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| Topic - King Diamond appreciation thread Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 12:19pm By Yog Sothoth |
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I saw Mercyful Fate twice. The first time was for the "In The Shadows" and unfortunately he had no range for the higher notes whatsoever. He said he had a cold, and it showed. He also got understandably pissed during the "Come To The Sabbath" shout/response deal when the crowd warbled out "sabbaaaaaaath!" in an almost mocking off-key fashion, which wasn't cool since the guy did say he had a cold, and let's face it, I never expected MF to have a reunion in the first place so you'd think we'd all be happy just for that. He called us a bunch of fucking assholes, finished the song and left.
Next time I saw them was for the Time tour (end of '94 or early '95, can't remember), and he was in top form and that was just a great show all around.
I dig the 80's King Diamond stuff (especially Abigail), but MF's Melissa and Don't Break The Oath albums take the cake by far for me since they were my gateway albums from regular heavy metal to the much darker underground stuff. That song "The Oath" freaked the hell out of me, especially since I had a Catholic upbringing at the time. Rebellion at its finest!
As for post-The Eye Diamond, I've only heard Abigail II (yeah, the title sucked me in to see how he was going to progress the creepy story that seemed complete) and didn't care for it at all.
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