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KING DIAMOND

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King Diamond
 King Diamond (born Kim Bendix Petersen, June 14, 1956, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Grammy Award nominated heavy metal music|heavy metal musician known for his striking face painted image. As a vocalist, he is known for his use of falsetto, mixed with mid-range vocals in most of his music. As the frontman for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond (band)|King Diamond, his music has had an influence on many bands across a variety of metal sub-genres.

Career
Mercyful Fate
Diamond's first band aka "Whitefish", with whom he played guitar & panflute, was reportedly called Brainstorm. Feeling creatively dissatisfied, Diamond left Brainstorm and began singing with local Danish hard rock band Black Rose (band)|Black Rose. It was during this time in Black Rose that Diamond began experimenting with horror themed theatrics as well as shaping the malevolent quasi-Satanic stage persona that he would become known for in the future. In 1980, he left Black Rose and joined the punk-metal band Brats. It was in Brats that Diamond met the three musicians (Hank Shermann, Michael Denner, Timi Hansen) that would join with Diamond in 1980 and become Mercyful Fate. Because of the group's stage presence, corpsepaint|make-up and occult lyrics, their musical style is somewhat reminiscent of heavy metal music|heavy metal, power metal, progressive metal and rock opera. Following the 1984... read all

King Diamond top albums

  1. Abigail
  2. Them
  3. Conspiracy
  4. Give Me Your Soul...Please
  5. The Eye
  6. Fatal Portrait
  7. The Best of King Diamond
  8. The Puppet Master
  9. The Graveyard
  10. Voodoo
    11. ...show all albums

King Diamond top songs and lyrics

  1. Never Ending Hill
  2. Welcome Home
  3. Abigail
  4. Arrival
  5. A Mansion in Darkness
  6. The Family Ghost
  7. Funeral
  8. The Dead
  9. Black of Night
  10. The Cellar
  11. Give Me Your Soul
  12. The 7th Day of July 1777
  13. Pictures in Red
  14. The Invisible Guests
  15. Black Horsemen
  16. Cold as Ice
  17. The Floating Head
  18. Omens
  19. The Possession
  20. The Girl in the Bloody Dress
  21. Shapes of Black
  22. Moving on
  23. Mirror Mirror
  24. Is Anybody Here?
  25. Sleepless Nights
    26. ...show all songs

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King Diamond will be playing at these Events
1. King Diamond at House of Blues, Orlando on 23 Mar 2008
Location: 1490 E. Buena Vista Dr., Orlando 32830, United States

Taken From http://www.covenworldwide.org/articles.php?id=111

the Band's Offical Site

North American tour cancelled.
By Ole Bang
November 21st, 2007
Most regretfully we have to announce that King will not be able to tour North America as planned.

King has over the past 6 month been suffering from a herniated disc in the spine, and has still not recovered to a satisfactory level.

He was prescribed absolute rest for several months, and this appear to be more than half a year.

Following several visits to specialists and most recent MRI-scan; we have to realize that his condition need far more rest than expected in the first place. At the moment he can neither walk for more than an hour at a time, nor can he sit like you would do in a normal daily life; ie. there is no chance that he will fully recover in time for the tour start in March.

We deeply regret the inconvenience caused for everyone involved, for promoters, bands and fans; and most of all we're very very sorry that we can not go out and perform for the fans; who have been waiting for the tour to kick off.

Unfortunately life is unpredictable, and it's completely out of our hands when illness kick in, and no medicine, how harsh it might have been, can cure the situation. If anything could remedy the situation it would have been done, but for now we simply just have to wait, and let King get the much needed rest.

I will post news about any developments as soon as it's available.

At this time we will also like to say Thanks, for all the kind words of a speedy recovery we have received.
Ole Bang
2. King Diamond on 25 Mar 2008
Location: 4640 Highway 17 S., North Myrtle Beach 29582, United States
3. King Diamond + Kreator + Leaves' Eyes + more at Masquerade, Atlanta on 26 Mar 2008
Location: 695 North Ave N.E., Atlanta 30308, United States
4. King Diamond + Kreator at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte on 28 Mar 2008
Location: 400 West Tremont Ave, Charlotte 28203, United States
5. King Diamond + Kreator + Leaves' Eyes + more at Jaxx, Springfield on 29 Mar 2008
Location: 6355 Rolling Road, Springfield 22152, United States

This tour has been cancelled
6. King Diamond + Kreator + Leaves' Eyes + more at Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia on 30 Mar 2008
Location: 1003 Arch Street, Philadelphia 19107, United States
7. King Diamond + Kreator + Leaves' Eyes + more at B.B. kings, New York on 2 Apr 2008
Location: New York United States
8. King Diamond + Kreator + Leaves' Eyes + more at The Chance, Poughkeepsie on 4 Apr 2008
Location: Poughkeepsie United States

this show was canceled
9. The King Diamond North American Tour 2008 on 5 Apr 2008
Location: 261 Main St., Worcester 01608, United States

This event has been cancelled
10. King Diamond + Kreator + Leaves' Eyes + more at Medley, Montreal on 6 Apr 2008
Location: 1170, RUE ST-DENIS, Montreal H2X 3J5, Canada
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