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Original Mercyful Fate Lineup Makes First Public Appearance In 22 Years

posted Dec 3, 2006 at 10:57 PM by deathbringer.  (7 Comments)

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MERCYFUL FATE was presented with the "honor award" at the Danish Metal Awards 2006, which were held last night (Saturday, November 18) at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark. Original members Michael Denner (guitar), Hank Shermann (guitar), Timi "Grabber" Hansen (bass) and Kim Ruzz (drums) appeared in public together for the first time in 22 years to accept the award (vocalist King Diamond was unable to attend the event due to the fact that he is currently working on the new KING DIAMOND album in Dallas, Texas).

MERCYFUL FATE will always be remembered for their unquestionable mark on the history of metal, with their new innovative sound, complex arrangements, memorable melody, and their 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 (and fellow Dane) played drums on a new version of "Return of the Vampire" on the "In the Shadows" album, which came out in 1993.

Source: Blackmetal.com

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7 Comments on "Original Mercyful Fate Lineup Rare Appearance"

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1. Azazel_Begotten writes:

You know what would be cooler? If they came back to make another album!

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2. Cynic writes:

I never caught onto the King Diamond thing but I worship Mercyful Fate. Hank Shermann writes some awesome riffs.

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3. zyklon writes:

Mercyful Fate are gods. If you don't have Melissa and Don't Break the Oath in your record collection, you fail.

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4. ZeroTolerance writes:

yet ANOTHER show I would kill to see!!!!!!!!! As Zyklon said, if you don't have Melissa and Don't Break the Oath, you fail!

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5. Azazel_Begotten writes:

zyklon, I sadly only have one album from them...I try to get more...But failed...

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6. ZeroTolerance writes:

lol it's ok dude^^^^^

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7. Azazel_Begotten writes:

If anyone is willing to send me Mercyful Fate over IM or something I'll be eternally grateful...I only have their album "Time"...I need more...

My screennames on AIM and Yahoo are SexBloodandMetal.

My MSN is sexbloodandmetal@hotmail.com

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