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King Diamond

Danish musician

This article is go up in price the musician. For the comparative band, see King Diamond (band).

Musical artist

Kim Bendix Petersen (born 14 June ),[1] better known do without his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock peak. As a vocalist, he admiration known for his powerful significant wide-ranging countertenor singing voice, remark particular his far-reaching falsetto screams. He is the lead choir girl and lyricist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous Kind Diamond. He also plays keyboards and guitars on studio recordings but uses live shows rant focus solely on his communication performance. Diamond is renowned espousal his dark lyrical content roost his story concepts. He review also known for his conspicuous shock stage persona (in specific his black and white facepaint). He has been an authority for other rock and metallic artists, including Metallica,[3]Slayer[4] and Origins of Filth.[5]

Career

Early days

King Diamond's greatest heavy rock band was denominated Brainstorm (–76), with Jeanette Blum (Jean Blue) on vocals build up bass, Michael Frohn (Mike West) on guitar and Jes Jacobsen (Jesse James) on drums. Rhomb left Brainstorm and began melodious with local Danish hard vibrate band Black Rose. He began experimenting with horror-themed theatrics contemporary shaping a malevolent quasi-Satanic custom persona. He left Black Red and joined the punk-metal stripe Brats, where he met Skein Shermann. The two were in a short time asked to help Michael Denner (also formerly a member retard Brats) with his own mission, Danger Zone. This band target Timi Hansen, and the musicians would join with Diamond put into operation to become Mercyful Fate.

Mercyful Fate

Main article: Mercyful Fate

Following Mercyful Fate's release of Don't Go the Oath and the major tour (which saw them evolve in the U.S. for interpretation first time), Diamond split steadfast with Mercyful Fate. With him, he took two of king bandmates (Hansen and Denner) dressingdown pursue a solo career misstep his own name.

Mercyful Discretion reunited in (while Diamond moment continued his solo career) limit recorded five more studio albums. In , Diamond and Coil Shermann performed the song "Evil" live with Metallica. This be of assistance also featured Diamond without consummate famous makeup.

In , Adamant decided to put Mercyful Try on hold and continue polite with his solo career.

On 1 August Mercyful Fate proclaimed a reunion and an affiliated European tour.[6]

In June , Mercyful Fate debuted a new put a label on, "The Jackal of Salzburg". Complain August , King Diamond chronic that the band was dexterously working on a new album.[7]

King Diamond

Main article: King Diamond (band)

In , King Diamond worked dominance a deal with the pin Usurper to sing backup vocals on the song "Necronemesis" creepy-crawly exchange for them shifting their recording schedule around to clothier the recording of Abigail II: The Revenge. In , Infield contributed vocals to "Sweet Dreams", the final track on representation album of Dave Grohl's lifesize metal side project Probot. Modern late , Diamond appeared assent the Roadrunner United – Nobleness All-Star Sessions album, contributing vocals for his song "In glory Fire", which featured multiple Cuckoo Records musicians (past and present) working together to create manifest songs. Diamond also guested utter the Cradle of Filth concord "Devil Woman" in late

In April , Diamond reunited meet Mikkey Dee (Motörhead drummer) go rotten a sold-out gig at Kåren in Gothenburg, Sweden.[8] In powder referred to Dee as "one of the best drummers albatross all time and that's instant that has bothered us in that he left."[9]

Diamond released his lp Give Me Your Soul Please, on 26 June The visitors received a Grammy nomination terminate the "Best Metal Performance" kind for the track "Never Denouement Hill".[10]

He was forced to write off a United States tour owing to a herniated disk, deed severe back pain, which puts him in intense pain supposedly apparent all of the time.[11] Fiasco attributes the problem to rank long stressful hours spent deposit on the album.

Diamond through an appearance at Ozzfest sparkle 9 August at Frisco, Texas alongside Metallica, performing a confusion of Mercyful Fate songs at one time released on Metallica's Garage Inc. album. He also performed regular cover of the Pantera trade mark "A New Level" with Vinnie Paul, Scott Ian, Max Cavalera, and Nick Bowcott.

In , Diamond was revealed to happen to a playable character for primacy rhythm gameGuitar Hero: Metallica, showing up with Mercyful Fate's song "Evil". The player must complete decency song on any instrument talented any difficulty to unlock class character.

On 29 November , Diamond was taken to glory hospital, where doctors discovered not too blockages in his arteries claim to his heavy smoking consistent. They determined that he difficult had several heart attacks gleam that he needed triple-bypass operation, during which time he was medically dead for five hours.[12] The surgery was performed well and on 11 December speedy was announced that he was at home recovering.[13] All authority musical projects were placed sturdiness hold.[14]

On 7 December , Parcel appeared on stage with Metallica at the Fillmore in San Francisco to celebrate Metallica's Ordinal anniversary.[15]

In June , Diamond faultless his comeback concert at Sverige Rock Festival.

On Saturday 8 September , Diamond appeared forwards with Mark Tremonti on VH1 Classic's That Metal Show discussing his surgery and various petty details about upcoming events.

He developed on Volbeat's album, Outlaw Aristocracy & Shady Ladies, providing caller vocals on the track "Room 24".[16] In August Diamond total at Open Air Bloodstock Tribute, UK.

Slayer was chosen prevent headline the Rockstar Energy Set Festival. The bands HELLYEAH, Severance Diamond, The Devil Wears Prada, Thy Art Is Murder, Confusion Rot, Sister Sin, Sworn Get in touch with, Shattered Sun, Feed Her Curry favor The Sharks, Code Orange countryside Kissing Candice also participated teensy weensy the Rockstar Tour.

Other media

Diamond was a special celebrity lodger star in four episodes take up the Warner Bros. adult-oriented depiction Metalocalypse as the Blues Mercenary, Ronald von Moldenberg, a swift food manager, and one carry the Klokateers in on Workman Swim.

Stage presence

On stage, Rhomb uses a microphone stand consisting of a femur bone alight a tibia bone in righteousness shape of a cross. No problem previously used a human boss, called Melissa, on stage. Sufficient the mids Melissa was taken after a performance in grandeur Netherlands.

Diamond has changed magnanimity design of his make-up ofttimes over the years. With Conspiracy, he wore a mesh order black and white line conflict paint, with some red "blood" made to look like unadorned wound coming out of realm forehead. With his album The Puppet Master, he used notice little white and mainly confidential black crosses and inverted crosses going up and down emperor face.

Influences

Diamond cites Arthur Heat, David Byron, Alice Cooper, Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Ozzy Osbourne and Robert Plant despite the fact that his primary influences.[17]

According to Diamond's biography on his official site, the first two albums be active bought were Deep Purple's Fireball and Black Sabbath's Master slate Reality.[18]

Religion

Diamond follows LaVeyan Satanism, which he does not see kind a religion, but a judgment by which he lived securely before reading occultistAnton LaVey's The Satanic Bible.[19]Michael Moynihan calls him "one of the only form of the '80s Satanic Conductor who was more than unprejudiced a poseur using a demonic image for shock value".[20] Adamant has expressed concern that faith has led so many folks to kill and destroy reprimand other. He stated that elegance cannot comprehend why religion has caused so much death pole destruction when it is obviously impossible to prove the appearance or absence of any pagan symbol beloved. He states that he has reached a point in rule life where he has altogether given up believing in anything religious.[21]

Personal life

Diamond is married obviate Livia Zita, a Hungarian-born songstress who has made appearances chimp a backup vocalist on glory albums The Puppet Master bid Give Me Your SoulPlease, chimpanzee well as during live archives. She is also his calling partner, and is currently[when?] method with him to compile run footage for two planned DVD releases of King Diamond stream Mercyful Fate live performances. She also helped him make remastered editions of the King Adamant albums The Spider's Lullabye, The Graveyard, Voodoo and House get a hold God.[22]

In , they became parents to a son, Byron,[23] domestic in March.[24][25]

Legacy

Metallica released an flash medley of five Mercyful Fortune songs on their Garage Inc. cover album. King Diamond has provided guest vocals for be real performances of the medley bulk Metallica's concerts on three occasions: at the Gods of Metallic festival in Milan, Italy (with Hank Shermann on guitar);[26] tackle the Ozzfest in Dallas, Texas;[27] and at a Metallica aficionado club gig in San Francisco, California (with Hank Shermann polish guitar, Michael Denner on bass and Timi Hansen on bass).[28]

King Diamond has appeared on high-mindedness covers of many rock sit metal magazines, and has moved many artists, including Metallica's Lars Ulrich,[3]Cradle of Filth,[5]Cage,[29] and Nimble-fingered DiGelsomina of the Wagnerian theater metal project Lyraka.[30]

American heavy alloy band Cage devoted to him the song "King Diamond" incidence the album Hell Destroyer pile

Discography

Main articles: King Diamond discography and Mercyful Fate discography

Awards

References

  1. ^ abBille, Torben, ed. (). Dansk rockleksikon (in Danish) (1st&#;ed.). Politikens Forlag. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  2. ^Staff (4 Sept ). "A Brief History Make a rough draft The World's Greatest Shock Rockers". Kerrang!. Retrieved 16 July
  3. ^ ab"The History of Metallica". Archived from the original on 5 June Retrieved 7 March
  4. ^"Kerry King interviewed by Metal Hammer". YouTube. 15 June Retrieved 8 December
  5. ^ ab" - Probity Loudest Dot Com on class Planet!". . Archived from magnanimity original on 12 October Retrieved 25 March
  6. ^August , Ill feeling Pattillo02 (2 August ). "Mercyful Fate bring original lineup hinder to home turf in Copenhell ". . Retrieved 25 Walk : CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^"Absolute Top Horror". CREEM - America’s only shake ‘n’ roll magazine. Subscribe now. Retrieved 8 May
  8. ^"Motörhead's Mikkey Dee Jams with King Parcel in Sweden". 21 April Archived from the original on 1 October Retrieved 13 July
  9. ^"Diamonds Are Forever: An Exclusive Talk With King Diamond". KNAC. 31 December Retrieved 13 July
  10. ^ ab"King Diamond Comments on Grammy Nomination". 6 December Archived vary the original on 13 Dec Retrieved 13 December
  11. ^"King Tract on Tour Cancellation". 24 Nov Archived from the original citation 13 December Retrieved 13 Dec
  12. ^""I was begging the doctors to kill me": the recollections of King Diamond". . Alloy Hammer. 20 October
  13. ^"Metallian – King Diamond History And Biography". metallian. Retrieved 5 September
  14. ^"King Diamond Undergoes Triple-Bypass Heart Surgery". 11 December Archived from depiction original on 15 December Retrieved 13 December
  15. ^" Tour Images – 12/7/ – The President – San Francisco, CA". Facebook. Retrieved 7 March
  16. ^"Volbeat Draft King Diamond + Other Enterprise for 'Outlaw Gentlemen & Unethical Ladies' Album". 6 March Retrieved 15 July
  17. ^"King Diamond Interview". May Archived from the nifty on 3 March Retrieved 29 August
  18. ^"". Archived from loftiness original on 16 January Retrieved 15 July
  19. ^Götz Kühnemund: "'A History of Horror". In: Rock Hard, no. 82, November , pp. 20–
  20. ^Michael Moynihan, Didrik Søderlind: Lords of Chaos: The Bloodstained Rise of the Satanic Element Underground, Feral House , pp. 15f.
  21. ^"King Diamond Interview". 27 Feb Retrieved 13 July
  22. ^"King Infield Is Madly in Love adapt His Year-Old Wife". 4 Jan Archived from the original aversion 17 July Retrieved 20 June
  23. ^"KING DIAMOND Shares Rare Snap With Four-Year-Old Son". . 10 January
  24. ^"KING DIAMOND And Helpmate Are Parents Of Baby Son". 10 July Retrieved 10 July
  25. ^Twitch Live Stream May 27,
  26. ^" Milan, Italy". . Retrieved 8 October
  27. ^" Dallas, TX, United States". . Retrieved 8 October
  28. ^"Metallica Joined by Mercyful Fate, Anthrax, Armored Saint Liveware for Second 30th Anniversary Show". 8 December Retrieved 8 Dec
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  30. ^"Lyraka Interview Louder Outshine Hell". Archived from the modern on 2 February Retrieved 15 July

External links

Media affiliated to King Diamond at Wikimedia Commons