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Mercyful Fate's debut album, Melissa, took Black Sabbath's dark occult obsessions to an extreme, fusing them with the speed and tightened, twin-guitar riffing attack of British metal bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. But the band had a distinctive sound of its own, thanks to the neo-classical flourishes of guitarists Hank Shermann and Michael Denner and the unpredictable vocal leaps of King Diamond, who could jump from a deathly growl to an unearthly falsetto wail in the next line. The band was still finding itself, and some of the songs on Melissa have a tendency to move into long, meandering instrumental sections, but the basic components of Mercyful Fate's influential European gothic black metal sound were already in place.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
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Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Mercyful Fate, MainArtist - Hank Shermann, Composer - Kim Petersen, Composer - Roadster Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc. (P) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc.
Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Mercyful Fate, MainArtist - Hank Shermann, Composer - Kim Petersen, Composer - Roadster Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc. (P) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc.
Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Mercyful Fate, MainArtist - Hank Shermann, Composer - Kim Petersen, Composer - Roadster Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc. (P) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc.
Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Mercyful Fate, MainArtist - Hank Shermann, Composer - Kim Petersen, Composer - Roadster Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc. (P) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc.
Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Mercyful Fate, MainArtist - Hank Shermann, Composer - Kim Petersen, Composer - Roadster Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc. (P) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc.
Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Mercyful Fate, MainArtist - Hank Shermann, Composer - Kim Petersen, Composer - Roadster Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc. (P) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc.
Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Mercyful Fate, MainArtist - Hank Shermann, Composer - Kim Petersen, Composer - Roadster Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc. (P) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc.
Album review
Mercyful Fate's debut album, Melissa, took Black Sabbath's dark occult obsessions to an extreme, fusing them with the speed and tightened, twin-guitar riffing attack of British metal bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. But the band had a distinctive sound of its own, thanks to the neo-classical flourishes of guitarists Hank Shermann and Michael Denner and the unpredictable vocal leaps of King Diamond, who could jump from a deathly growl to an unearthly falsetto wail in the next line. The band was still finding itself, and some of the songs on Melissa have a tendency to move into long, meandering instrumental sections, but the basic components of Mercyful Fate's influential European gothic black metal sound were already in place.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:11
- Main artists: Mercyful Fate
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Metal Blade Records
- Genre: Metal
(C) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc. (P) 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc.
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