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Mercyful Fate songs
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This is a (hopefully) complete listing of all available
Mercyful Fate songs (including some pre-MF stuff). For each title the
following data is listed: authors of lyrics and music, list of LPs, EPs,
singles, demos, bootlegs and compilations it appears on (might of course be
incomplete; KD here means it can also be found on
King Diamond's recordings),
some additional information (where available) and a list of related stuff
available here (lyrics, tablatures, audio samples and so on).
- The Afterlife
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Time
[Lyrics]
- Angel Of Light
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Time, Boston - Axis '95
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- At The Sound Of The Demon
Bell
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Melissa, Mercyful Fate Demo by Coven, Live From The
Depths Of Hell, Crush The Cross, Hammersmith Odeon '83
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Banshee
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Dead Again
[Lyrics]
- The Bell Witch
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: In The Shadows, The Bell Witch, Dallas - City Limits
'93, Boston - Axis '95, Washington '95, Denver - Ogden Theatre '95
A videoclip was made for this song.
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Black Funeral
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Melissa, Black Funeral single, The Bell Witch, Return Of
The Living Dead, Crush The Cross, Hammersmith Odeon '83, Dallas - City Limits
'93, Boston - Axis '95, Nuns Have No Fun - Eindhoven '93, Metallic Storm
[Lyrics]
- Black Masses
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Black Funeral single, The Beginning, Demo #1, Mercyful
Fate Demo by Coven, Curse Of The Pharaohs, Live From The Depths Of Hell,
Hilversum '84, Crush The Cross, Italy '84, Harlev '81, Hammersmith Odeon '83,
Montreal '84
This is based on You Asked For It.
[Lyrics]
- Buried Alive
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Nine
Will be released in May '99. More details coming
soon.
- Burn In Hell
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Nine
Will be released in May '99. More details coming
soon.
- Burning The Cross
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: B. Petersen
Availability: Return Of The Vampire, Demo #2, Mercyful Fate Demo by
Coven, Curse Of The Pharaohs
This is the only song B. Petersen wrote the music for. Never released
(until Return Of The Vampire) because of his early departure from the
band.
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Castillo Des Mortes
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Time
[Lyrics]
- Church Of Saint Anne
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Nine
Will be released in May '99. More details coming
soon.
- Combat Zone
- Lyrics: ?
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Brats demo, Curse Of The Pharaohs
This excellent Brats song is the only one on the '80 Brats demo that
didn't become MF song later.
[Audio sample]
- Come To The Sabbath
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Don't Dreak The Oath, The Bell Witch, Hammersmith Odeon
'83, Sacramento '84, Portland '84, Montreal '84, Dallas - City Limits '93,
Boston - Axis '95, Washington '95, Denver - Ogden Theatre '95, Nuns Have No
Fun - Eindhoven '93, KD
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- A Corpse Without Soul
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Mercyful Fate EP, The Beginning, Return Of The Vampire,
Demo #2, Mercyful Fate Demo by Coven, Curse Of The Pharaohs, Live From The
Depths Of Hell, Return Of The Living Dead, Hilversum '84, Live Aardschok Day
'83, Harlev '81, Hammersmith Odeon '83, Sacramento '84, Nuns Have No Fun -
Eindhoven '93, KD
[Lyrics]
- Cross Roads
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Sharlee D'Angelo
Availability: Dead Again
[Lyrics]
- Curse Of The Pharaohs
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond, Hank Shermann
Availability: Melissa, The Beginning, Return Of The Vampire, The Bell
Witch, Demo #2, Mercyful Fate Demo by Coven, Curse Of The Pharaohs, Live From
The Depths Of Hell, Return Of The Living Dead, Hilversum '84, Live Aardschok
Day '83, Italy '84, Harlev '81, Hammersmith Odeon '83, Sacramento '84,
Montreal '84, Boston - Axis '95, Washington '95, Denver - Ogden Theatre '95,
Nuns Have No Fun - Eindhoven '93, KD
[Lyrics]
- A Dangerous Meeting
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Don't Dreak The Oath, Sacramento '84, Portland '84,
Montreal '84, Dallas - City Limits '93, Boston - Axis '95, Washington '95,
Denver - Ogden Theatre '95, Nuns Have No Fun - Eindhoven '93, KD
It is based on Walking Back To Hell and Death Kiss.
[Lyrics]
- Dangerous Nightmare
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Return Of The Living Dead
Alternative title of the first version of Nightmare (which was, after all,
completely different than the final one).
- Dead Again
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Dead Again
[Lyrics]
- Deadtime
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Michael Denner
Availability: Into The Unknown
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Death Kiss
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Return Of The Vampire, Brats demo
This is an early version of A Dangerous Meeting
- Desecration Of Souls
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann, Michael Denner
Availability: Don't Dreak The Oath
This is based on Brats' Some Day
- Devil Eyes
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Mercyful Fate EP, The Beginning, Return Of The Living
Dead, Hammersmith Odeon '83
[Lyrics]
- Devil's Daughter
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Harlev '81
Very early version of Nightmare. Can only be found on one bootleg. Better
known as Shadow Night.
- Doomed By The Living Dead
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond, Hank Shermann
Availability: Mercyful Fate EP, The Beginning, Mercyful Fate Demo by
Coven, Live From The Depths Of Hell, Hilversum '84, Crush The Cross, Italy
'84, Harlev '81, Hammersmith Odeon '83, Sacramento '84, Portland '84,
Montreal '84, Dallas - City Limits '93, Boston - Axis '95, Washington '95,
Denver - Ogden Theatre '95, Nuns Have No Fun - Eindhoven '93, KD
[Lyrics]
- Egypt
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: In The Shadows, The Bell Witch, Dallas - City Limits
'93, Washington '95, Nuns Have No Fun - Eindhoven '93
A videoclip was made for this song.
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
[Audio sample]
- Evil
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond, Hank Shermann
Availability: Melissa, The Beginning, Mercyful Fate Demo by Coven,
Live From The Depths Of Hell, Hilversum '84, Crush The Cross, Italy '84,
Hammersmith Odeon '83, Sacramento '84, Portland '84, Montreal '84, Dallas -
City Limits '93, Boston - Axis '95, Denver - Ogden Theatre '95, Nuns Have No
Fun - Eindhoven '93, KD
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Fear
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Dead Again
[Lyrics]
- Fifteen Men (And A Bottle Of
Rum)
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Into The Unknown
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Ghost Of Change
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Into The Unknown
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- The Grave
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Nine
Will be released in May '99. More details coming
soon.
- A Gruesome Time
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: In The Shadows
[Lyrics]
- Gypsy
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond, Michael Denner
Availability: Don't Dreak The Oath, Live From The Depths Of Hell,
Hilversum '84, Italy '84, Sacramento '84, Portland '84, Montreal '84, Dallas
- City Limits '93, KD
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Hard Rocker
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Demo #1, Curse Of The Pharaohs
I wonder why this didn't make it onto Return Of The
Vampire...
- Holy Water
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Into The Unknown
[Lyrics]
- House On The Hill
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Nine
Will be released in May '99. More details coming
soon.
- Into The Coven
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Melissa, Mercyful Fate Demo by Coven, Live From The
Depths Of Hell, Return Of The Living Dead, Crush The Cross, Italy '84,
Hammersmith Odeon '83, Portland '84, Montreal '84, Nuns Have No Fun -
Eindhoven '93
This is based on Brats' Love Criminals.
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Into The Unknown
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Into The Unknown
[Lyrics]
[Audio
sample]
- Insane
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Nine
Will be released in May '99. More details coming
soon.
- Is That You, Melissa
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: In The Shadows, The Bell Witch, Dallas - City Limits
'93, Boston - Axis '95, Washington '95, Denver - Ogden Theatre '95
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Kiss The Demon
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Nine
Will be released in May '99. More details coming
soon.
- Kutulu (The Mad Arab Part
II)
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Into The Unknown
[Lyrics]
[Audio sample]
- Lady In Black
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Time
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- The Lady Who Cries
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Dead Again
[Lyrics]
- Last Rites
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Nine
Will be released in May '99. More details coming
soon.
- Leave My Soul Alone
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Michael Denner
Availability: Return Of The Vampire, Demo #1, Mercyful Fate Demo by
Coven, Curse Of The Pharaohs
This comes from a session on which King and Hank helped Michael Denner's
three-piece band (Danger Zone) record a demo. King wrote the lyrics in about
2.5 hours. Also known as Running Free.
[Lyrics]
- Legend Of The Headless
Rider
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: In The Shadows
[Lyrics]
- Listen To The Bell
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Into The Unknown
[Lyrics]
- Love Criminals
- Lyrics: ?
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Brats demo, Demo #1, Curse Of The Pharaohs
This Brats song later became Into the Coven.
- Lucifer
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Into The Unknown
[Lyrics]
- The Mad Arab
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Time, Boston - Axis '95, Washington '95
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Mandrake
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Shermann
Availability: Dead Again
[Lyrics]
- M. D. A.
- Lyrics: Michael Denner
Music: Michael Denner
Availability: Return Of The Vampire, Curse Of The Pharaohs
This one comes from the session on which King and Hank helped Michael
Denner's three-piece band (Danger Zone) record a demo. It's probably the only
song King didn't write the lyrics to (some Brats stuff might also be this
kind - I don't know). The full title is Mission - Destroy Aliens.
[Lyrics]
- Melissa
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Melissa
Melissa was King's goat skull. He wrote this song (which is not about the
skull!) after it was stolen.
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Mirror
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Michael Denner
Availability: Time
[Lyrics]
- Mission - Destroy Aliens
- Lyrics: Michael Denner
Music: Michael Denner
Availability: Return Of The Vampire, Curse Of The Pharaohs
This one comes from the session on which King and Hank helped Michael
Denner's three-piece band (Danger Zone) record a demo. It's probably the only
song King didn't write the lyrics to (some Brats stuff might also be this
kind - I don't know). It's listed as M. D. A. on Return Of The
Vampire.
[Lyrics]
- My Demon
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Time, Boston - Axis '95, Washington '95, Denver - Ogden
Theatre '95
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- The Night
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Dead Again
A videoclip was made for this song.
[Lyrics]
- Night Of The Unborn
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Don't Dreak The Oath
[Lyrics]
- Nightmare
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Don't Dreak The Oath, Return Of The Living Dead (the
first version), Portland '84
This was initially called Shadow Night (Devil's Daughter). Interesting
thing about it is that it has two versions - first one is quite similar to
Shadow Night
- Nightmare Be Thy Name
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Michael Denner
Availability: Time, Boston - Axis '95, Washington '95, Denver - Ogden
Theatre '95
A videoclip was made for this song.
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
[Audio
sample]
- 9
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Mike Wead
Availability: Nine
Will be released in May '99. More details coming
soon.
- Nuns Have No Fun
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Mercyful Fate EP, The Beginning, Live From The Depths Of
Hell, Return Of The Living Dead, Crush The Cross, Hammersmith Odeon '83,
Sacramento '84, Portland '84, Montreal '84, Nuns Have No Fun - Eindhoven
'93
[Lyrics]
- The Oath
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Don't Dreak The Oath, Mercyful Fate Demo by Coven, Live
From The Depths Of Hell, Crush The Cross, Sacramento '84, Portland '84,
Montreal '84, Boston - Axis '95, Washington '95, Denver - Ogden Theatre '95,
Nuns Have No Fun - Eindhoven '93
[Lyrics]
- The Old Oak
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: In The Shadows
[Lyrics]
- On A Night Of Full Moon
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann, Michael Denner
Availability: Return Of The Vampire, Harlev '81, Hammersmith Odeon
'83
It's an early version of Desecration Of Souls
- Persecution
- Lyrics: Michael Denner?
Music: Michael Denner?
Availability: .
Well
- The Preacher
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Time
[Lyrics]
- Return Of The Vampire
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Return Of The Vampire, In The Shadows, Demo #2, Curse Of
The Pharaohs, Return Of The Living Dead, Harlev '81
I'd never understand why this great song wasn't included on any album
before Return Of The Vampire.
[Lyrics]
[Lyrics]
- Reyarp Sdrol
- Lyrics: King Diamond (sort of)
Music: ?
Availability: Live From The Depths Of Hell
It's just King saying Lords Prayer backwards (same goes to
title).
- The Ripper
- Lyrics: Judas Priest
Music: Judas Priest
Availability: Into The Unknown (japanese version)
This is the only cover found on any MF album. Originally performed by
Judas Priest.
- Room Of Golden Air
- Music: Michael Denner
Availability: In The Shadows
[Lyrics]
- Running Free
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Michael Denner
Availability: Return Of The Vampire, Demo #1, Mercyful Fate Demo by
Coven, Curse Of The Pharaohs
This is an alternative title for Leave My Soul Alone
- Satan's Fall
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Melissa, The Beginning, Live From The Depths Of Hell,
Return Of The Living Dead, Crush The Cross, Italy '84, Harlev '81,
Hammersmith Odeon '83, Sacramento '84, Portland '84, Montreal '84, Dallas -
City Limits '93, Boston - Axis '95, Washington '95, Denver - Ogden Theatre
'95, Nuns Have No Fun - Eindhoven '93
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Shadow Night
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Harlev '81
Very early version of Nightmare. Can only be found on one bootleg. Also
known as Devil's Daughter.
- Shadows
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: In The Shadows
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- Since Forever
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Dead Again
[Lyrics]
- Sold My Soul
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Nine
Will be released in May '99. More details coming
soon.
- Some Day
- Lyrics: ?
Music: Hank Shermann, Michael Denner
Availability: Brats demo
This Brats song is a very early incarnation of Desecration Of Souls. It
became On A Night Of Full Moon first.
- Sucking Your Blood
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Dead Again
[Lyrics]
- Thirteen Invitations
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: In The Shadows
[Lyrics]
- Time
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Time
[Lyrics]
- To One Far Away
- Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Don't Dreak The Oath
[Tablature]
- Torture (1629)
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Dead Again
[Lyrics]
- Truck Driver
- Lyrics: Michael Denner?
Music: Michael Denner?
Availability: .
Well
- Under The Spell
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Into The Unknown
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
- The Uninvited Guest
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Into The Unknown
A videoclip was made for this song.
[Lyrics]
[Tablature]
[Audio
sample]
- Walking Back To Hell
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Demo #1, Curse Of The Pharaohs, Harlev '81, Hammersmith
Odeon '83
An early version of A Dangerous Meeting. Later changed to Death kiss which
in turn became A Dangerous Meeting.
- Welcome Princess Of Hell
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Don't Dreak The Oath, Sacramento '84, Portland '84,
Montreal '84
[Lyrics]
- Witche's Dance
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: King Diamond
Availability: Time
[Lyrics]
- You Asked For It
- Lyrics: King Diamond
Music: Hank Shermann
Availability: Return Of The Vampire
An early version of Black Masses. This comes from the very first demo
recorded under the name Mercyful Fate.
[Lyrics]
Paweł Więcek
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