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King Diamond premieres two songs at the beginning of his US tour

Author Benedetta Baldin - 18.10.2024

The band performed two new songs at the start of their tour, but the long-awaited King Diamond album still has no set release date ( maybe in 2025?). Although it was listed on the printed setlist, another new song “Lobotomy” was not played.

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King Diamond will headline the 2025 edition of Beyond The Gates festival

The first eight bands for the 2025 Beyond The Gates festival in Bergen have been revealed. King Diamond will be the main act at the four-day black/death metal weekender, which runs from July 30 to August 2. This will be his first Norwegian performance in nearly 20 years. Lower on the bill are Triptykon‘s renditions...

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King Diamond’s new album to be released next year “shortly after the European summer festival tour”

King Diamond recently performed two brand-new songs, “Electro Therapy” and “Spider Lilly,” live, giving us all optimism that his new album will be released soon. When will King Diamond‘s eagerly anticipated new album, “The Institute”, be released? Andy LaRocque, guitarist and songwriter, says that everything should be finished by the spring of 2025 and that...

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King Diamond might finally release new music!

Danish heavy metal band King Diamond already let his fans wait a long time for new music or even a new album. Almost a year ago Mercyful Fate‘s (a band where singer King Diamond is also part of) guitarist Hank Shermann commented that not only the new Mercyful Fate album, but also a King Diamond...

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Drummer Jason Bittner leaves Overkill

Drummer Jason Bittner recently announced his departure from the American thrash metal band Overkill, formed in 1980. Jason Bittner gave following statement to Metal Injection: “On August 1, 2024, I played the Vagos Metal Fest in Portugal, and it was the last show I will play in the band Overkill. For a while now I have been...

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King Diamond announces North American tour with Overkill, Night Demon and Myrkur

Danish metal institution King Diamond will embark on a long-awaited North American headlining tour this fall. The “Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920” trek will commence on October 15 in San Antonio, Texas and run through December 6 in Dallas, Texas. Support will be provided by Overkill and Night Demon. Additional backing vocals for the King Diamond...

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King Diamond shares music video for “Masquerade Of Madness”

King Diamond has released a music video for the 2019 single “Masquerade Of Madness“, along with a new 12” vinyl pressing of it, which has been announced for release on February 23, via Metal Blade. The single features the title track, besides live recordings of “Welcome Home” and “Arrival“—both filmed at the 2019 ‘Graspop Metal Meeting‘...

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King Diamond: how heart surgery changed his voice

In a recent interview with Metal Injection, King Diamond revealed his 2010 heart surgery changed his voice forever. In King Diamond‘s words: “At a Volbeat show, about five months after the surgery, I had discovered that the metal rods had not completely fused with my rib cage to hold it together and it started shaking inside my...

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Mercyful Fate tease something mysterious

The mystery is on: a cryptic video teaser was posted on social media by Mercyful Fate. The post reads “Tomorrow…” There are speculations out there about what it could be: more tour dates announced? The band has been playing a new song as part of their live sets, “The Jackal Of Salzburg“, so, maybe a...

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