King Diamond (Official Thread)

[RockshotsPhotos]

King Diamond Abigail Tour 1987

 

[Riff Raff]

Excellent mate! Let me know what you think of the album!

Oh a year late but I loved the album. Was solid.

 

[RadRobX]

Wow! Love it! Turned -on to new tunesx1


That's why I'm here.

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Fatal Portrait (1986)
Abigail (1987)
"Them" (1988)
Conspiracy (1989)
The Eye (1990)
The Spider's Lullabye (1995)
The Graveyard (1996)
Voodoo (1998)
House of God (2000)
Abigail II: The Revenge (2002)
The Puppet Master (2003)
Give Me Your Soul...Please (2007)

King Diamond, a heavy metal band/singer, formed in 1985 after the break up of Mercyful Fate, which was Kim Bendix Petersen's band. Kim Petersen is also known as King Diamond or King. King Diamond, the band, is originally from Denmark but now resides in Texas. Their music is mainly concept stories about topics of horror like witches, ghosts, haunted houses, graveyards, ghouls, entities, creatures, voodoo, and various other scary topics. All of their albums so far are concept albums, except two.

The first release of 1986, is not a concept album, and is their darkest album they have released. This album borders on the side of black metal. The vocals are clean, only some mild screaming, but the musical talent is incredible. Their work only gets better after the first release.

1986 Fatal Portrait

 

[RadRobX]

Re: King Diamond

The second release, Abigail, in 1987. The album is a concept album about a haunted mansion and a child, Abigail, who will be reborn again. The ghosts don't want this to happen.

Holly Shit! Where the f---K was I when this came out?

I was cruising around listening to RJD...I missed out.

My new favorite 80's rock group!

 

[RadRobX]

Thank you so much for the Turn-on!

It's like Dio, Scorpions, and Metallica wrapped up in 1 thin Burrito!

 

[Riff Raff]

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ki...-begin-work-on-long-awaited-new-studio-album/

New album in the works. It's been awhile so I am keen.

 

[Sharp Dressed Man]

Definitely exciting news! It's already been 11 years since "Give Me Your Soul...Please". Man, how time flies....!

 

[RockshotsPhotos]

Another "Abigail" Tour 1987 photo. (c)Bill O'Leary/TimelessConcertImages.com

 

[Sharp Dressed Man]

As mentioned in the "Anticipated 2019 Metal Albums" thread, KD has a new live release, "Songs for the Dead Live", coming out in various formats, such as 2 DVD/CD, Blu-ray and numerous coloured vinyl variations.

Release date: January 25th



The live set consists of two shows with an almost identical track list:

Graspop Metal Meeting track-listing

01. Out from the Asylum
02. Welcome Home
03. Sleepless Nights
04. Halloween
05. Eye of the Witch
06. Melissa
07. Come to the Sabbath
08. Them
09. Funeral
10. Arrival
11. A Mansion in Darkness
12. The Family Ghost
13. The 7th Day of July 1777
14. Omens
15. The Possession
16. Abigail
17. Black Horsemen
18. Insanity

The Fillmore track-listing

01. Out from the Asylum
02. Welcome Home
03. Sleepless Nights
04. Eye of the Witch
05. Halloween
06. Melissa
07. Come to the Sabbath
08. Them
09. Funeral
10. Arrival
11. A Mansion in Darkness
12. The Family Ghost
13. The 7th Day of July 1777
14. Omens
15. The Possession
16. Abigail
17. Black Horsemen
18. Insanity

 

[Riff Raff]

New song Masquerade of Madness from upcoming album Institute.