooo....
another metal singer who sounds like a girl.
A girl would probably do a better job.
@@johnvoice815 have you braincells?
Obviously....because I don't listen to King Diamond's childish rubbish.
@@johnvoice815 so what listening you to?
@@YesMan-uy4cj anything but King Diamond.
Come on,man.......
Listen to MUSIC !!
Like the cover of this album, so nice and sweet
Mantap lagu2nya....👍🏻🤘🏻✨🌙
Hearing the first part just gaves me tingles!