MERCYFUL FATE Melissa NL King Diamond 12" LP ALBUM VINYL

Collectors information & Description: 

Melissa is the debut album of Danish black metal band Mercyful Fate released in 1983

This album "Mercyful Fate Melissa NL King Diamond" includes the original custom inner sleeve with album details, complete lyrics of all songs by and artwork/photos

The album: "Mercyful Fate Melissa NL King Diamond" was produced by: Henrik Lund, Roadster Music
Notes: Henrik Lund founder of Easy Sound Studio and he produced many Danish album and several "Mercyful Fate" records.

Sound/Recording Engineer(s): Jacob J Jorgenson
Notes: Jacob J. Jorgenson is a sound engineer from Denmark and has engineered several records of Mercyful Fate and King Diamond.

This album was recorded at: Easy Sound Recording Copenhagen, July 1983

Album cover design: Thomas Holm, Studio Dryan
Notes: Thomas Holm started his career as art designer in the early 1980's and has done the album covers for bands like: Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Spartan Warrior, Dark Heart.

Album cover photography: Thomas Grondahl
Notes: Thomas Grondahl is a Danish photographer and has been working for the album covers of the bands: Mercyful Fate, Geisha

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Inner Sleeve   of "MERCYFUL FATE Melissa NL King Diamond" Album

Photo of "MERCYFUL FATE Melissa NL King Diamond" Album's Inner Sleeve  

Note: the above pictures are photos of the actual album and allow you to judge the quality of cover. Slight differences in color may exist due to the use of the camera's flash. The quality of these images has been reduced in order to preserve network bandwidth, high quality images of these scans can be made available on request

Personnel/Band Members and Musicians on: MERCYFUL FATE Melissa NL King Diamond

Band-members, Musicians and Performers
• King Diamond - Vocals

    Kim Bendix Petersen better known by his stage name King Diamond , is a Danish heavy metal musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his extensive vocal range, in particular his usage of falsetto. He started his career in 1974 with a band called Brainstorm and has since performed with "Black Rose", Brats, "Danger Zone", "Mercyful Fate" and the eponymous "King Diamond" band.

  Here is an interactive graphical map showing King Diamond's musical network

• Hank Shermann - Guitars

  Rene Krollmark is from Denmark and was born in 1958. He is also known under the aliases Hank De Wank, Hank Shermann started his musical career as guitar player in 1977 with a band called Brats, this was followed by "Danger Zone", "Mercyful Fate", Fate, Lavina, "Zoser Mez"

• Michael Denner - Guitars

    Michael Denner is a Danish heavy-metal guitarist. He is part of the heavy metal duo Denner/Shermann with Hank Shermann. Michael Denner plays guitar with Brats from 1979-1980, Mercyful Fate from 1981-1996 (with several interruptions.

• Timi Grabber Hansen - Bass

  Timmi "Grabber" Hansen is a Danish bass player. He played in the Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate from 1981 to 1985 and from 1992 to 1993, and King Diamond from 1985 to 1987. Before joining "Mercyful Fate" TImmi Hansen performed together with Michael Denner in a band called "Danger Zone".

• Kim Ruzz - Drums

  Kim Ruzz ( real name: Kim Thyge Jensen) has been playing drums from 1981-1985 in the Danish Thrash metal band: " Mercyful Fate".

Complete Track-listing of the album "MERCYFUL FATE Melissa NL King Diamond"

The detailed tracklist of this record "MERCYFUL FATE Melissa NL King Diamond" is:

Track-listing:
1. Evil 4:45
2. Curse of the Pharaohs 3:57
3. Into the Coven 5:11
4. At the Sound of the Demon Bell 5:23
5. Black Funeral 2:50
6. Satan's Fall 11:23
7. Melissa 6:40