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Album
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Album, is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl, an album may be recorded in a recording studio, in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places. Recording may take a few hours to years to complete, usually in several takes with different parts recorded separately. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed live, the majority of studio recordings contain an abundance of editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology, musicians can be recorded in separate rooms or at times while listening to the other parts using headphones. Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, historically, the term album was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format. In musical usage the word was used for collections of pieces of printed music from the early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, the LP record, or 33 1⁄3 rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a gramophone record format introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. It was adopted by the industry as a standard format for the album. Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, the term album had been carried forward from the early nineteenth century when it had been used for collections of short pieces of music. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, as part of a trend of shifting sales in the music industry, some commenters have declared that the early 21st century experienced the death of the album. Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as mini-albums or EPs, Albums such as Tubular Bells, Amarok, Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield, and Yess Close to the Edge, include fewer than four tracks. There are no rules against artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder referring to their own releases under thirty minutes as albums. These are known as box sets, material is stored on an album in sections termed tracks, normally 11 or 12 tracks. A music track is a song or instrumental recording. The term is associated with popular music where separate tracks are known as album tracks. When vinyl records were the medium for audio recordings a track could be identified visually from the grooves
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King Diamond (band)
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King Diamond is a Danish heavy metal band formed in 1985 by vocalist King Diamond, guitarists Andy LaRocque and Michael Denner, bassist Timi Hansen and drummer Mikkey Dee. Diamond, Denner and Hansen had recently departed the group Mercyful Fate, in 1986, King Diamond released their debut album Fatal Portrait. Since then the band have released a total of twelve studio albums, since the bands inception, there have been over fifteen musicians in and out of King Diamond, with the only two mainstays being vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Andy LaRocque. In 1987 the band released their second studio release Abigail, throughout the 1980s, King Diamond released a total of four studio albums. In the early 1990s, the band was put on hold when King Diamond reunited with his former outfit Mercyful Fate, after reforming King Diamond in 1994, Diamond would balance recording and touring with both Mercyful Fate and his eponymous band throughout the 90s. The band was formed in 1985 by vocalist King Diamond, guitarist Michael Denner, the three had recently departed from the group Mercyful Fate, which fell apart due to musical differences between King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. According to Diamond, when he, Denner and Hansen decided to form a new band, they chose the name King Diamond to get better deals, to round-out the line-up of the King Diamond band, the group chose drummer Mikkey Dee and guitarist Andy LaRocque. In July,1985, the began recording their debut album at Sound Track Studio in Copenhagen. On December 25, they released their debut single No Presents for Christmas, Fatal Portrait, the bands first full-length studio album, was released on February 17,1986, through Roadrunner Records. Produced by Rune Höyer and vocalist King Diamond, the album charted at number 33 on the Swedish album chart, and spawned the single Halloween, in December 1986, King Diamond began recording their second studio album, once again at Sound Track Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to the release, the group released the single The Family Ghost on July 1,1987. On October 21,1987, King Diamond released the album Abigail, the album went on to chart at number 39 in Sweden, number 68 in the Netherlands, and at number 123 on the Billboard 200. Following Abigails release, guitarist Michael Denner left the band due to touring strains and he was subsequently replaced by Mike Moon for the albums supporting tour, during which the band recorded the live album In Concert 1987, Abigail. Following the completion of the Abigail tour, guitarist Mike Moon and bassist Timi Hansen were replaced by Pete Blakk, on September 13,1988, King Diamond released the album Them, which was recorded at M. M. C. Another music video was shot, this time for the single Welcome Home. On November 1, the group released The Dark Sides EP, following the completion of the supporting tour for Them, Mikkey Dee left King Diamond. However, he was rehired to play drums on the bands follow-up album, after which he was replaced by Snowy Shaw. On August 21,1989, King Diamond released the album Conspiracy, which charted at number 41 on the Swedish album chart, number 64 on the Dutch album chart, a continuation of the storyline from Them, Conspiracy was once again recorded at M. M. C
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Heavy metal music
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Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are associated with aggression. The first heavy metal such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the evolution by discarding much of its blues influence, Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibility. Beginning in the late 1970s, bands in the new wave of British heavy metal such as Iron Maiden, before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as metalheads or headbangers. During the 1980s, glam metal became popular with such as Mötley Crüe. Since the mid-1990s popular styles have further expanded the definition of the genre and these include groove metal and nu metal, the latter of which often incorporates elements of grunge and hip hop. Heavy metal is characterized by loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass-and-drum sound. Metal subgenres variously emphasize, alter, or omit one or more of these attributes, the typical band lineup includes a drummer, a bassist, a rhythm guitarist, a lead guitarist, and a singer, who may or may not be an instrumentalist. Keyboard instruments are used to enhance the fullness of the sound. Deep Purples Jon Lord played an overdriven Hammond organ, in 1970, John Paul Jones used a Moog synthesizer on Led Zeppelin III, by the 1990s, in. almost every subgenre of heavy metal synthesizers were used. The electric guitar and the power that it projects through amplification has historically been the key element in heavy metal. The heavy metal guitar sound comes from a use of high volumes. Guitar solos are an element of the heavy metal code. That underscores the significance of the guitar to the genre, most heavy metal songs featur at least one guitar solo, which is a primary means through which the heavy metal performer expresses virtuosity. One exception is nu metal bands, which tend to omit guitar solos, with rhythm guitar parts, the heavy crunch sound in heavy metal. Palm muting the strings with the hand and using distortion. Palm muting creates a tighter, more sound and it emphasizes the low end
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Roadrunner Records
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Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal and hard rock bands. It is a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City, the label was launched in 1980 in the Netherlands. Roadrunners initial business was importing North American metal-band recordings into Europe, in 1986, Roadrunner opened its US headquarters in New York City and later opened offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Russia and the latest in Canada. Early successes included albums from King Diamond and Annihilator, the label also handled early Metallica releases in the Scandinavian region. The end of the 1980s saw the release of two albums that are now considered classics of their genres, Obituarys Slowly We Rot. The 1990s saw the arrival of such as Life of Agony, Machine Head, Suffocation, Type O Negative. As the 1990s wore on, several of Roadrunners bands managed to make an impact on the mainstream, most notably Sepultura, Sepulturas 1993 album, Chaos A. D. became the first Roadrunner band to crack the Top 40 on the Billboard album chart. Type O Negative became the first Roadrunner band to receive a certification from the RIAA, this was a Gold award for the 1993 album Bloody Kisses, the band also became the first Roadrunner band to receive radio play. In 2000, Slipknot became the first Roadrunner band to go Platinum, nickelback were also very successful on the label. Derek Shulman ran the label in the late 90s, beginning in 2001, Roadrunner was distributed by the Universal Music Group through a share of the label owned by The Island Def Jam Music Group. On December 18,2006, Warner Music Group signed an agreement to purchase a majority in shares of Roadrunner Records parent company and this deal became finalized on January 29,2007 after receiving regulatory approval in Germany. On June 11,2008, Roadrunner Records was voted as the Best Metal Label by Metal Hammer at their Golden Gods Awards, the award was accepted by Sharon Den Adel and Ruud Jolie of Within Temptation, one of Roadrunners biggest acts. However, Roadrunner has also accused of being a label only interested in current or trendy alternative music, reflected by their roster of mainly popular. One of the earliest names on the label, King Diamond, left the label due to alleged lack of support for the 1990 King Diamond release. In 2008, punk cabaret chanteuse Amanda Palmer was told by the label that wanted to re-edit her video for Leeds United to make her look slimmer. On April 6,2010, Palmer announced on her Twitter account that Roadrunner had dropped her, the most recent complaints about Roadrunner have come from one of the labels biggest bands Megadeth. Roadrunner Records was significantly affected by Warner Music Groups legal dispute against YouTube, most of the videos on their channel, however, are still viewable. There is even a disclaimer talking about Warners dispute right on the channel, on November 11,2010, Warner Music Group announced they had acquired the remaining of Roadrunners stock
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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King Diamond
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Kim Bendix Petersen, better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish heavy metal musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his vocal range. He is the lead vocalist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond, King Diamonds first heavy rock band was called Brainstorm, with Jeanette Blum vocal and bass, Michael Frohn guitar and Jes Jacobsen drums. King Diamond left Brainstorm and began singing with local Danish hard rock band Black Rose and 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 with his own project Danger Zone. This band included Timi Hansen and the musicians would join with King Diamond in 1980 to become Mercyful Fate. Following Mercyful Fates 1984 release of Dont Break the Oath and the subsequent tour, with him, he took two of his bandmates to pursue a solo career under his own name. Mercyful Fate reunited in 1992 and recorded five studio albums. In 2000, King decided to put Mercyful Fate on hold, though Mercyful Fate continues to remain dormant, the band is still under contract with Metal Blade Records. Also in 1999, King Diamond and Hank Shermann performed the song Evil live with Metallica and this performance also featured King Diamond without his famous makeup. In recent interviews, King Diamond has stated that Mercyful Fate will record and tour again when the timing is right, in 2004, King Diamond contributed vocals to Sweet Dreams, which was the final track on the album of Dave Grohls heavy metal side project Probot. King Diamond also guested on the Cradle of Filth song Devil Woman in late 2005, in April 2006, King reunited with Mikkey Dee at a sold-out gig at Kåren in Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2001 King referred to Dee as one of the best drummers of all time, King Diamond released his album Give Me Your Soul. Following the release the band received a Grammy nomination in the Best Metal Performance category for the track Never Ending Hill. He was forced to cancel a United States tour due to a disk, causing severe back pain. He attributes the problem to the long hours spent working on the album. King made an appearance at Ozzfest on 9 August 2008 at Frisco, TX alongside Metallica, earlier in the day, he also performed a cover of the Pantera song A New Level with Vinnie Paul, Scott Ian, Max Cavalera, and Nick Bowcott. In 2009, King Diamond was revealed to be a character for the rhythm game Guitar Hero, Metallica
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Abigail (album)
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Abigail is the second King Diamond album and their first concept album. It was released in 1987 on Roadrunner Records, there were several re-releases, first in 1997 with 4 bonus tracks, and then a 25th Anniversary edition in 2005 with a bonus DVD. This album has sold over 175,000 copies in North America alone, Abigail tells the story of a young couple, Miriam Natias and Jonathan LaFey, who move into an old mansion that LaFey inherited. It takes place in the summer of 1845, at their arrival they are warned by seven horsemen not to move into the house because if they do 18 will become 9. They do not heed the warning and proceed to move into the mansion, during their first night, Jonathan meets with Count LaFey, the Family Ghost, who is a deceased relative. The ghost shows him a casket in which a corpse of a child, Abigail. The ghost informs him that Miriam is carrying the spirit of Abigail and he insists that Jonathan must kill Miriam at once to prevent the rebirth. Enraged, he threw the Countess down the stairs, breaking her neck, in one incident an empty cradle is discovered by Jonathan swaying in the air, with both him and Miriam insisting that they didnt bring it with them. The next day, Miriam is clearly pregnant and the fetus develops quickly, the fatal crisis begins when Jonathan accuses Abigail of possessing Miriam, and Abigail admits it. Therefore, Jonathan pretends to give in to Abigails demands, however, as the couple stands at the top of the stairs, Jonathan is distracted and the possessed Miriam throws Jonathan down the stairs. Miriam gives birth to Abigail, but dies shortly afterwards, her last sight being of Abigails yellow eyes, the seven horsemen arrive at the mansion and discover the baby Abigail in the sarcophagus, eating something too horrifying for the narrator to mention. Appalled, they take her away to bury her in a chapel in the forest with seven silver spikes driven through her body. This boss also has a very similar to King Diamonds. There is also a tribute to Kings father in the liner notes, the video for The Family Ghost was featured in the Beavis and Butt-head episode Bungholio, Lord of the Harvest. Abigail on King Diamond Coven Abigail on Amazon. com
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Conspiracy (King Diamond album)
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Conspiracy is a name of a concept album by King Diamond, being the second part of a story that begun on the album Them. The song Cremation appears in the 2009 video game Brütal Legend, conspiracy was the last album to feature original drummer Mikkey Dee. In this sequel to Them, an adult King returns to the House of Amon to reclaim his place as heir to the house. However, unanswered questions about his sisters death, his mothers involvement with his diabolical therapist and he makes a deal with Them to return control of the house to Them in exchange for the chance to see his now-dead sister Missy again. He believes she can answer some of his questions. An agreement is reached, and Missy returns from the grave nightly to help King uncover some of the mysteries from Them, as a spirit, however, she cannot save him from the plot against him, try as she may to warn him. His mother and his doctor have conspired to get rid of him permanently in order to inherit the house themselves, while they think they are ultimately successful, the album closes with Kings promise to torture and haunt them forever from beyond the grave. The Wedding Dream contains the elements of The Wedding March by Mendelson in the introduction, King Diamond - vocals, keyboards Andy LaRocque - guitar Pete Blakk - guitar Hal Patino - bass Roberto Falcao - keyboards Mikkey Dee - drums
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AllMusic
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AllMusic is an online music guide service website. It was launched in 1991 by All Media Guide which later became All Media Network, AllMusic was launched in 1991 by Michael Erlewine of All Media Guide. The aim was to discographic information on every artist whos made a record since Enrico Caruso gave the industry its first big boost and its first reference book was published the following year. When first released onto the Internet, AMG predated the World Wide Web and was first available as a Gopher site, the AMG consumer web properties AllMusic. com, AllMovie. com and AllGame. com were sold by Rovi in July 2013 to All Media Network, LLC. All Media Network, LLC. was formed by the founders of SideReel. com. The following are contributors to AllMusic, as of this date, All Media Network also produced the AllMusic guide series that includes the AllMusic Guide to Rock, the All Music Guide to Jazz and the All Music Guide to the Blues. Vladimir Bogdanov is the president of the series, in August 2007, PC Magazine included AllMusic in its Top 100 Classic Websites list. All Media Network AllGame AllMovie SideReel All Music Guide to the Blues All Music Guide to Jazz Stephen Thomas Erlewine Official website
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Concept albums
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A concept album is an album unified by a larger purpose or meaning to the album collectively than to its tracks individually. This may be achieved through a central narrative or theme. The exact criteria of a concept album varies, with no discernible consensus, in the 1960s, several well-regarded concept albums were released by various rock bands, which eventually led to the invention of progressive rock and the rock opera. Since then, many albums have been released across many different musical genres. Concepts are general ideas, thoughts, or abstract notions, there is no clear definition of what constitutes a concept album. Fiona Sturges of The Independent stated that the album was originally defined as a long-player where the songs were based on one dramatic idea –. A precursor to this type of album can be found in the 19th century song cycle which ran some of the same difficulties in classification. The extremely broad definitions of an album could potentially encompass all soundtracks, compilations, cast recordings, greatest hits albums, tribute albums, Christmas albums. The most common definitions refer to an approach to the rock album format. AllMusic writes, A concept album could be a collection of songs by a songwriter or a particular theme -- these are the concept LPs that reigned in the 50s. The phrase concept album is tied to the late 1960s. Author Jim Cullen describes it, a collection of discrete but thematically unified songs whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts, sometimes assumed to be a product of the rock era. Author Roy Shuker defines concept albums and rock operas as albums that are unified by a theme, in this form, the album changed from a collection of heterogeneous songs into a narrative work with a single theme, in which individual songs segue into one another. Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman considers the first concept album to be Woody Guthries 1940 album Dust Bowl Ballads, the Independent regards it as perhaps one of the first concept albums, consisting exclusively of semi-autobiographical songs about the hardships of American migrant labourers during the 1930s. Singer Frank Sinatra recorded several albums prior to the 1960s rock era, including In the Wee Small Hours. Sinatra is sometimes credited as the inventor of the album, beginning with The Voice of Frank Sinatra. According to biographer Will Friedwald, Sinatra sequenced the songs so that the created a flow from track to track, affording an impression of a narrative. First pop singer to bring a consciously artistic attitude to recording, the author Carys Wyn Jones writes that the Beach Boys Pet Sounds, the Beatles Revolver and Sgt
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Grandmother
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Grandparents are the parents of a persons father or mother – paternal or maternal. Although the numbers will be lower in cases of pedigree collapse, in the history of modern humanity, around 30,000 years ago, the number of modern humans who lived to be grandparents increased exponentially. In cases where parents are unwilling or unable to provide care for their children. Even when this is not the case, and particularly in cultures, grandparents often have a direct and clear role in relation to the raising. Grandparents are second-degree relatives and share 25% genetic overlap, a step-grandparent can be the step-parent of the parent or the step-parents parent or the step-parents step-parent. The youngest grandmother in the world is Rifca Stănescu, a Romani girl from Romania, who at the age of 12 gave birth to her first child, a girl called Maria. Maria, in her turn, gave birth to a child at the age of 11, when used as a noun, grandfather and grandmother are usually used, although forms such as grandma/grandpa, granny/granddaddy or even nan/pop are sometimes used. When preceded by my. all forms are common, all forms can be used in plural, but Gramps is rare. In writing, Grandfather and Grandmother are most common, but very rare when referring to a grandparent in person, in speech, Grandpa and Grandma are commonly used in the United States, Canada and Australia. In many parts of Pakistan and India, maternal grandparents are called Nana, similarly, paternal grandparents are called Dada and Dadi. Gogo can be used for either, etc, another common solution is to call grandparents by their first names or by their family names. In North America, many call one set of grandparents by their ethnic names. Mandarin-speaking Chinese Americans refer to maternal grandparents as pó pó and gōng gōng and paternal grandparents as nǎi nǎi, in the Philippines, grandparents are called lolo and lola, respectively. Languages and cultures with more specific kinship terminology than English may distinguish between paternal grandparents and maternal grandparents, for example, in the Swedish language there is no single word for grandmother, the mothers mother is termed mormor and the fathers mother is termed farmor. However, the other Scandinavian languages, Danish and Norwegian, use words which specifies the kinship like in Swedish, the parents of a grandparent, or the grandparents of a parent are called all the same names with the prefix great- added, one for each additional generation. Ones great-grandparents parents would be great-great-grandparents and this system is used by some genealogical websites such as Geni. One may also use numbers for numbering greats, for example. Individuals who share the same great-grandparents but are not siblings or first cousins are called second cousins to each other, the use of the prefix grand- dates from the early 13th century, from the Anglo-French graund
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Andy LaRocque
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Andy LaRocque is best known as a guitarist, songwriter, and occasional synth player for the band King Diamond. LaRocque started in the Swedish hard rock band Swedish Beauty that later switched names to Swedish Erotica and he also played on the Death album Individual Thought Patterns and the IllWill album Evilution, along with other former members of Mercyful Fate. According to Metal-Rules. com, Deaths Individual Thought Patterns is the 100th greatest heavy metal album of all time, also according to Metal-Rules, it is the 11th greatest extreme metal album of all time. It is included in Guitar Player Magazines Metal Guitar albums Top 20, LaRocque contributed a guitar solo to the track Cold, featured on the album Slaughter of the Soul by Swedish melodic death metal group At the Gates. Producer Fredrik Nordström was responsible for the idea, and telephoned LaRocque, at the Gates guitarist Anders Björler gave LaRocque an audio cassette recording of the song. The tape played at the speed at LaRocques house, so LaRocque had to transcribe the recording. Two days after receiving the cassette, LaRocque laid down a solo for the song within half an hour. Björler described the solo as great and in a November 2007 interview admitted he couldnt play the solo properly. He can be heard on albums as well, such as Falconers Chapters from a Vale Forlorn. He owns a studio called the Los Angered Recordings in Angered, Sweden, since 1995, in 2007, Andy moved the studio to Varberg and renamed the studio to Sonic Train Studios where he keeps producing bands to this date. His extended theory knowledge makes him able to mix these neo-classical scales with other such as blues scale or melodic minor. He has a distinct guitar tone for his solos, and often incorporates layers of harmonies over his scale runs. He frequently uses a mixture of classically flavored arpeggio sequences and alternate picked scale runs intermixed with melody lines to create his signature style and he cites Michael Schenker and Randy Rhoads as major influences. He also likes Steve Vai, Tony Iommi, and was impressed by the playing of Chuck Schuldiner when he recorded Individual Thought Patterns with him. P, Hell, on – The Hunt – guitar solo at Slaughter Smell Andy LaRocque owns Sonic Train Studios from Varberg, Sweden. Grandeur Sandalinas – Living on the Edge Runemagick – Envenom Taetre Lord Belial Darzamat – Transkarpatia Hyeronymus Bosch – Equivoke XXX – Heaven, Hell or Hollywood. 2 Deathmeister, Vol.1 Metalmeister, Vol.3 Metal Blade Records 20th Anniversary Louder Than the Dragon, The Essential of Limb Music Sonic Train Studios Official website
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Mikkey Dee
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Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou, known better by his stage name Mikkey Dee, is a Swedish rock musician. He is the current drummer for German rock band Scorpions since April 2016, Dee is best known for his time in British rock band Motörhead, with whom he played for from 1992 to 2015, the band disbanded following the death of frontman Lemmy. He has also played with King Diamond, Don Dokken, Helloween and he was born in Gothenburg, Sweden to a Greek father and a Swedish mother. Delaoglou began his career with local bands Nadir and Geisha. His favourite drummer is Ian Paice, other influences include Brian Downey, Neil Peart and Steve Smith. Dee also gives credit to Buddy Rich, having moved to Copenhagen to play with Geisha, in 1985, Dee joined King Diamond, who were looking for additional members to complete their line-up. Dee played on the King Diamond recordings Fatal Portrait, Abigail, after the completion of the supporting tour for Them, Mikkey Dee decided to leave the band, as he felt he was becoming more of a back-up musician, rather than an equal contributing songwriter. However, he was rehired to play drums for the recording of the bands follow-up album Conspiracy. He joined Don Dokken for his album, Up from the Ashes, with the music videos for the songs Stay. The band headlined their own tour, as well as opened for Judas Priest, during this time, Dee also filled in a short time playing for World War Three. Commenting on his replacement of a member of the band, Dee said in a 2006 interview. So I could never have filled that space and its like when you get married and have kids, no one can take my fathers place. Of course, some other guy could have taken his place, but he wouldnt have been my father, so I could never be Phil Taylor, so I had to introduce Mikkey Dee into Motörhead. Dee did play on the tracks Hellraiser, which was on the album, and Hell on Earth, which was not on the album, although Aldridge recorded most of the drum tracks, Dees photo appeared on the rear album sleeve. Aldridge generously said that Dee could take his credit for the playing but Dee politely declined, in an ironic reversal, Aldridge had earlier had his photo on an album on which he played nothing, namely Ozzy Osbournes Diary of a Madman. Their record label, Epic Records dropped the band after its release, the band also started a label themselves, called Motörhead, which was copyrighted and distributed through Warner-Chappell and ZYX, Dees first album for this label being 1993s Bastards. He also played drums on Helloweens 2003 album Rabbit Dont Come Easy, in April 2006 King Diamond reunited with old friend Mikkey Dee at a sold-out gig at Kåren in Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2001 King referred to Dee as one of the best of all time, Dee also played the drums for Martin E-Type Eriksson in the Swedish pre-qualification to the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, as well as on E-Types 2003 Eurometal tour
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Clerks II
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Clerks II is a 2006 American comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, the sequel to his 1994 film Clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. Unlike the first film, which was shot in black-and-white, this film was shot in color. Eleven years after the events of the first film, Dante opens the Quick Stop convenience store to find that it is on fire, Randal had left the coffee pot on after closing the night before. As a result of the destruction of Quick Stop and the adjacent RST Video, Dante and Randal begin working at a Moobys fast food restaurant along with Elias and their manager Becky Scott. This leaves Randal, who fears that with Dante moving to Florida would leave him without his best friend, Jay and Silent Bob have since followed Dante and Randal, and now loiter outside of Moobys. Jay and Silent Bob no longer do drugs after they were arrested for the possession of drugs and were sent to rehab, however, the duo continue selling drugs. Dante eventually confesses to Becky that he is worried about dancing at his wedding, Dante soon lets go of his inhibitions and learns how to dance. When the song ends, Dante, caught up in the moment, tells Becky he loves her, Becky tells Dante not to tell anyone about the baby, however Dante tells Randal, and an angered Becky leaves when she learns that Dante told Randal. Randal encourages Dante to leave Moobys in search for Becky, and in the meantime, Randal hires Kinky Kelly and the Sexy Stud, a donkey show with a fog machine. When Dante comes back, he mistakes the fog for a fire and calls the department, but upon discovering that it is not a fire, he proceeds to watch the show with Randal, Jay, Silent Bob. The group soon discovers that Kinky Kelly is, in fact, the donkey, while the man, when Becky returns, Dante confesses his love for her. She throws her engagement ring at Becky, dumps a cake shed made for Dante over his head, the fire and police departments soon arrive and discover the show. Dante, Randal, Elias, Jay, Silent Bob, amid the argument, Randal proposes that they buy the Quick Stop and re-open it, although Dante says that neither have the money to purchase the store. Jay and Silent Bob offer to them some money on the condition that they can hangout outside of the Quick Stop anytime they want without calling the police. Randal accepts their offer, but Dante remains skeptical, prompting Randal to emotionally confess his fear of losing Dante, as a result, Dante agrees to the proposition as well, and after his release, he proposes to Becky, who accepts. After the Quick Stop and RST Video are rebuilt, Elias applies for a job and is hired at RST Video, in the very last scene, with the store open, Dante says, Can you feel it. Today is the first day of the rest of our lives, the camera slowly zooms out, showing the newly rebuilt store and the scene turns black-and-white, while a woman checks through the milk jugs to find one with the furthest expiration date. The main characters from the film are Dante, Randal
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Video game
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A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word video in video game referred to a raster display device. Some theorists categorize video games as an art form, but this designation is controversial, the electronic systems used to play video games are known as platforms, examples of these are personal computers and video game consoles. These platforms range from large mainframe computers to small handheld computing devices, the input device used for games, the game controller, varies across platforms. Common controllers include gamepads, joysticks, mouse devices, keyboards, the touchscreens of mobile devices, and buttons, or even, with the Kinect sensor, a persons hands and body. Players typically view the game on a screen or television or computer monitor, or sometimes on virtual reality head-mounted display goggles. There are often game sound effects, music and, in the 2010s, some games in the 2000s include haptic, vibration-creating effects, force feedback peripherals and virtual reality headsets. In the 2010s, the game industry is of increasing commercial importance, with growth driven particularly by the emerging Asian markets and mobile games. As of 2015, video games generated sales of USD74 billion annually worldwide, early games used interactive electronic devices with various display formats. The earliest example is from 1947—a Cathode ray tube Amusement Device was filed for a patent on 25 January 1947, by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann, and issued on 14 December 1948, as U. S. Written by MIT students Martin Graetz, Steve Russell, and Wayne Wiitanens on a DEC PDP-1 computer in 1961, and the hit ping pong-style Pong, used the DEC PDP-1s vector display to have two spaceships battle each other. In 1971, Computer Space, created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, was the first commercially sold and it used a black-and-white television for its display, and the computer system was made of 74 series TTL chips. The game was featured in the 1973 science fiction film Soylent Green, Computer Space was followed in 1972 by the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home console. Modeled after a late 1960s prototype console developed by Ralph H. Baer called the Brown Box and these were followed by two versions of Ataris Pong, an arcade version in 1972 and a home version in 1975 that dramatically increased video game popularity. The commercial success of Pong led numerous other companies to develop Pong clones and their own systems, the game inspired arcade machines to become prevalent in mainstream locations such as shopping malls, traditional storefronts, restaurants, and convenience stores. The game also became the subject of articles and stories on television and in newspapers and magazines. Space Invaders was soon licensed for the Atari VCS, becoming the first killer app, the term platform refers to the specific combination of electronic components or computer hardware which, in conjunction with software, allows a video game to operate. The term system is commonly used
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Mike Wead
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Mike Wead, is a Swedish guitarist who lives in Stockholm. Wead contributed to heavy metal such as Hexenhaus, Memento Mori, Abstrakt Algebra, The Haunted, Edge of Sanity, Candlemass. Currently Wead is the guitarist of Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, as a guitarist in King Diamond, Wead shares lead guitar duties with Andy LaRocque. Wead also works as a producer and sound engineer, nachtgeist With Minions Soul Mirror With Entombed When in Sodom With Zoromr Corpus Hermeticum Mike Wead on Myspace
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Snowy Shaw
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Snowy Shaw, born on 25 July 1968, is a Swedish heavy metal musician, based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, Notre Dame. Snowy is adept at playing guitar as well as drums and additionally featured as a songwriter in Dream Evil. In October 2006 Snowy joined the metal band Therion, singing on the Gothic Kabbalah album. In 2012 and 2013 Snowy Shaw was on tour with Sabaton,1989 – Snowy Shaw joined King Diamond, touring North America. 1990 – Snowy Shaw tours Europe with King Diamond and worked on project called The Shaman a. k. a. 1992 – Formed the band Memento Mori with Mike Wead and Messiah Marcolin,1994 – On the side of his mainband IllWill. Snowy are involved, plays shows and records with Whipped Cream, Colossus,1996 – Snowy Shaw does his first contributions as multi-instrumentalist solo artist on a tribute album for KISS. 1997 – Records albums with various project such as Supergroupies and psychedelic popband Bad Karma, puts all the other projects aside to form his own band Notre Dame, that first appear this year on a Mercyful Fate tribute album. 1998 – Snowy now spends all his working, writing and recording for Notre Dame. The debut CD is released on Halloween,2000 – Was asked by producer and guitarist Fredrik Nordström to join new power/melodic metal band Dream Evil. Declined, but agreed to do some session drumming for the bands first album Dragonslayer,2001 – Snowy is hired as session drummer for the solo album of former Europe and Easy Action guitarist Kee Marcello namely K2. 2002 – Decided to join Dream Evil as a full member, worked with Them Sluts. as well as keeping up with his own band Notre Dame. 2004 – Notre Dame was disbanded after one last show on Halloween in hometown Gothenburg,2005 – Quit Kee Marcellos K2 after their appearance on Eurovision song contest. Notre Dames live album CREEPSHOW FREAKSHOW PEEPSHOWis released by Shaws own indie label, Snowy works for Revolver Film Company as prop/decor designer and assistant. 2006 – Write and record new material with Dream Evil but due to problems within the camp Snowy decides to leave the band. Produced and generally helping out his friends in the Swedish glam/sleaze band Loud N´Nasty, Snowy was hired as singer in Therion. Apart from his singing duties Snowy is hired to design and manufacture everything visual for the stage act, kamelots live show One Cold Winters Night in Oslo, Norway, features Snowys guest appearance as Mephisto, Shagraths character on the bands concept album The Black Halo
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Sharlee D'Angelo
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Sharlee DAngelo is the Swedish bassist for the melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as the stoner metal band Spiritual Beggars and the blackened thrash/speed metal band Witchery. DAngelo has also been in bands in the past, either as a studio session player or full member. These include Arch Enemy, Mercyful Fate, Dismember, King Diamond and he plays with Dunlop picks and primarily used Rickenbacker basses in his early career, before switching to playing and endorsing Ibanez Iceman basses in 2005. Ibanez now produces the Sharlee DAngelo signature bass, called the SDB2, DAngelo has cited a number of bass players as early influences, including Roger Glover, Glenn Hughes, Steve Dawson, Peter Baltes, and John Entwistle
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Chris Estes
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Christopher Douglas Estes is a former King Diamond bass player. Originally from Dodge City, Kansas, Chris moved to Denton, during his time at UNT he met Darrin Anthony Stull and joined his unsigned Dallas band Mindstorm. In early 1994 three members of Mindstorm were officially asked to join King Diamond, during his tenure with King Diamond, Chris recorded three albums and took part in three tours, in addition earning writing credits on the album Voodoo. Returning to college in 1997 and attending classes between studio sessions and tour, Chris eventually earned a degree in Computer Science, in the summer of 1999, Chris received word that the studio session for House of God had been postponed. Burdened by immediate financial needs, Chris reluctantly resigned his position in King Diamond, Chris currently lives and works in Richardson, Texas as a computer programmer. Chris continues to write and perform music as a hobby in his free time, King Diamond – The Spiders Lullabye King Diamond – The Graveyard Fakkulty – Southern Hostility King Diamond – Voodoo Mercyful Fate – Into the Unknown King Diamond – The Graveyard
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Fatal Portrait
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Fatal Portrait is the debut album by the heavy metal band King Diamond. The album was released in 1986 on Roadrunner Records and it is the only King Diamond album to date in which guitarist Andy LaRocque does not receive writing credits. Fatal Portrait was produced by Rune Hoyer, along with The Spiders Lullabye, this is one of the bands only albums which is not a whole concept album. This album has sold over 100,000 copies in North America alone, five songs on this album form a short story. Narrator sees a face in every candle that burns and this face speaks one word to him, Jonah. So he finds an old book, speaks a rhyme and frees the spirit from the candle and its the spirit of a little girl named Molly, who tells him her story, that happened seven years before. Mrs. Jane kept her 4-year-old daughter Molly in the attic until she died, mrs. Jane then speaks a rhyme and burns the portrait. A free spirit of Molly returns to haunt her until she goes insane, all lyrics written by King Diamond
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The Eye (King Diamond album)
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The Eye is a concept album by King Diamond released in 1990. It continues to feature a major storyline such as other King Diamond albums and his two prior concept albums had been told from the perspective of the protagonists, this one is told from the view of a narrator. The themes of Christian atrocity with the persecution of alleged witches, the story is almost entirely historically accurate, including the names of the actual characters. The story starts off with an unnamed character finding a necklace called The Eye and they see an accused witch named Jeanne Dibasson being tortured and burned at the stake. Next they see two little girls finding the necklace in the ashes at a stake, and what they see when they look in the eye kills them. Finally there is the story of Madeleine Bavent, a nun working in the Louviers convent, after being raped by Father David, she uses the necklace to kill him by making him look into it. Shortly after, the new Chaplain, Father Picard, arrives and he winds up lacing their communion wine with some substance that lets him control their minds, and uses a group of nuns including Madeleine to ritually torture and kill children. In 1642 all are arrested and imprisoned, the main parts of the stories told on this album are true, and took place during the French Inquisition, 1450-1670. All of the characters are real and from that period of time, Nicolas de la Reynie, Head investigator of the Christian Burning Court, in Paris. Madeleine Bavent, 18-year-old French nun who entered the convent at Louviers in 1625, Father Pierre David, Chaplain of the convent at Louviers till his death in 1628. Father Mathurin Picard, Chaplain of the convent at Louviers from 1628 to his death in 1642 and this marked the first King Diamond album without Mikkey Dee recording the drums. The drummer on this album was Snowy Shaw, Falcao wrote Two Little Girls with King Diamond, but wasnt credited. King Diamond - vocals, keyboards Andy LaRocque - guitars Pete Blakk - guitars Hal Patino - bass Snowy Shaw - drums Roberto Falcao - keyboards
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The Spider's Lullabye
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The Spiders Lullabye is the sixth studio album by King Diamond released in 1995. Unlike other King Diamond albums, it is not a concept album. Only half the songs form a single plot and it was also the first King Diamond album to be released on the Metal Blade label. The album was remastered by Andy LaRocque and was re-released in 2009, the first half of the songs on this album are listed as a variety of short stories before the second half form the plot. From the Other Side Tells about the struggle with an out-of-body experience. Killer Describes a Richard Ramirez-type serial killer who is being put to death by electric chair, the Poltergeist Revolves around a ghost hunter who detects a spirit in their home. Fearing the invading ghost is evil, we are unsure of the ghosts personality. The song ends with the ghost overcoming the hunter, who allows the ghost to stay forever, the sleepers finds out the little girls were not what they appeared to be and screams to escape the nightmare. Moonlight Tells about a group of cursed children, similar to the 1960 movie Village of the Damned and his family mentioned in the song are, Grandma, Kings mother, his sister Missy, his grandfather, etc. The Spiders Lullabye Focuses on a man named Harry who is terrified of spiders and, out of desperation. Eastmanns Cure Is the continuing plot of Harry answering an ad in the newspaper about a psychiatric hospital that specializes in curing phobias of all kinds. The second character in the song Dr. Eastmann introduces himself to Harry as a kind, Room 17 In Room 17, a confident Harry awaits Dr. Eastmann and his assistant Nurse Needle Dear to begin his treatment and cure. The so-called treatment was nothing more than a session when Nurse Needle unleashes a wolf spider from the Crawly Box. The next day, Harry complains of having a feeling on his neck, spider bites. Dr. Eastmann dismisses Harrys comments and thinks nothing more of it, Dr. Eastman comes to the realization that Harry had clearly died of fright. To the Morgue Along with other patients who have died for reasons unknown, King Diamond - vocals, keyboards Andy LaRocque - guitars, keyboards Herb Simonsen - guitar Chris Estes - bass Darrin Anthony - drums
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The Graveyard (album)
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The Graveyard is a concept album by King Diamond released in 1996. This was also the first album by King Diamond to be featured on the Massacre Records label, the album was remastered by Andy LaRocque and was re-released in 2009. This album is one of the most successful King Diamonds albums peaking at #23 in the Finnish Charts, in this story, Kings character is an employee for a crooked, perverted and immoral mayor, Mayor McKenzie. One night, Kings character happens to walk in on his boss molesting his daughter, King doesnt keep quiet about this, but the mayor testifies that King is insane and has him locked up in Black Hill Sanitarium. After years of being there, King sees his chance to escape and takes it, strangling the nurse that arrives at his cell to administer his medication, now mentally destroyed, King runs off to the local graveyard to hide from the police. With that thought in the back of his mind, he kidnaps Lucy McKenzie, the mayors daughter, eventually, Mayor McKenzie does arrive after King calls him by phone. Before he arrives, King buries Lucy - still conscious - in one of seven empty graves, King eventually reveals himself to the Mayor and offers him a game. Mayor must dig out his daughter from one of seven graves while wearing a blindfold. There are seven mounds, and hell have three guesses or else hell kill both of them, the Mayor gets the third guess right, but King knocks him out, dragging to his tomb and tying him down. While the Mayor slowly regains consciousness, King digs up Lucy, to Kings surprise, Lucy ends up pulling down on a cord that sends a sheet of broken glass from a broken chapel window down on King, decapitating him. The legend he was obsessed with turns out to be true, to his relief, Lucy takes Kings head and puts it in her backpack, so King can be with her forever. King Diamond - All Vocals, Keyboards Andy LaRocque - Guitars Herb Simonsen - Guitars Chris Estes - Bass Darrin Anthony - Drums
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Voodoo (King Diamond album)
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Voodoo is a concept album by King Diamond. The album was released in 1998, the album cover is drawn by Kristian Wåhlin. The album was remastered by Andy LaRocque and was re-released in 2009, Voodoo takes place in the year 1932 and deals with the affairs of the Lafayettes, a family consisting of Sarah, David, and Grandpa. They move to an old house on the Mississippi River, just north of Baton Rouge. Unknown to the Lafayettes, the houses servant, Salem, is involved in voodoo. Salem partakes in voodoo rituals at the graveyard, along with Doctor le Croix, a sorcerer, Madame Sarita, and Lula Chevalier. The Lafayettes hear the drums from the ceremonies in the graveyard. They call a meeting with Salem to discuss what should be done. The Lafayettes decide to destroy the voodoo burial ground, Salem does not want this to happen, so he sneaks out at midnight to talk to Doctor le Croix. Le Croix gives Salem money to buy some goofer dust, Salem puts a snake in Davids room, mixes haunted graveyard dirt in Grandpas food, and, after talking to the dead Baron Samedi, pours goofer dust on Sarah while she sleeps. David and Grandpa become very ill, and Sarah becomes possessed with a voodoo spirit, Grandpa manages to call Father Malone, an exorcist. Father Malone travels to the house to rid Sarah of her possessor. He fails, and is rendered unconscious from exhaustion, while he is unconscious, Lula brings the heavy, nail-riddled ceremonial cross of Baron Samedi to the possessed Sarah. Sarah attacks Malone with the cross, almost killing him, Grandpa comes in and tells Sarah to stop, and she does, which saves Father Malones life. Grandpa calls the police and ambulance, which arrive two hours later, the story concludes with Salem speaking about the aftermath of the situation, which also reveals that he escaped the events of the mansion. He explains that the Lafayettes abandoned the old house after leaving the hospital. Sarahs child was born and it was speaking in the strangest tongue. backwards, some expert had uttered the word. Voodoo. Voodoo is one of the best-selling King Diamonds albums and it peaked at #27 in the Finnish Charts remaining four weeks in the Top 40 and it peaked at #55 in the Swedish Charts, but remaining for just one week
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House of God (album)
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House of God is the ninth studio album by the heavy metal band King Diamond, released in 2000. The album was remastered by Andy LaRocque and was re-released in 2009, the albums storyline is loosely based on the legend of Rennes-le-Château. A man gets lost in the hills and is surrounded by wolves, suddenly an old grey wolf with shiny eyes appears, makes all other wolves stay back and leads the man to a small church at the bottom of a hill. The man enters the House of God, in which everything starts to change, the wolf turns into a beautiful woman. He starts discussing with Angel and she tells him her dramatic fate, Angel was chosen by supernatural forces to guard the church and she has one years time to find a replacement for herself. If shes not successful she has to die, if she is successful she can leave the frightening place, but will lose her memory. The man sadly lets her go and nearly loses his mind out of heartache, in his desperation he starts to destroy the church and explores a hidden path which leads to underground catacombs. Spiders and rats reign there and everything is full of human bones, the man hears a scream from the inside of a mummy. He runs back into the church and a mysterious being tells him that there exists no God or devil, the mans shocked and starts to doubt the sense of life. He desperately asks himself, Why am I here, where does life begin or end. Is the universe just a grain of sand on a huge beach, the man loses his faith in life, he cant accept what he has seen and hangs himself in desperation and pain. The album begins with a monologue, Upon the Cross he did not die, they tortured him, smuggled across the open sea, to Southern France, tranquility. There he married Magdalene, and founded another dynasty, a church was built upon a hill, to serve all of the gods at will. King Diamond - Vocals Andy LaRocque - Guitars Glen Drover - Guitars David Harbour - Bass guitar John Luke Hébert - Drums
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Abigail II: The Revenge
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Abigail II, The Revenge is an album by King Diamond released in 2002 and is plotwise a successor to the 1987 album Abigail. The cover art was done by Travis Smith, according to the liner notes, the character of Brandon Henry is based on Kings friend, Brandon J. Henry, who looks after Kings house when he is on the road. The plot correlates with that of the original album Abigail, and the listener discovers that she is actually the half-sister of OBrian, the year is 1863, and Abigail has just turned 18 years old. While out walking in the forest, she is caught in a storm that takes her by surprise, causing her to lose her way and stumble upon the LaFey Mansion, the gates to which are locked tight. Certain that she will succumb to the elements, Abigail is surprised to see Little One, Abigail enters the mansion and is greeted by Jonathans imposing and shaven-headed servant, Brandon Henry. It is revealed that Jonathan did not die after he fell down the stairs and he has not moved on from Miriams death and now calls himself Count de LaFey. He greets Abigail, calling her Miriam and believing she is his beloved and he coaxes Abigail into sleeping with him in his bed, where he rapes her in an attempt to produce an heir. Abigail, fueled with vengeance, goes to the crypt to see her past incarnation, Brandon Henry, who had warned her to never go into the crypt, finds her there, Abigail takes a sharp necklace from the mummified babys neck and slits his throat. She puts broken glass in Jonathans food, beats him with his cane while he chokes on his own blood, and then him on fire. The fire spreads from Jonathan to the window-curtains and finally to Abigails dress, and she and the mansion are consumed by the flames
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The Puppet Master (album)
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The Puppet Master is an album by King Diamond released in 2003. A limited edition includes a DVD on which King Diamond is telling the story of The Puppet Master, King Diamond meets Victoria after a Christmas show put on by the Puppet Master in Budapest. They kiss after the show and feel a magic come over them, one year after they meet, his beloved goes missing after wanting to see the show again and he sets out to find her. While searching, he comes across the Puppet Masters wife killing a homeless man and he follows her into a building where he is struck from behind and loses consciousness. When King regains consciousness, the master is performing a ritual to exchange Kings soul in order to imbue temporary life into his eyes. An accident during the ritual with the Devil leaves King Diamonds soul trapped within his permanently aware eyes and he then finds himself strapped to a hospital bed and The Puppet Master and his wife standing in front of him with a scalpel. The Puppet Master leans over him and says, First your eyes and we will make you feel born again. And starts to cut out his eyes, one eyelid drops down into a jar. The Puppet Master uses an instrument to pull the eyeball out of its socket, the Puppet Master then puts the eyeball into a puppets eye socket. His body is being made into a puppet that comes to life when blood is injected into it and it is after this that he sees his wifes body, now a puppet, on another shelf in the Puppet Masters shop. King Diamond and his beloved are infused with a syringe-full of their blood nightly, so they can practice their routines, each night, after being put away, King and his beloved talk with their eyes from across the room as the essence of their blood fades away. King Diamond is forced to witness her fading away every night, once instructed to dance by the Puppet Master, Victoria stumbles into the wall where jars of blood for the puppets are stored on shelves, knocking six of them down. She is then sent away to Berlin and King vows to find her again, Christmas time comes around for the third time in the tale, and King is to perform as The Little Drummer Boy. At his performance, he falls and breaks his drum to embarrass the Puppet Master. For his actions, he is sold to a shop and left nailed to the wall, Christmas contains an excerpt from The Little Drummer Boy written by Davis – Onorati – Simeone. Arranged by King Diamond King Diamond – vocals, keyboards Andy LaRocque – guitars, keyboards Mike Wead – guitars Hal Patino – bass guitar Matt Thompson – drums Livia Zita – additional vocals
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Give Me Your Soul...Please
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Give Me Your Soul. Please is a concept album by King Diamond released on June 26,2007. The albums concept and cover art are both based on a painting titled My Mothers Eyes, the black cat featured in the album is based on Kings own cat, Magic. In the July/August issue of UK metal magazine Zero Tolerance, King elaborated on the themes of the album, being a story of two dead children, murdered by their father, relating their tale to him. He stated that cases of killing their children and then themselves were a large influence. Coincidentally, the video for, Give Me Your Soul was also released the day after the highly publicized Chris Benoit double murder. All songs written by King Diamond, except where noted, the track Never Ending Hill, was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance but lost to Slayers Final Six. The album peaked at #174 on the Billboard 200, also the album charted in the Finnish Charts and in the Swedish Charts. A music video was filmed for Give Me Your Soul, depicting King and his bandmates as ghosts, it tells the story of the girl and her brother being killed by the father. It premiered on MTVs Headbangers Ball on Wednesday February 27,2008, at the beginning, a sister and brother are waiting in the afterlife. The brother is to go to Hell, so the sister decides to find another soul for him so that he can follow her to Heaven and she takes off to a house in Neverending Hill, where King Diamond lives with his black cat, Magic. The girl tries to him for help but she only manages to haunt him. As the darkness grows, objects are moving on their own, lights flicker and the drops to freezing levels. King uses black magic to contact the girl and she reveals that her father chopped up her brother with an axe, splashing her with his blood, then choked her to death before shooting himself in the head. The Thirteen Judges mistakenly think that the brother committed suicide, so she needs to find a free of sin for him. She wants Diamonds soul but, since she finds him full of sin when she gazes at him, he pleads with her to leave, the girl decides to come to THIS house. King Diamond - Vocals, Keyboards Andy LaRocque - Guitars, Keyboards Mike Wead - Guitars Hal Patino - Bass Matt Thompson - Drums Livia Zita - Additional vocals
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The Dark Sides
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The Dark Sides is a compilation of King Diamond songs, released in 1988 by Roadrunner Records. This album contains five tracks, released on albums, but are mostly unrelated in their stories. The album cover featured King Diamond with face paint that resembled KISS bassist Gene Simmons Demon, Simmons claimed that Kings face paint was copyright infringement and sued him. The lawsuit was dropped when King changed his design
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King Diamond discography
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The discography of King Diamond, a Danish heavy metal band, consists of twelve studio releases, two live albums, five compilations, six singles, and four music videos. King Diamond was formed in 1985, after the dissolution of the group Mercyful Fate, by vocalist King Diamond, guitarists Andy LaRocque and Michael Denner, bassist Timi Hansen, and drummer Mikkey Dee. The following year, the released their debut album Fatal Portrait. King Diamonds second studio album, Abigail, was released on February 24,1987, the following year, the band released the follow-up album Conspiracy, which charted at number 111 in North America, number 41 in Sweden and at number 64 in the Netherlands. In 1990, after more changes, King Diamond released the album The Eye, which only charted at number 179 in the US. The album went on to reach number 31 in Finland, the Spiders Lullabye was followed by The Graveyard and Voodoo in 1996 and 1998 respectively. In 2000, King Diamond released the album House of God, in 2003, the band released The Puppet Master, which reached number 36 in Sweden. In 2007, King Diamond released their 12th studio album Give Me Your Soul. Please, which peaked at 174 in the US, number 28 in Sweden and at number 25 in Finland
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Mercyful Fate
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Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. Influenced by progressive rock and hard rock, with lyrics dealing with Satan, many of the bands from this movement went on to influence later black metal musicians in the 1990s, particularly in Norway. Since the bands inception in 1981, Mercyful Fate have released seven studio albums, after several line-up changes and self-made demos, Mercyful Fate released their self-titled EP in 1982, with the line-up of King Diamond, Hank Shermann, Michael Denner, Timi Hansen and Kim Ruzz. With this line-up the group recorded their first two albums, until 1985 when the band broke up due to musical differences. In 1993, four out of the five members of Mercyful Fate reunited to record the album In the Shadows, during the 1990s, the band released four more studio albums and went through several line-up changes. Since 1999, Mercyful Fate have been on hiatus, but have reunited on occasion during the 2000s, Mercyful Fate was originally formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1981, following the dissolution of the band Brats. Brats had been a band, featuring future Mercyful Fate members, vocalist King Diamond. After two studio albums and several changes, Diamond and Shermann began writing new material that was much heavier than any of Brats previous work. The bands record label CBS was not pleased with the material, as a result, Diamond and Shermann quit the group and went on to form Mercyful Fate. After several line-up changes and semi-professional demo tapes, Mercyful Fate released their self-titled EP in 1982. This line-up, consisting of King Diamond, Hank Shermann, bassist Timi Hansen, drummer Kim Ruzz and guitarist Michael Denner, in July,1983, Mercyful Fate recorded their debut album at Easy Sound Recording, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Entitled Melissa, the album was produced by Henrik Lund and released on October 30,1983 on Roadrunner Records. After a number of concerts around Denmark, Mercyful Fate entered the studio in May 1984 to record their studio album Dont Break the Oath. During the albums supporting tour, the played the US for two months and made festival appearances in Germany. Despite winning a cult following around the world, Mercyful Fate broke up in April,1985, guitarist Hank Shermann wanted the band to move to a more commercial sound, to which King Diamond refused and announced his departure from Mercyful Fate, which led to the band breaking-up. After Mercyful Fate broke up in 1985, King Diamond, along with Michael Denner and Timi Hansen, both Denner and Hansen stayed with the group until 1987s Abigail, after which both left King Diamond. They were replaced by Mike Moon and Hal Patino, respectively, after leaving King Diamond, Michael Denner opened up a recordshop in Copenhagen, until 1988, when he formed the band Lavina, along with former bandmate Hank Shermann. Hank Shermann had formed the rock band Fate in 1985
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