Mercyful Fate, King Diamond - Happy Halloween Live
Review by Robert Gutierrez
The album Happy Halloween by Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, is a thrilling and haunting musical offering that is sure to send shivers down the spines of listeners. The album features a collection of eerie and macabre songs that are perfect for the Halloween season.
King Diamond's vocals are as haunting as ever, and his lyrics are filled with dark imagery and sinister themes. The guitar work is also top-notch, with plenty of intricate riffs and solos that add to the overall atmosphere of the album.
One standout track is "Halloween", a classic Mercyful Fate song that is given new life on this album. The song's eerie melody and haunting vocals are sure to stay with listeners long after the album is over.
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Download
Filename: mercyful-fate-king-diamond-happy-halloween-live.zip- MP3 size: 99.4 mb
- FLAC size: 586.6 mb
Tracks
| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| A Dangerous Meeting | 5:10 | |
| Evil | 4:42 | |
| Come To The Sabbath | 5:55 | |
| Satan's Fall | 12:21 | |
| Intro / Oath | 6:34 | |
| Gypsy | 3:42 | |
| Doomed By The Living Dead | 6:05 | |
| Curse Of The Pharaohs | 4:23 | |
| Halloween | 4:40 | |
| The Trial | 5:49 | |
| The 7th Day Of July 1777 | 4:13 | |
| From The Other Side | 4:04 | |
| Black Masses | 4:52 | |
| Into The Coven | 5:18 |
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Formats
- CD
- Compilation
- Unofficial Release
Notes
- Track 6 The Oath misspelled on the back as Oath
- Track 8 Curse Of The Pharaohs misspelled on the back as Curse Od The Pharoahs
- Track 10 Satan's Fall misspelled on the back as Satans Fall
- Track 11 A Dangerous Meeting misspelled on the back as Dangerous Meeting
- Track 8 is not really on this album. During the talk to the public, King is telling them he takes them all to a country in the Middle East (Curse of the Pharaohs - where he means Egypt) but the next thing he says: This is "Come to the Sabbath". This song is on the backinlay track 9, but on the cd it is track 8. The cd has 14 songs only.
- Nice compilation which is looking pretty professional with a 2-sided glossy booklet and pictures on the inside.
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- Mastering SID Code: IFPI JI15
About Mercyful Fate, King Diamond
Mercyful Fate is a heavy metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark. The band was formed by vocalist and guitarist in 1981. The original MF line-up shared members with another Copenhagen band, Danger Zone, whom Diamond and Shermann were helping out. By 1982, the "classic" Mercyful Fate line up of Diamond, Shermann, guitarist Michael Denner (ex-Brats and Danger Zone), bassist Timi "Grabber" Hansen (Danger Zone), and drummer Kim Ruzz was in place. Over the next couple years, the band would release an EP and 2 LPs that would cement their reputation as one the most influential metal bands of the early 1980s. King Diamond's blasphemous lyrics and theatrical stage presence would have many label the band as part of the 1st wave of black metal, although musically the band was closer to the style of Judas Priest or Iron Maiden. The group split in 1985, as Shermann decided he wanted to pursue a more commercial direction. King Diamond launched a solo career, taking Denner and Hansen with him, while Kim Ruzz disappeared into the regular world.
The band's legend continued to grow after their split. In 1993, the classic line up, minus Kim Ruzz, reformed for a new album, "In The Shadows". Hansen dropped out after that release but the group continued on throughout the 1990s. At the same time, King Diamond kept his own solo career going. Michael Denner left the band after 1996's "Into The Unknown" and Diamond and Sherman continued on with new players. 1999's "9" is, to date, the band's last full-length release. King Diamond has stated that MF has not split up but the band is on hold for the foreseeable future. In 2009, Diamond, Shermann, Denner, Hansen, and drummer Bjarne Holm (who has played with the group since 1994) reunited to re-record the songs "Evil" and "Curse Of The Pharoah" for the "Guitar Hero: Metallica" video game.
In 2019, the group announced they would be playing a series of live dates. The line up would include Diamond, Sherman, Wead, Holm, and bassist Joey Vera (filling in for Timi Hansen, who was battling cancer). Timi Hansen lost his battle with cancer on November 4th, 2019.
Lineup:
King Diamond - vocals
Hank Shermann - guitar
Bjarne T. Holm - drums (1996 - present)
Mike Wead - guitar (1998 - present)
Timi Hansen - bass (1982 - 1985, 1993 - 1994, 2009 - 2019)
Michael Denner - guitar (1982 - 1985, 1993 - 1996, 2009)
Kim Ruzz - drums (1982 - 1985)
Snowy Shaw - drums (1993 - 1994)
Sharlee D'Angelo - bass (1994 - 1999)
Joey Vera - bass (live 2019)
- bass (live USA tour 2022)
Name Vars
- Merciful Fate
- Mercyfull Fate
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Members
- Snowy Shaw
- Michael Denner
- Mike Wead
- Sharlee D'Angelo
- Timi Hansen
- Bjarne T. Holm
- Kim Ruzz
- Nick Smith
- Carsten Van Der Volsing
- Benny Petersen
- Morten Nielsen
- Ole Frausing
- Jan Musen
- Kim Peterson
- Rene Krolmark
- Ole Beich
