Plenty of metal musicians wear elaborate costumes and pay homage to the Devil, but none of them seem to do it with the same power as King Diamond. The falsetto-voiced metal icon has forever occupied […]
Since his time as the frontman of black metal progenitors Mercyful Fate, singer King Diamond has been a master storyteller. While so many other bands sing about being pissed off or a drawing of the […]
A new King Diamond album is always an event worth celebrating, but a new Mercyful Fate album is a monumental milestone in metal history. The satanic virtuosos — for whom Diamond was the lead singer, […]
The evolution of corpsepaint is both bizarre and fascinating. What started as a way to turn heads by Kiss and Alice Cooper soon became a deadly serious display of satanic allegiance for fans of music […]
At their core, every rock band wants to be at least a little scary. Fear is the oldest, most primal emotion any human being knows, passed down from our caveman ancestors who watched in horror […]
Heavy metal fans will always love vampires. No matter how many Mormons turn them into sparkly cradle-robbers who can’t close their mouths while staring into the distance, the undead speak to metalheads in a way […]
Few if any artists have influenced the world of extreme underground metal like Denmark’s Mercyful Fate. With their theatrical style, their overtly satanic lyrics, and the spectral falsetto of singer King Diamond, the band inspired […]
Timi Hansen, bassist and founding member of Danish extreme-metal pioneers Mercyful Fate, has passed away following a battle with cancer. He was 61. The news was confirmed by his former bandmate King Diamond via Facebook. […]
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