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King Diamond is the band that King Diamond (Kim Petersen) formed after the split up of Mercyful Fate - following the departure of Hank Sherman. He was joined by most members of the then defunct Mercyful Fate. The style has lost most of its proto-black metal style and became a progressive metal band. The Satanic focus was replaced by a focus on horror stories. Apart from two albums, each of the albums contained a story told throughout the songs; some stories span more than one album. Only Fatal Portrait and The Spider’s Lullaby deviate here, in that only half of the songs form a story while the other songs are independent. His extremely high falsetto vocal style is notable.

Current line-up
King Diamond - Vocals, Keyboards (1985-) (Black Rose (Dnk), Mercyful Fate, Danger Zone (Dnk), Brats)
Andy LaRocque aka Anders Allhage (1985-) - Guitars (ex-Death, ex-E.F. Band, Illwill)
Mike Wead aka Mikael Wikström (2000-) - Guitars (Mercyful Fate, Abstrakt Algebra, Memento Mori, Witch (Swe), ex-Candlemass, Maninnya Blade, Hexenhaus)
Hal Patino - Bass (1987-1989, 2000-) (Force of Evil, ex-Blakk Totem, ex-Maltese Falcon, ex-Palladion, ex-Doctor Butcher)
Matt Thompson - Drums (2000-) (Batcastle, ex-Autumn Silence, Shaolin Death Squad, ex-Michael Harris)

Guest vocals:
Livia Zita

Former/past member(s)
Guitars :
Michael Denner (1985-1987) (ex-Mercyful Fate, Force of Evil, Zoser Mez, Iron Space, Brats, Danger Zone (Dnk))
Pete Blakk aka Peter Jacobsson (1987-1990) (ex-Blakk Totem, ex-Geisha, ex-Trazer)
Glen Drover (1998-2000) (Eidolon, Megadeth)
Michael Moon aka Mikael Myllynen (1987 tour) (ex-Madison)
Herb Simonsen (1995-1998)

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heavy metal, metal, progressive metal, black metal, horror metal
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Top Tracks

1	No Presents for Christmas full track	615
2	Welcome Home full track	355
3	A Mansion in Darkness full track	331
4	The Family Ghost full track	318
5	Funeral full track	311
6	Arrival	293
6	Abigail	293
8	Black Horsemen full track	250
9	The Invisible Guests full track	244
10	The 7th Day of July 1777	218
11	Never Ending Hill	206
12	Halloween full track	202
13	The Possession	196
14	Give Me Your Soul	191
15	Christmas full track	190

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EddieTheBeast1 wrote:
10 hours ago

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Bashe wrote:
Tuesday evening

wtf kin dimind suckz he sounds like a GIRL wtf!!!!!!!!!!11111 what a wuss xD gay metal not like korn and linking park. That concludes this troll testing system message.

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Pedro29 wrote:
13 days ago

No Presents for Christmas oh oh oh

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POLLYPOPO wrote:
14 days ago

King Diamond has never released a bad album!

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parys_pl wrote:
15 days ago

Tom and Jerry all done sherry no presents for christmas!!!

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gershen wrote:
16 days ago

NO PRESENTS THIS CHRISTMAS (2)

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The Creed wrote:
17 days ago

No presents for christmas at #1? Awesome.

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username345 wrote:
20 days ago

NO PRESENTS THIS CHRISTMAS

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RockBerlin wrote:
22 days ago

Heavy Artillery

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MEGAchikken wrote:
22 days ago

KING DIAMOND!!!! I hate people whodon't know King Diamond and call themselves metalheads...BLASPHEMY!!!

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tr00erthantr00 wrote:
29 days ago

King Diamond rules!!

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sonic-hype wrote:
December 2008

The Diamond King in Classic Metal

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[deleted-user] wrote:
December 2008

Abigail, Them and Conspiracy are fucking awesome
IXequlibrium wrote:
December 2008

....caught up it me "this" in 1986 year,to this time..it keeps, I will stay with faithful servant for ever!!!

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mattfca wrote:
November 2008

three words: fatal fucking portrait

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DerGuteste wrote:
November 2008

there is only one king \m/

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metal_gimp wrote:
November 2008

KING DIAMOND RULES.

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Judar3r0nd3 wrote:
November 2008

Best "band" ever!

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Satanasword wrote:
November 2008

this is like Goosebumps metal.

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ViKing503 wrote:
November 2008

IT IS TIME FOR TEA is far more hilarious than GRANDMAAAAAA imo

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