039841570113

The Beginning

Mercyful Fate

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Format: LP

Cat No: 157011

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Release Date:  17 June 2022

Label:  Metal Blade Records

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  039841570113

Genres:  Hard Rock & Metal  Heavy Metal  

  • Description

    Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. Influenced by progressive rock and hard rock, and with lyrics dealing with Satan and the occult, Mercyful Fate were part of the first wave of black metal in the early to mid-1980s. Many of the bands from this movement went on to influence later black metal musicians in the 1990s, particularly in Norway.

    The Beginning is a compilation album released in 1987 consisting of the Nuns Have No Fun EP tracks and different versions of 4 tracks from the album Melissa

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Curse of the Pharaohs (BBC Radio 1 Session)
      • 2. A Corpse Without Soul
      • 3. Nuns Have No Fun
      • 4. Black Masses