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Watch: pro-shot footage of Mercyful Fate at Wacken Open Air 2022

Author Flavia Andrade - 17.9.2022

Pro-shot footage of Mercyful Fate‘s gig at Wacken Open Air 2022 has been made available on WackenTV’s YouTube channel. The performance took place on August 4, and three songs are featured here: “Evil“, “Come To The Sabbath” and “Satan’s Fall“.

You can watch the footage below:

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Mercyful Fate announces the departure of bassist Joey Vera

Mercyful Fate has disclosed the departure of bassist Joey Vera from the band. King Diamond, the frontman for the renowned Danish heavy metal legends, made a brief statement on January 16th via social media. He conveyed, “Our friendship and respect for each other will always remain the same, and we all sincerely wish each other...

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Mercyful Fate digitally release “Melissa” in celebration of the album’s 40th anniversary

Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce that it released Mercyful Fate‘s classic “Melissa” digitally on October 30, in celebration of the album’s 40th Anniversary. What makes this release special is that it’s a version of the album that was remastered in 2005 by Ted Jensen of Sterling Sound in NYC and has, up until...

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Watch Charlie Griffiths transforming Slayer’s “South of Heaven” into a Christmas song, with members of Dream Theater, Mercyful Fate, Protest The Hero, and more

It’s Christmas time, metalheads! Haken’s guitarist Charlie Griffiths has dropped a cover of Slayer‘s “South of Heaven” in a winter holiday version called “South Of Lapland”. Along with him, singer Rody Walker (Protest The Hero), keyboardist Jordan Rudess (Dream Theatre), Ray Hearne (Haken) bassist Becky Baldwin (Mercyful Fate), drummer Delta Empire and guitarist Dan Goldsworthy...

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Judas Priest and Pantera will co-headline Monterrey Metal Fest

Mexico’s original metal festival Monterrey Metal Fest have announced the full line-up for the festival’s comeback edition, scheduled to take place on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at the Estadio Mobil Super in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Monterrey Metal Fest 2022 Line-Up: Judas Priest (Co-Headliner)Pantera (Co-Headliner)Mercyful FateBehemothStryperAvatar Kali-Yuga (Local Opener) Tickets can be purchased here.

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Joey Vera to sit out Mercyful Fate U.S. tour

Mercyful Fate have recently announced their first U.S. tour in 23 years, but bassist Joey Vera will miss it due to a scheduling conflict with his band Armored Saint. Both Mercyful Fate and Vera posted on their Instagram accounts that the bassist had previously committed to an Armored Saint tour supporting WASP, delayed due to the pandemic....

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Mercyful Fate announce North American tour for this fall

For the first time in over 20 years, Mercyful Fate will tour North America! Starting on October 25 in Dallas and ending on November 16 in Atlanta, North American fans will be able to enjoy King Diamond and his crew performing live, in the flesh. The tour will also feature Kreator and Midnight. King Diamond...

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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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Infernal return of Tuska festival 1.-3.7.2022, part 2/3

The second Tuska festival day proved to be the hottest one, figuratively and literally. Temperature was dangerously close to 30ºC most of the day, and across the festival’s four stages many of the weekend’s most exciting bands gave the attendees their money’s worth. The 17500 festival-goers made for a sold-out Saturday, and they were treated...

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