Official KING DIAMOND Documentary Has Been In The Works For Last Three Years

In a new interview with Frank Godla of Metal Injection, Danish heavy metal singer King Diamond — who fronts both KING DIAMOND and MERCYFUL FATE — confirmed that a new documentary is in the works about his life. The film, which is being directed by the Danish journalist and documentary filmmaker Frederik Brun Madsen, features a screenplay by Peter Engel and is produced by UpNorth Film AS by Christian Aune Falch, Torstein Parelius and Sondre Johansen in co-production with Wingman Media.

"There's a King Diamond movie that has been filmed over the last three years," King told Metal Injection. "It's been fully supported by the Danish National Film Institute. They're trying to do it full on with going to the film festivals and all this stuff. It's a full-blown movie, and it's not your average standard [documentary]. It's more, because they have gone all the way back. They found the old bandmembers from [my first heavy rock band] BRAINSTORM from 1976. '78, BLACK ROSE [King's second band] members, and up to 1980, BLACK ROSE. They found old BLACK ROSE playing live from a little — what was it? A mini mall somewhere outside of Copenhagen from, it must've been early '78 or something like that, where one of the first times I sang live ever. It didn't sound bad. It was weird. But we played 'Space Truckin'' without even a keyboard."

He added: "I'll tell you what [the film] is. It's pretty much a story about a kid from Denmark with very big dreams who had practically no chance of having that come true, but somehow it really did. This film crew, the way they go about researching things is unbelievable."

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.