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A Dangerous Meeting: In the Shadows with Mercyful Fate
A Dangerous Meeting: In the Shadows with Mercyful Fate is a hefty tome packed with paranormal, progressive, power metal-presented in my usual format: every song discussed, one chapter per album. This is an expanded and updated version of my previous out-of-print Mercyful Fate book, which proved a hit in English and was also released in four additional languages.
You've all been wonderfully supportive of my recent books on Sabbath, Maiden, and Priest, and this one follows that same style-overflowing with detail and packed with trivia nuggets you won't find in the frankly scarce material available on this band.
The heavy metal love for Mercyful Fate and King Diamond runs deep and blood-red.
What we've unleashed upon this wicked world is the only book devoted solely to celebrating this devilish Danish phenomenon-specifically the root band of it all, Mercyful Fate.
Of course, any self-respecting fan knows Melissa and Don't Break the Oath. But as with most of my 135+ books, there's an ulterior motive: to shine a light on every single Mercyful Fate reunion album from 1993 through today.
The classics stand as cornerstones of superbly crafted blackened heavy metal, but In the Shadows, Time, Into the Unknown, Dead Again, and, most pertinently, 9 are all blessed with the same work ethic, ungodly performance, and production standards King applies to everything he does.
It's time to join the coveted coven, step into the pentatonic pentagram, and celebrate this superlative catalogue of top-shelf heavy metal-beloved by Metallica and fans worldwide-as arguably the only suite of songs as creatively intense as Judas Priest circa '76-'79. Believe it: the good King, Michael, and Hank knew exactly what they were doing. Come read how the three of them fully executed the master plan that made this band a treasure for the most discerning of connoisseurs. |
