We may be a ways off from the next Mercyful Fate record since King Diamond’s gonna have a crack at new music first, but that doesn’t mean the iconic heavy metal band has to wait around in the meantime ...

Mercyful Fate's reunion announcement in 2019 promised a handful of festival headliners and some brand new songs written in the style of Melissa and Don't Break the Oath. Guitarist Hank Shermann ...

The post Mercyful Fate Have 6 or 7 New Songs “About to Be Ready” for First Release in Over 20 Years appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Reunited metal legends Mercyful Fate are making progress on ...

Today marks the end of Mercyful Fate‘s first trek through the U.S. in 20 years, so naturally people are left wondering what’s next. We already know that King Diamond will get a crack at a new studio ...

Last night (June 2), Mercyful Fate played their first show since 1999, marking the official live reunion of the iconic Danish band fronted by King Diamond. They hit the stage as special guests of ...

In the early ’80s, the Danish band Mercyful Fate pioneered a wild, theatrical, occult-heavy strain of heavy metal that proved hugely influential on all sorts of subgenres; thrash and black metal would ...

King Diamond officially released “Masquerade of Madness” in 2019 after playing it live on tour throughout the year; it’s the first single from his anticipated new album The Institute, which our ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

King Diamond is using his COVID-19 downtime to work on new albums from both King Diamond and Mercyful Fate. The new King Diamond album will be a two-part record called The Institute, which we already ...