KING DIAMOND: Three-Song 'Halloween' Picture Disc Featuring New Artwork Due In October

KING DIAMOND's "Halloween", the three-track picture disc originally made available in 1986, will be re-released worldwide with new art by Mario Lopez on October 23 via Metal Blade Records, just in time for the season.

The "Halloween" title track comes off KING DIAMOND's debut album, "Fatal Portrait" (1986),as does "The Candle", which served as the opening track on "Fatal Portrait", and was part of the early storytelling approach that would become central to KING DIAMOND's future discography. "The Lake", while recorded during the same general period as "Fatal Portrait" and associated with those sessions, wasn't included in the original nine-track album.

"Halloween" was produced by KING DIAMOND and Rune Höyer, with production assistance by Michael Denner and engineered by Roberto Falcao.

Pre-orders for the LP are available at this location.

"Halloween" track listing:

A1. Halloween
B1. The Candle
B2. The Lake

KING DIAMOND "Halloween" recording lineup:

King Diamond - lead vocals, backing vocals
Andy La Rocque - lead guitar
Michael Denner - lead guitar
Timi Hansen - bass guitar
Mikkey Dee - drums

KING DIAMOND recently parted ways with longtime guitarist Andy La Rocque and replaced him with Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G (FIREWIND, ex-Ozzy Osbourne).

King Diamond is quite possibly the most recognizable and prolific personality ever in heavy metal. Revered by icons as big as METALLICA and PANTERA and inspiring newer upstarts globally, King Diamond, the man and the band, have left an indelible mark on the history, and now again, the future of heavy metal.

In August of 2008, King Diamond joined METALLICA on stage at Ozzfest in Dallas to perform the MERCYFUL FATE medley made famous from the "Garage, Inc." album. Additionally, King Diamond was featured, alongside MOTÖRHEAD's Lemmy Kilmister, as a playable character in "Guitar Hero: Metallica" in 2009.

By 2012, KING DIAMOND was prepared to return to the stage for a select number of shows. The band's triumphant return were the highlights of both the Hellfest and Sweden Rock festivals in France and Sweden. Fans were treated to the largest and most involved stage production in the band's storied history. KING DIAMOND continued to hit the stage from 2013 to 2018 including performances at Rock Hard Festival (DE),Copenhell (DK),Graspop Metal Meeting (BE),Bloodstock Open Air (UK),Loud Park (JP),Wacken Open Air (DE) and Psycho Las Vegas (US),among many others.

In 2019, after the release of KING DIAMOND's first new single in twelve years, "Masquerade Of Madness", the band hit the road with a series of live shows across Europe and North America.

In 2024, KING DIAMOND completed a massively successful North American headlining tour, during which they premiered new material live for the first time in years — including the brand-new track "Electro Therapy" — before an ecstatic fanbase. On December 17, 2024, the band released "Spider Lilly", their first new single in five years and the first single and video taken from their forthcoming new horror trilogy, of which part one is titled "Saint Lucifer's Hospital 1920". Mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk and directed by David Brodsky of My Good Eye Visuals — with footage filmed at the notoriously haunted Pennhurst Asylum outside of Philadelphia — the single features a special guest appearance by Danish vocalist Myrkur. Written entirely by King Diamond, "Spider Lilly" was met with an enthusiastic global response, reaffirming the band's place at the forefront of heavy metal and whetting fans' appetites for the full trilogy to come.

KING DIAMOND's 40-plus-year musical career is one of the most storied in the history of heavy metal, but the tale is not yet over. The most recent album, 2007's Grammy-nominated "Give Me Your Soul…Please", stands as one of the most critically acclaimed albums in an already iconic discography. Future albums will feature entirely new horror stories, concepts, haunting orchestrations, and the band's signature brand of heavy metal. Many more albums, tours, and ventures lay ahead.

KING DIAMOND 2026 is:

King Diamond - vocals
Gus G - guitars
Mike Wead - guitars
Pontus Egberg - bass
Matt Thompson - drums