According to Denmark's TV 2 VIP, King Diamond has told BT.dk that there is a good chance that a new studio album from his classic heavy metal act Mercyful Fate will surface at some point in the not-too-distant future.
"Hank [Shermann, guitar] has written songs [for the proposed MERCYFUL FATE CD]. And he is ready for our new masterpiece," King Diamond is quoted as saying.
Mercyful Fate's last studio album, "
9", was released in 1999.
A new two-DVD set of archival Mercyful Fate footage is tentatively due this spring.
A soundboard-quality audio/video version of Metallica's Mercyful Fate medley performance with King Diamond at the one-day Ozzfest on August 9, 2008 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas can be found here.
Mercyful Fate will be remembered for its unquestionable mark on the history of metal with its innovative sound, complex arrangements, memorable melody, and its 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 (a fellow Dane) played drums on a new version of Mercyful Fate's "Return of the Vampire" on the "In the Shadows" album, which came out in 1993.
Thanks for the report to Blabbermouth.net.
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