Update On KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE DVDs (Video)
November 11, 2010A video update from Danish singer King Diamond regarding the long-awaited KING DIAMOND and MERCYFUL FATE DVDs, as well as KING DIAMOND's future plans, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed by Germany's Rock Hard magazine on September 27, 2010 in King's homebase of Frisco, Texas.
The MERCYFUL FATE and KING DIAMOND DVDs will both be two-disc affairs and they "will be worth the wait as [they have] some very exclusive content which surely no one outside the band has ever seen," King previously said.
MERCYFUL FATE DVD tentative contents (subject to change):
* Copenhagen 1982 with Benny Petersen
* Amsterdam Paradiso 1984
* Copenhagen 1984
* Reunion MF 1993
* Roskilde Festival 1994
* Copenhagen 1995
KING DIAMOND DVD tentative contents (subject to change):
* Washington 1986
* 1987 supporting MOTÖRHEAD
* Show footage 1989 USA + backstage footage
* Full 1990 concert Spain Euro Conspiracy tour
* Behind the scenes 1990 Conspiracy
* Copenhagen concert in the park 1990 with 5 cameras
King Diamond appears as a playable character in the "Guitar Hero: Metallica" game.
Fans, stagehands and groupies alike will have the opportunity to shred and drum with or wail as the digital King Diamond during performances of "Evil". The song, which originally was recorded in 1983 and is one of the MERCYFUL FATE songs that comprise METALLICA's "Mercyful Fate" medley, was re-recorded by four of the five original band members for Guitar Hero: Metallica. The recording session was overseen by guitarist Hank Shermann in the band's native Denmark; after which King Diamond laid down his vocals in Dallas, Texas, and mixed the song with J.T. Longoria.
MERCYFUL FATE will be remembered for its unquestionable mark on the history of metal with its innovative sound, complex arrangements, memorable melody, and its influence on bands that later took the genre to new heights.
In 1998, METALLICA paid tribute to MERCYFUL FATE by recording a medley of classic MERCYFUL FATE songs on the album "Garage Inc." Entitled "Mercyful Fate", the medley included parts from "Satan's Fall", "Curse of the Pharaohs", "A Corpse Without Soul", "Into the Coven" and "Evil".
Lars Ulrich of METALLICA (a fellow Dane) played drums on a new version of MERCYFUL FATE's "Return of the Vampire" on the "In the Shadows" album, which came out in 1993.
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