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King Diamond : Fatal Portrait

Album Description: Excellent cover artwork by Studio Dzyan, Thomas Holm & Torbjorn Jorgensen. The vinyl record is in glossy clean near mint condition. The cover is in excellent condition with minor wear. The pictures in this listing are of the actual record album you will receive. Check out our other listings for more records from this artist along with a wide variety of vinyl, CD's and more. All reasonable "Best Offers" considered. Combined shipping available worldwide. Only $.50 additional shipping for each record within the USA; only $3.00 additional shipping for each record outside the USA. We ship worldwide in secure, padded packaging. Please let us know if you have any questions for a prompt reply. Tracklist and additional album information below.

Tracklist:
1. The Candle
2. The Jonah
3. The Portrait
4. Dressed in White
5. Charon
6. Lurking in the Dark
7. Halloween
8. Voices From the Past
9. Haunted

Kim Bendix Petersen (born 14 June 1956, Copenhagen, Denmark), better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Grammy Award nominated Danish heavy metal musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his extensive vocal range, in particular his usage of falsetto. He is the lead vocalist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond. King Diamond's first heavy rock band was called Brainstorm (1974–76), with Jeanette Blum (Jean Blue) vocal and bass, Michael Frohn (Mike West) guitar and Jes Jacobsen (Jesse James) drums. King Diamond left Brainstorm and began singing with local Danish hard rock band Black Rose. It was during this time in Black Rose that King Diamond began experimenting with horror themed theatrics as well as shaping a malevolent quasi-Satanic stage persona. he left Black Rose and joined the punk-metal band Brats where he met Hank Shermann. Soon after, the two of them were asked to help Michael Denner (also formerly a member of Brats) with his own project Danger Zone. This band included Timi Hansen and the mentioned musicians would join with King Diamond in 1980 to become Mercyful Fate. King Diamond's first solo effort, 1985's Fatal Portrait, was a transitional album: still rooted in the satanically-bent heavy metal of his former group Mercyful Fate, but already showing signs of the theatrical and conceptual elements that the King would soon master like few before him. Indeed, the album's opening four-song suite: "The Candle," "The Jonah," "The Portrait," and "Dressed in White," denote King Diamond's first efforts to weave his horror stories over multiple, interrelated tracks. But compared to future triumphs in gothic storytelling, these are merely rough sketches, a simple dress rehearsal performed rather covertly. Sure enough, Fatal Portrait's original second vinyl side returned to a more familiar track-by-track approach, and it must be said standout numbers like "Lurking in the Dark," "Halloween," and "Haunted" are arguably the better for it. Diamond can be heard experimenting with ever more vocal styles, spread across ever expanding layers of harmony lines with himself; but it's the new lead guitar tandem of Swedish "axepert" Andy LaRocque and former Mercyful Fate member Michael Denner who take center stage here, their distinctive riffs and solos well and truly carrying the day. A fine album by any definition, Fatal Portrait is also required listening for Mercyful Fate fans, who will enjoy this final glimpse at glories past while getting a smoother transition into the ensuing operas of terror. King Diamond (vocals, guitar); Michael Deliner, Andy La Rocque (guitar); Timi Hansen (bass); Mikkey Dee (drums). Recorded at Sound Track Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark in 1985. (web review)

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