Please select all the ways you would like to hear from King Diamond: You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. King Diamond is a heavy metal vocalist who has performed with Mercyful Fate as well as his own band. He is also known for his distinctive shock stage persona (in particular his black and white facepaint). King Diamond's first heavy rock band was called Brainstorm (1974–76), with Jeanette Blum (Jean Blue) on vocals and bass, Michael Frohn (Mike West) on guitar and Jes Jacobsen (Jesse James) on drums. The vocalist is known for his powerful and wide ranging singing voice, in particular his far reaching falsetto screams. He states that he has reached a point in his life where he has completely given up believing in anything religious. She also helped him make remastered editions of the King Diamond albums The Spider's Lullabye, The Graveyard, Voodoo and House of God. In: Learn how and when to remove this template message, "KNAC.COM - The Loudest Dot Com on the Planet! [10], On 7 December 2011, Diamond appeared on stage with Metallica at the Fillmore in San Francisco to celebrate Metallica's 30th anniversary. He remains a huge influence on many rock and metal artists, including Metallica,[1] Slayer[2] and Cradle of Filth.[3]. [9] He attributes the problem to the long stressful hours spent working on the album. Ever. She is also his business partner, and is currently[when?] He stated that he cannot comprehend why religion has caused so much death and destruction when it is logically impossible to prove the presence or absence of any deity. He was forced to cancel a United States tour due to a herniated disk, causing severe back pain, which puts him in intense pain almost all of the time. Slayer was chosen to headline the 2015 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. Mercyful Fate is an influential heavy metal band that formed in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1981 from the remaining members of Hank Shermann's band Brats and King Diamond's band Black Rose.In early 1981 they helped out Michael Denner with demos for his band Danger Zone.Soon, Shermann, Denn… read more Diamond made an appearance at Ozzfest on 9 August 2008 at Frisco, Texas alongside Metallica, performing a medley of Mercyful Fate songs previously released on Metallica's Garage Inc. album. He appeared on Volbeat's 2013 album, Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, providing guest vocals on the track "Room 24. Following Mercyful Fate's 1984 release of Don't Break the Oath and the subsequent tour (which saw them play in the U.S. for the first time), Diamond split ways with Mercyful Fate. With Conspiracy, he wore a mesh of black and white line war paint, with some red "blood" made to look like a wound coming out of his forehead. Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. In the mid-1980s Melissa was stolen after a performance in the Netherlands. He began experimenting with horror-themed theatrics and shaping a malevolent quasi-Satanic stage persona. Danish metal vocalist who fronts the bands Mercyful Fate and King Diamond. After attending a live show of Alice Cooper, he was hugely impressed by the wild, frenzied antics and the outlandish make-up of the band, and decided to emulate the bizarre style. This band included Timi Hansen, and the musicians would join with Diamond in 1980 to become Mercyful Fate. Diamond, Denner and Hansen had recently departed the group Mercyful Fate, and decided to form a new band under the King D… read more merch tour tour; news; about; video; photo; music; contact | privacy policy | mercyful fate