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Mercyful Fate
Just In Time
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March 2 - 8, 2025

Year of Release: 1984
Rating:
  • A Dangerous Meeting
  • Nightmare
  • Desecration Of Souls
  • Night Of The Unborn
  • The Oath
  • Gypsy
  • Welcome Princess Of Hell
  • To One Far Away
  • Come To The Sabbath

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    Mercyful Fate has arrived... From the darker corners of Rock, is the band Mercyful Fate, from Copenhagen, Denmark. Led by vocalist King Diamond (who would later pursue his own solo career), Mercyful Fate was a part of the first wave of black metal. Dark, Heavy Metal would be a better description. They would record a total of seven studio albums. Don't Break The Oath was their second album released in 1984, and their first on WSVNRadio. Mixing Heavy Metal with lyrics towards Satan and the occult, "Dark" would best describe this kind of Heavy Metal music.

    Blasting out that dark, metal music, "A Dangerous Meeting" definitely sets the mood as "Dangerous." Continuing on, is the next loud and powerful "Nightmare." "Desecration Of Souls" has the loudness metal, and you have to admit, the guitars are certainly getting it's power for this instrumental. More of that metal guitar is heard on "Night Of The Unborn," The singing of the lyrics however, is a hit-or-miss; very high in range, or is it screaming high-pitch, for the most part, anyway.

    "The Oath" starts out eerie, and this is how it's heard, until mid-way of the song. The beginning is definitely a song from a horror movie soundtrack in sound. No loud metal there. But at mid-way, it goes back to the loud metal the album is known for, from past tracks. A powerful trackc, both musically and vocally. It is definitely a track that is worth mentioning. "Gypsy" is another powerful track as well. Likewise, "Welcome Princess Of Hell" keeps the loud metal going. And, it seems the loudness is getting better, towards the end of this albuml, especially starting with "The Oath." "To One Far Away" is a very nice pleasant short track (which is what's needed on some of the tracks here, just as in "The Oath.") Being short and pleasant, that's it to describe this track. No loudness, no loud heavy metal. Nice. The album ends with another loud track, "Come To The Sabbath."

    Mercyful Fate's Don't Break The Oath (and their music overall) is dark, brash, loud, metal. Their music and lyrics are not for everyone. However, their metal music is very powerful, with their guitars. (The early Metallica could be a comparison.) But, if you're looking to hear this kind of music, and you enjoy it, Mercyful Fate's music just may be your "cup of tea." King Diamond would persue hiw own solo career, as his music (and more of Mercyful Fate) will be reviewed at later dates.





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