Mercyful Fate - Curse Of The Pharaohs (Live '83)

[christianmarinjamen]

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[123Injuneer]

Gawd damn! Was this really 27 years ago?

[michael82085]

when mercyful fate came out they were pretty much like a cross of judas priest and metallica. influenced by classic metal and at that time some modern thrash (early 80's). their very satanic lyrics earned them the black metal tag. so yeah if you have dark thrashy music with satanic themes/stories especially for back then - they are old school black metal. the original and best.

[laithlaith91]

how were they a cross between priest and metallica wen they were around before metallica?they were influenced by bands like Uriah Heep,Deep Purple,Alice Cooper,Coven(not the thrash band),Iron Maiden,Judas Priest,Black Sabbath,and they arent a black metal band, they're basically just ur traditional metal band, if they're a black metal band, they wud hav that trademark harsh vocal style that black metal bands have and the music wud b alot more simple and raw, thts the whole point of black metal

[michael82085]

@laithlaith91 well young one, I was talking about their overall sound, and I said like a cross, not they are a cross between the 2. yes they were influenced by those bands. but what year did M.F. & metallica's first studio albums come out? O.K. you act like they were years apart. M.F. were very aware of this newer band metallica. and I don't think you understand what makes black metal black. M.F. are more satanism than just about any of these so called black metal bands.

[laithlaith91]

@michael82085 MF released their first record in 1982, and they were making demos before that as well, they were also playing songs from Melissa before they even recorded it, and sum off DBTO too,Satanism doesnt make a black metal band black, its the primitive and brutal idea of the music, if Black Metal wud b jst bout satanism than i think jst bout every black metal band that exists today wud b just using that lyrical concept, and the way i see it, thats not rly the case

[michael82085]

@laithlaith91 well, I never said M.F. is this ideal black metal band. but in early 80's they would be considered by many to be "black metal". and so you think anything with harsh vocals, very simple, and primitive is black metal? and satan has or never had an influence on black metal? o.k. what ever dude. your opinions are interesting. I think so many people just don't get what true metal really is and what makes metal - metal. and there are only a hand full of true B.M. bands out there any way

[laithlaith91]

@michael82085 I get wat true metal really is, i dont c wat that has to do anything,unless u dont count bands like Witchfinder General,Metal Church,Heathen,Omen,etc., and dude, MF's music is more among the lines of bands like Priest and early Helstar and bands like that, and ive spoken to ppl that were around at that time and they told me that was no such term existed(Black Metal) they were calling everything just Heavy Metal and it wasnt until the thrash explosion that there were other terms

[laithlaith91]

@michael82085 and im not a black metal fan(except for the early bands), so mayb i dont rly fully understand it, but wat I know is Black Metal is sumthing Venom started, or according to Cronos is the term they use to describe their brand of metal, and then later on ppl latched on to the term to describe a genre of music,and from wat I can tell, Venom's music was pretty primitive, I dont hear any similarity between MF and them at all, and if I did, i probably wud call MF a black metal band

[michael82085]

@laithlaith91 I would say the only similarity for M.F. and Venom is the feeling of something very dark(overall feel,album art work, lyrics etc.) and the old school guitar riffing and sounds(although different guitar sounds). and that as far as "evil" type bands at the time, all the metal media at the time had this kind of rivalry or this "thing" between them, like who was more evil, who was more real etc. M.F. was obviously the real deal. venom later came out and said it was all for show.

[michael82085]

@laithlaith91 but I like your taste in music dude, everything is opinion when your talking about music (like any subjective art). but black metal is really just a loosly used term, and we just have some years between us as far as views. I'm not some huge black metal savior either, but true black metal to me is 1349, DarkThrone, Gorgoroth, old Emperor. but still when I want the real dark or black feeling it's M.F. most of these bands would admit if M.F. never existed....... I just want real deal.

[michael82085]

@laithlaith91 I do see what your saying about Priest and such. Priest was a HUGE influence on M.F. but M.F. then was something more furious and way more evil/satanic.( I'm not a satanist) also listen to old U.F.O. - lots of michael schenker type riffs and licks are in M.F. so yeah lets call M.F. old school satanic heavy metal then, not black metal. works for me. I've seen them loads of times including "reunion " tour 1993. probably my 3rd fav. band ever after Iron Maiden and Judas Priest.

[laithlaith91]

@michael82085 Ya thats true, UFO were a big influence as were Scorpions(Uli Jon Roth is 1 of Denner's favorite guitar players and main inspirations) and ya as with me, they are my 3rd favorite band , but i pick Sabbath and Priest as my 2 other favorites, I still love early Maiden though, but ya, its all just opinions and stuff and I respect urs as well

[THRASHxINSIDE]

King Diamonds Scream at the beginning is just fucking great!!!

[TheCuriousgeorge90]

i consider them more early black metal imo

[Oblivion175]

ok i am quite confused i thought mercyful fate was more of a thrash metal band but ive seen in a lot of other places that they are black metal so what type of metal are they??

[RenegadeShorts]

@Oblivion175 Mercyful Fate are a blend of both Thrash and Satanic lyrics, also known as Death Metal.

[eindhovengorecity]

its ; EINDHOVEN

hail the King, from Eindhoven

[pbaloff]

Thank you.. discription corrected.

[oldschoolthrasher01]

I love their dual guitar sound. King's high pitches sometimes are a bit much but i like his lower and mid ranges. MF made some kick ass metal albums.

Fans of old metal check out VSD---- Phantasmagoria, Kill your kids and 3 other songs.

[Nintenfreak165]

HAIL TO THE KING BABY!!!

[88mpny]

MF are a totally kick ass band. I still have melissa on picture disc and on cassette, i also have my dont break the oath, in the beginning, return of the vampire, in the shadows, fatal portrait, abigail, conspiracy, them, the dark sides on cassette. i'll never part with my metal tapes.

[axmax24]

yeah the guitar riff on the verse is pretty much the same but my uncle was in Los Angeles in the 1980s and used to know a lot of musicians from then and he said that ann boleyn who was hellion's singer used to date king diamond so maybe there was collaboration

[MetalManni]

Whoa, what a sound! The got a whole bunch of great songs and their performance was so great even back in 83.

I love this guitar sound. It can't get better than this.

[Volumesofdoom]

This song along with Satan's Fall are their greatest

[blackienvincecock]

lol The make up did get better all hail the King

[gamesandrockroll]

Metal is the fucking law!!!

[knotcrazy]

its ok

[craaazzzzeeeeeeee0]

go mercyful fate

[RaymondNoodles]

ya gotta love this fucking song.... it's definitely one of their best.... simply incredible.....

[craaazzzzeeeeeeee0]

hell yeah

[slayerdarkhel]

cool song kicks ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Laino91]

Awesome Song!!! Rock On!!!!!!