METAL CLASSIC: Mercyful Fate "Melissa"

Third in a series. So this album, and band, is pretty much the first Black Metal band ever and the most famous thing out of Denmark. Though musically they differ from their more chaotic children, thematically it's all here. Mercyful Fate features King Diamond and his trademark chipmunk-getting-kicked-in-the-balls-high vocals and the criminally underrated Denner/Shermann guitar duo. Actually you can compare Mercyful Fate with Judas Priest: Both being Metal pioneers (Speed (JP) and Black (MF)); Have singers with high-as-fuck vox; and an extremely talented guitar duo. So on to the music. This album is classic Metal heaven (hell?). From the opening riff to the AAAAAAH before the verse in "Evil", you pretty much know they kick ass. Yet there is a certain hilarity in the fact that the band sings about Satan and other occult claptrap with a singer like...well you know. Throughout the album they play solid songs such as "Into The Coven", "Black Funeral", the epic length "Satan's Fall", hell the whole damn album is essential listening. Except maybe the ballad "Melissa" that one never gelled with me and I don't think it's as good as everyone says, but hey that's just me. As usual 320kbps rip, straight off CD (the remaster one) BUY THIS ALBUM OR KING DIAMOND'S HIGH VOICE WILL SHATTER YOUR MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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lol_davve (2008-10-19)

Seed please! Thank you!