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King Diamond



Formed: 1985
Years Active: 80-2000
Genre: Rock/Thrash Metal
AMG Artist ID: P 70848

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Biography by Greg Prato

Widely regarded as the finest vocalist in all of death metal (who possesses a multi-octave

range), theatrical rocker King Diamond first rose to prominence as a member of Mercyful Fate,

before launching a solo career on his own. Born Kim Bendix Petersen in Denmark on June 14, 1956,

the future King Diamond was originally drawn to theatrically based hard rock due to such

trailblazers as Alice Cooper, and soon began fronting local bands in the '70s, including a punk

metal outfit called the Brats. Shortly thereafter, the group mutated into Mercyful Fate,

consisting of members Hank Shermann (guitar), Michael Denner (guitar), Timi Hansen (bass), and

Kim Ruzz (drums), in addition to Diamond. Diamond, by this time, had developed an interest in

the occult, which reflected in the new group's subject matter, as the frontman began wearing

makeup (which resembled a cross between his hero Cooper and Kiss' Gene Simmons). After several

demos made their way across Europe (and even reaching America via an underground tape-trading

network among metalheads), Mercyful Fate issued a self-titled four-track EP before linking a

recording contract with Roadrunner Records. The quintet issued a pair of thrash metal classics,

1983's Melissa and 1984's Don't Break the Oath, as Diamond's satanic lyrics created quite a stir

at the time with outsiders.

Despite a promising future, Mercyful Fate broke up when a common musical style couldn't be

agreed on (Diamond wanted to continue with thrash metal, while a few of the others wanted to

explore more mainstream-oriented hard rock). Undeterred, Diamond launched a solo project, which

was almost identical in approach, both musically and visually, as his former band. The group's

original lineup included such former Mercyful Fate bandmates as Hansen and Denner, but over

time, bandmembers would come and go (the only constant member besides their leader has been

guitarist Andy LaRocque). King Diamond's first three solo releases, 1986's Fatal Portrait,

1987's Abigail, and 1988's Them, are widely considered to be Diamond's finest, as the singer

continued to issue further releases until the early '90s (1989's Conspiracy, 1990's The Eye). It

was also around this time that Diamond found his name embroiled in controversy -- due to a

Geraldo Rivera TV special on music with supposed "hidden messages," and when Kiss' Simmons

served a lawsuit against the singer, claiming that the makeup design Diamond had been using too

closely resembled the one that Simmons used in the '70s and early '80s, which resulted in an out

of court settlement and with Diamond being forced to modify his makeup design.

Come the early '90s, Mercyful Fate was constantly being name-checked as a prime influence by

just about every new thrash and death metal band, which led to a re-formation of the original

group (save for drummer Ruzz), and such further releases as 1993's In the Shadows (which

included a remake of their early track, "Return of the Vampire," with Metallica's Lars Ulrich

sitting in on drums), 1994's Time, 1996's Into the Unknown, 1998's Dead Again, and 1999's 9. By

the middle of the '90s, Diamond began issuing solo albums again (simultaneously with his Fate

output), as such titles as 1995's The Spider's Lullabye, 1996's The Graveyard, 1998's Voodoo,

2000's House of God, and 2002's Abigail II: The Revenge were issued.

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Year Title Label

1986 Fatal Portrait Roadrunner
1987 Abigail RoadRunner
1988 Them RoadRunner
1989 Conspiracy Roadrunner
1990 Family Ghost RoadRunner not included
1990 The Eye Roadrunner
1991 In Concert 1987: Abigail [live] Roadrunner
1995 The Spider's Lullabye Metal Blade
1996 The Graveyard Metal Blade
1998 Voodoo Metal Blade
1999 Classix Shape Edition Massacre not included
2000 House of God Metal Blade
2002 Abigail II: The Revenge Metal Blade
2003 The Puppet Master Metal Blade
2004 Deadly Lullabyes: Live Metal Blade
2007 Give Me Your Soul...Please Metal Blade
2007 Them Roadrunner not included

Compilations

1992 Dangerous Meeting Roadrunner
2001 Black Rose: 20 Years Ago Metal Blade
-A Night of Rehearsals

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Mp3 Hash: 62291200 EF55F8EE 59FA0F08 477E0636 9EA147F6

Mp3 FileSize: 1.07GB

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