Mercyful Fate
Just In Time
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March 2 - 8, 2025
Year of Release: 1984
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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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