
King Diamond
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Biography
Kim Bendix Petersen (born 14 June 1956), better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock musician and songwriter. As a vocalist, he is known for his powerful and wide-ranging singing voice, in particular his far-reaching falsetto screams. He is the lead vocalist and lyricist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond. He also plays keyboards and guitars on studio recordings but uses live shows to focus solely on his vocal performance. Diamond is renowned for his dark lyrical content and his story concepts. He is also known for his distinctive shock stage persona (in particular his black and white facepaint). He remains a huge influence on many rock and metal artists, including Metallica, Slayer and Cradle of Filth.
Known For

Part-American, part-Scandinavian death-metal band Dethklok has a lingering effect on its fans, who take the words seriously and do anything Dethklok lyrics say. The government fears the band's influence and sets out to destroy it by covert means; for example, by sending military pharmaceutical psychotropic drug manufacturers. Deemed sociopaths for tossing hot coffee at their concert attendees, two of the band members are alcoholics, and they all have self-esteem issues.
Metalocalypse

After the heroic rescue of Toki Wartooth, DETHKLOK frontman Nathan Explosion finds himself traumatized in a BRUTAL professional and romantic flat-spin all while he is tasked with fulfilling the prophecy and confronting the ultimate songwriting challenge: write the SONG OF SALVATION and save the planet. Can Nathan Explosion look beyond his brutally damaged ego to save his band, stop the Metalocalypse, and finally face the ultimate evil: Salacia?
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar

Guided by his doctor (or is it voices in his head?), a young director is given a mission: to go to Texas to make an abstract roadmovie (“Unfocused film! Focus is repressed!”) about the Housecore Horror Festival of Film and Music, a festival that brings together cinema and extreme music.
Texas Carlos Massacre

Geraldo Rivera investigates allegations of a widespread Satanic underground in the United States.
Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground
Metallica celebrated its 30th anniversary as a band, performing four shows at the Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco, CA, exclusively for members of their fan club, the Metallica Club.
Metallica: The 30th Anniversary Event

Two misfits are resurrected by the spawn of Satan! Teenage undead embark on a Satanic killing spree!
Live Undead
An overview of the process, backed by interviews with a number of scene insiders.
How to Break into Heavy Metal Without Getting Screwed

You have never seen bands interviewed like this! Most metal celebrities never expect journalists to ask the most bizarre questions ever imagined, that is, unless they are familiar with "The Grimoire of Exalted Deeds: magazine. Editor "Bill Zebub" has conducted some of the most outrageous metal interviews in history. Whether he irritated the bands or made them laugh, his antics made for interviews that you couldn't stop reading, and now the craziest moments have been compiled in one gigantic collection! METAL RETARDATION says it all. Are you ready to become METALLY RETARDED?
Metal Retardation

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King Diamond: Summer Breeze
King Diamond at Capitol Theatre, Flint, MI, USA Halloween A Mansion in Darkness Guitar Solo The Family Ghost At the Graves Sleepless Nights Lies A Visit from the Dead Guitar Solo Charon Black Horsemen The Wedding Dream Mercyful Fate Medley [Satan's Fall / The Oath / A Dangerous Meeting / Snowy Shaw Drum Solo / Nuns Have No Fun / Evil] Victimized Let It Be Done Cremation
King Diamond: [1989] Conspiracy in Michigan

King Diamond's concert at The Fillmore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 25, 2015 as part of the Songs for the Dead DVD collection.
King Diamond - Live at The Fillmore
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King Diamond - Abigail Live in Concert

King Diamond returned to Wacken on August 2nd 2025 with his signature falsetto, coffins, spotlights, and a stage production that exists somewhere between a horror film and a heavy metal opera. Setlist: "Arrival", "A Mansion in Darkness", "Halloween", "Voodoo", ""Them"", "Spider Lilly", "Two Little Girls", "Sleepless Nights", "Out from the Asylum", "Welcome Home", "The Invisible Guests", "The Candle", "Masquerade of Madness", "Eye of the Witch", "Burn", "Abigail"
King Diamond Live at Wacken 2025

There is only one King Diamond, and for more than thirty years the great Dane has been dropping classic albums and putting on shows fans remember for the rest of their lives. Perhaps the only downside to having such a formidable catalogue is that there are just too many great songs to fit into a single set. However, you would be hard-pressed to find a fan who wouldn’t want to hear 1987′s seminal Abigail in its entirety, and Songs For The Dead Live captures this, twice, and in very different locales. The performances of the all-star lineup of musicians, comprising of guitarists Andy LaRocque and Mike Wead, bassist Pontus Egberg and drummer Matt Thompson, are absolutely ferocious, hammering home every single moment.
King Diamond: Songs for the Dead Live
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Mercyful Fate Live - Wacken Open Air 2022
King Diamond at Noorderligt, Tilburg, Netherlands Out from the Asylum Welcome Home The Invisible Guests Twilight Symphony Come to the Sabbath Halloween A Mansion in Darkness Guitar Solo The Family Ghost At the Graves Sleepless Nights A Visit from the Dead Guitar Solo Charon Mercyful Fate Medley [Satan's Fall / The Oath / A Dangerous Meeting / Snowy Shaw Drum Solo / Nuns Have No Fun / Evil] The Wedding Dream Victimized Let It Be Done Cremation
King Diamond: [1990] Massacre at Tilburg
Mercyful Fate at Teatro Providencia, Santiago, Chile Intro - Lucifer Evil Doomed by the Living Dead Nightmare Desecration of Souls Burn in Hell The Oath Melissa Last Rites Satan's Fall Legend of the Headless Rider A Dangerous Meeting Black Funeral Come to the Sabbath
Mercyful Fate: [1999] Santiago , Chile
Dynamo Festival The Netherlands 1993-05-30 Vanessa interview Hank & Michael. Come to the Sabbath (Live Clip) Via Rock Festival Belgium 1995-07-15 Vanessa Interview King & Hank. Black Funeral (Live Clip) Interview Continues The Mad Arab (Live Clip) ZTV Special 1995-07-12 Interview with King (Hvidovre Lystbaathavn) The Bell Witch (Live Dynamo 1993)
Mercyful Fate: TV Compilation - '93 to '95
Filmed live on location at 'Club Soda' Montreal, Canada 2003
King Diamond: Montreal Madness 2003
King Diamond at Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark 01) Out from the Asylumn 02) Welcome Home 03) The Invisible Guests 04) Sleepless Nights 05) The Spider`s Lullabye 06) Eye of the Witch 07) The Trial (Chambre Ardente) 08) The Graveyard 09) Waiting 10) Meet Me at Midnight 11) Trick or Treat 12) Up from the Grave 13) Abigail 14) Halloween 15) Cremation