Mercyful Fate - Curse of the Pharaohs [2009 Re-Recording]

[samhain1967]

Mickey Dee kicks Lars Ulrich's ass... and has been in both Mercyful Fate and Motorhead... that beats Metallica any day in my book. :D Oh and Mickey's not a complete homo like Lars is either.

[JoshTAnderson36]

Metallica loves Mercyful Fate. Why the hell should their fans be fighting? It's fucking heavy metal. Relax and enjoy the incredible music.

[emotexmex]

Metallica is awesome and they did an entire medley of Mercyful Fate songs therefore they think Mercyful Fate is awesome. How about we listen to two awesome bands?

[cncdolphins]

Megadeth plays state-of-the-art speed metal, and Mustaine got his revenge against Metallica by still being hardcore today, while James and Lou are trying to be "creative." King Diamond can screech or growl, and all James could barely do was growl. 'Nuff said??

[Avexyli]

@cncdolphins Give James' a break, he shot his voice doing the So What cover.

[cncdolphins]

King Diamond sings about the Devil and Metallica sold their souls to the Devil when they traded their hardcore sound for trying to appeal to the masses instead. Look where it's gotten them! They've sucked since the Black album and only the diehard Metallica fans will argue that one.

[cncdolphins]

I lost respect for Metallica when bitch-ass Lars cried the blues and shut down the mp3 sharing. Like that prick really has to worry about paying next month's rent?? Since then their music has gone down the toilet, not putting out anything worthy of my money since And Justice For All. Now they're writing music with Lou Reed???

[dracnye]

Both Metallica AND Mercyful Fate gave good renditions for their genres. I'm a fan of all metal, with the excpetion of Glam "Metal", which is commonly referred to as Hair Metal, and Drone Metal, which is just nonsense. But if your not a fan of Mercyful Fate and their genre, why are you here?

[SlayerVenomDeath92]

HOLYFUCKINGNIGGERS, please stop arguing on here and enjoy the song for what it is.

[ahlahlancha]

i know i will be hated for saying this but i think mercyful fate is 10X the band metallica is; hands down.

[Cassify06]

@ahlahlancha i disagreee with you man....

Mercyful Fate is 20 times the band that metallica is!!!!!!

[ahlahlancha]

@Cassify06 thats cool, i didnt mean to diss anything. like mercyful fate because they struck as a band that is very original, technical and catchy! peace! 

[DrJuice1]

haha, he should write a travelogue about Egypt. he can describe the pyramids and all the tourist attractions, and at the bottom he can have an asterisk warning:

***When visiting the pyramids, don't touch, never ever steal, unless you're in for the kill. Or you'll be hit by the curse of the pharaohs.

[UnaDrinaNeretva]

FUKKKIIINNNNG AWESOME VERSION !!!!! and btw: KING DIAMOND/MERCYFUL FATE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>mlica crap ass Z-class rock band!!! only King diamonds talents completely annihilates ulrich hetfield crap!!!

[MrMotorblue3]

no no no ...no way,,,i prefer the old one...sorry...

[TwilightSymphonyELP]

You'll be hit by the curse! East, West, North, South, and we breath the air! Lets invoke the devil!

[belleofacadia]

Both Mercyful Fate and Metallica are amazing bands.

[johnson32darren]

metallica was a GREAT band.......... BEFORE they sold out and went all radio friendly........ begining with Load, thats all they are...... a load of SHIT...... screw the "new" metallica and all their new music

[zaten7]

@johnson32darren that is something people who don't know that much about music would say ,saying that a band is "bad because they sold out" just proves how much your tastes depend on somebodys opinion and not your own

[dillon123met]

why the fuck does everybody join the "metallca sucks" bandwagon, mercyful fate are a great band, and so are metallica, so shut up and listen to the music, if you're a metallica fan, listen to metallica, if you a mercyful fate fan, listen to mercyful fate, i personally enjoy both bands

[hailrealfknmetal]

by the way, when metallica covered this song, the vocals were just shit...horrible!!

[hailrealfknmetal]

this new mix sounds great but you cant beat the original, as far as metallica, fuck em all!! they sucked ass after master. they never came close to slayer or fate anyways!

[mtlhedbr5150]

this sounds like pure CRAP! i understnd that it;s originally by Mercyful Fate, but James vocals are better and the guitar parts by Kirk are also better. Just because its Mercyful Fate does it make it awesome

[Slayerforeternity]

@mtlhedbr5150 no no and no dont compare the Kings epic howls to that pussy ass sorry excuse for a cowboy and kirk fucking sucks pony dick

[mtlhedbr5150]

@Slayerforeternity alright sure, just keep telling yourself that King Diamond actually sounds good, the same way all these scene kids say that Screamo sounds good when it obviously doesnt. Im just expressing my opinion and in my opinion King Diamond isnt good, i dont like vocals that sound like a dieing cow(screamo btw) or a wolf for that matter. just a normal growls(like dave mustaine) and an epic voice is fine. dont get your panties in twist

[Slayerforeternity]

@mtlhedbr5150 cool man you and me both just dont go dissing the King like that on a MERYFUL FATE VID your just asking to get shit for it

[nick2081000]

original is better  true metal fans would know MF is the king not metalica

[andrew16793]

lol @ everyone being 12 year olds. Sorry that King Diamond fans fight for no reason =/ must be a shitty feeling to know that because people like one band they will hate anything different.

Funny, I think we call that RACIST when we deal with people.

Dont be band racists.

[crafyer]

@andrew16793 Hahaha "Band racist" how the fuck can someone be a "Band racist" cus they don't like a band? A band is a band, not a fucking race you nimwit!

[andrew16793]

@crafyer I'm sorry you dont understand metaphors, I understand that not all of us attended grade 9 english classes.

[Kevster129]

Stop fucking arguing about Metallica or Mercyful fate,,, Just shut the fuck up and listen to metal!

If you dumb asses were TRUE METAL FANS, you would know that Metal fans stick together...

[AASTRANGE]

One of my all-time favorite riffs.

[signofsatan]

Fuck Metallickmyballs! King Diamond destroys them! They died when they took a load.

[CraigRattleHead]

im a metalica fan and a mercyful fate fan. think it was great they re recorded this for guitar hero, and that metallica put them in the game. class stuff. \m/

[unknowndualkey]

Do Metallica fans realize that the artists they diss on are friends with Metallica?

Like King Diamond, Dave Mustaine ect. Also, while I'm on the topic- Metallica likes to change their musical style, to try different stuff and not release the same shit all time. They're real musicians! they are not bound to one specific genre. All of the Metallica fans who diss on Metallica themselves because of their style changes outta learn from what they are doing. It's called love and respect for all music.

[Keiplade]

I like these guys but I just don't like king diamond's voice I'm just saying not hating

[leon42654]

j ai toujours aimé king....

[sinbysin666]

Metallica fans dissing Mercyful Fate. Just remember, cunts. You listen to Metallica...

nuff said..

[SlayerVenomDeath92]

@sinbysin666 RAmen

[yoda2287]

@sinbysin666 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Yeah Metalica sucks. They're latest album is with Lou Reed for fuck sake.

[metalzombiebass]

@yoda2287 correction is lou reed album with metallica i hate when everybody miss that point -.-

[yoda2287]

@metalzombiebass Its not a Metallica album with Lou Reed, or a Lou Reed Album with Metallica. Its a collaboration album. Both artists have equal credit. But call it what ever you like, it still sucks.

[metalzombiebass]

@yoda2287 ....ok whatever you say

[biggy531]

@sinbysin666 ... fuck you

[sinbysin666]

@biggy531 stool cory, bro.

[Lampp1981]

@sinbysin666 Im a die hard metallica fan.. But I think mercyful fate is a good band ..

[MrLuxaras]

@Lampp1981 Why in hell would you think the opposite???

I m a die hard Death fan so what?that doesnt mean that i will not love other bands.....

[brutaltruth1976]

I care less if a band is "santanic" or all "pro Bible thumpers" If its heavy and has bad ass guitar and/or bass riffs and drums I'll jam it loud. Metal is Metal.

[SelfishOldMan]

I hate King Diamond ! crying for nothing..

[DarkLordNick999]

Too bad this didn't make it to the game. But at least we got Evil, and the King does appear!

[Somespatanwarrior]

I was sent by metallica what have I been missing all these years?

[ckchappell]

@Somespatanwarrior A Lot. Be sure to check out the entire Don't Break the Oath album. Stay Heavy. Long Live MF. And check out Mercyful Fate - The Beginning.

[claudemir513]

Voce ta conhecendo KD agora , então nao fale asneiras seu moleque Ok !! Escute primeiro as musicas originais e depois comente algo proveitoso , seu asno .

[thrashhead94]

Damn he still sounds like he did back in 83. and the guitars are alot heavier. i think i like this version.

[ozzy554]

thumbs up if you noticed the eye necklace

[MKF1228]

@ozzy554 The Eye is the best KD album IMO

[ozzy554]

@MKF1228 and one of the most underrated

[Spiderguy117]

@MKF1228 dude deeefinatly a tie between them/conspiracy and puppet master....

[Chemicalwarfare84]

I like this version but I like the orginal version better.

[big30cal]

Denmark to Texas King is still the man!

[KrustynailsVideo]

can anybody tell me what album this song is originally from?

[Kryp7K33p3r]

@KrustynailsVideo Melissa is the name of the album

[AKMETAL666]

@KrustynailsVideo Melissa.

[Junton]

I kinda liked the old low, blurry tone in the old black metal recordings. Also I like new, fresh and clean sounds so it is hard to compare this and original record.

[Thrasher5251]

Mercyful Fate!

[GGGriggs]

Just to clear things up, King Diamond USED to be Satanist, but he stopped following any religion, since he doesn't believe in it.

Still, whatever his religious background may have been, King Diamond and Mercyful Fate are still awesome!

:-)

[robertleuthold]

@GGGriggs Wiki is notorious for false info/

[JCchamp316]

Who in the fuck cares? Everyone shut the fuck up and listen to this amazing band. Who gives a shit if they are Satanist or not? If you have such a fucking problem with it, don't come listen to this song.

[HEXACO]

Whatever they say I just like to listen to Meryful fate ... and this song is the best !

[RasputinsFate]

Mercyful Fate owns some of the worlds best guitar Riffs . Hail ! †Rasputin†

[silentblacklist]

it sounds good except the part at 0:20 (hammer ons and pull offs) sounds off.

[Anth0ny187]

This re-recording is just not the same..

[lashed]

@Anth0ny187 agreed, his voice is lacking the power from the original, imo

[marianolombard]

good!

[CDArmster]

Mercyful Fate is cool, but Diamond is soooooooooooooooo satanic, I mean, just look at that bone cross that he's using on-stage.

[SlayerVenomDeath92]

@CDArmster Toy Story, bro

[aliveduringautopsy]

@CDArmster You obvously have never listened to Mercyful Fate if you think the band is cool but Diamond is satanic. Mercyful Fate's entire discography centers around satanism.

[aliveduringautopsy]

@CDArmster You obviously have never listened to Mercyful Fate since you think the band is cool, but Diamond is satanic. The focal point of Mercyful Fate's entire discography is Satanism and the occult.

[aliveduringautopsy]

@CDArmster You obviously have never listened to Mercyful Fate since you think the band is cool, but Diamond is satanic. The focal point of Mercyful Fate's entire discography is Satanism and the occult.

[aliveduringautopsy]

@CDArmster You obviously have never listened to Mercyful Fate since you think the band is cool, but Diamond is satanic. The focal point of Mercyful Fate's entire discography is Satanism and the occult.

[Anth0ny187]

@CDArmster lol you know nothing...

[goggelet12345]

@CDArmster

What's wrong with being satanic? Millions of people has been killed in the name of Christianity.. You can't say that about satanism

[Nevadatyler13]

@goggelet12345

Uhmmmm you can as a matter of fact. But chill and listen to this awesome music and let us headbang till our hearts content \m/

[acdcccdc14]

@CDArmster He's actually not Satanic. It is only the image he's created for "King Diamond". In reality, Kim Petersen (King Diamond's real name) has "stated that he does not follow any specific religion, and expressed concern that religion has led so many people to kill and destroy each other." And that "it is logically impossible to prove the presence or absence of any god." "...he has reached a point in his life where he has completely given up believing in anything religious." - heavymetal.dk

[smurfman95]

@acdcccdc14 No, When Kim Bendix Peterson was young, He was in fact a Satanist but years and years late started to second guess, he was very knowledgable and brought altars with him on his tour bus in the recording booth, He was in fact a Satanist at one time, now he said he truly doesnt know any more because of all the war that's gone on. :)

[acdcccdc14]

@smurfman95 I know. I never said he didn't used to be one. Only that he is not one anymore. But you are correct. :) It's awesome when people aren't and can actually give an intelligent rebuddle as you just did. 

[CDArmster]

@acdcccdc14 So... you mean that Kim is atheist and he doesn't use a bone cross? Have you ever seen him live?

[acdcccdc14]

@CDArmster Are you kidding me? What part of message said he didn't use a bone cross? I am not stupid... Do you think Gene Simmons spits blood and blow fire on a daily basis? No. It's an act. As is his satanism (today, at least. He did in fact used to be a satanist.)

[CDArmster]

@acdcccdc14 Yeah k dude... sorry. I just said that I don't like him because of that bone cross and asked if he is a satanist... so he was satanist after all...

[JamesCraig007]

@CDArmster

Yeah so?

[CDArmster]

@JamesCraig007 Can't you just shut the fuckin hell up? All right, he was a satanist, but have you seen Dimmu Borgir or Behemoth? Those are real "satan-lovers:

[calebh08]

@CDArmster ha. no they're not

[CDArmster]

@calebh08 Don't u have anything better to do? First of all, Galder's has an upside-down cross on his neck.. he is SATANIC. Silenoz's guitar is called Okkultist, what other proofs do you want? Maybe their music videos, all with satanic rituals.. Fuck all who think Satan rocks

[calebh08]

@CDArmster dimmu borgir are posers. they don't honestly believe in the ideals of their stage personas. Most "satanists" don't now what the fuck they're talking about, and are just pretending to believe what they say to shock religious people (but hey, it works!) and you said Behemoth were "satan lovers"? they too utilise satanic IMAGERY to shock people, they are against all organised religion, and that includes satanism..... what other proofs do you want?

[calebh08]

@CDArmster oh and his guitar being called okkultist doesnt denote satanism, it denotes occultism.

[unknowndualkey]

@CDArmster Your a tool.

[MrBemafia]

@CDArmster e logico , e vc e burro kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[xcardboardbox]

@CDArmster Can'ttelliftrollingorjustverys­tupid.jpg

[Kryp7K33p3r]

@CDArmster LaughingWhores.jpg

[Azashio]

@CDArmster Horror thematics, how do they work?

[kerrigor778]

@CDArmster correction he WAS satanic he no longer is due to his dis-illusion with ALL religions

[HamadaTenchu]

@CDArmster No, actually he was a satanist before but says in these days that he is atheistic. He said he can't understand how some people fight each other and declare wars about a god or deity that they have no proof of that have ever existed.

[c4r50n1]

@CDArmster And?

[biggy531]

@CDArmster actually he has no religious beliefs

[Deathpool35]

i wish he was my dad xD

[bergAgreb]

IM SO HAPPING THAT THEY RE-RECORDER THIS SONG !!!

HAIL MERCYFUL FATE

[laithlaith91]

i think the production on King Diamond's vocals ruins his voice, they shudve used another method...he wudve sounded much better! but still, he sounds great! im not gna complain in anyway im jst glad that my favorite band ever decided to re-record two of their songs, i jst hope that 1 day they will record a new album,be it with all the original members or most of them with Bjarne as the drummer, doesnt rly matter to me i jst want the almighty Mercyful Fate to Return to the metal throne!\m/

[Swanton619OfDX]

It's hard to sing when you have 54, goob job anyway!

[Merle1987]

The drums sounds so shitty.

[theZodiacDigital]

it doesnt quite sound as cool, it sounds a little more... sterile. the original recording had this sort of misty, evil quality.

[Nuhtin4u]

@theZodiacDigital I cant agree more the Older version is much much better.

[James94Brady]

In fairness he still sounds the same, its just the recording qualaity is better, I'm not a mercyful fate fan, I like their music but In my opion King Diamond is crap, but I suppose ye cant have Mercyful Fate with some other bloke

[Czaisz33]

well.. try to sing like that when your 54 years old....

[deepsussex]

Mercyful Fate had great riffs and is better than Metallica by far

[DrowningPoolDude]

doesn't sound too much different than the original but better sound quality on the guitars and drums :)

[RestlessPortrait]

hate re-recordings. fuck off

[SlayerVenomDeath92]

@RestlessPortrait Lick nuts

[UniversityofAlabama1]

@RestlessPortrait Hey dip shit fuck face its in the damn title mootherfucking idiot. Don't like it? DONT FUCKING WATCH SHIT FACE. Damn retard.

[bokuroker]

I actually love the rerecordings, both Evil and Curse of the Pharaos, way more quality.

[machineguntongue]

Live devil eyes kills this.

[arkasious]

Or listen to the recording of Into the Coven from Eindhoven in 1983. It puts this re-recorded garbage to shame. There is no feeling in it, while the original material was so visceral. I have loved KD for two decades but it's time to hang it up.

[HeavyMechanics]

I agree. The re-recordings sound like the same song but on a valium overdose.

[snocked]

@arkasious

that eindhoven one sucks. wtf is wrong with you, son

[TheRagman666]

no need for this , how many times he re release shit from metal blade,

[MrKyleHarper]

@TheRagman666 King Diamond is a fucking genius, anytime he does a remaster it's brilliant.. You obviously don't or can't appericate what King Diamond has done for the music world

[TheRagman666]

listen here fuckface ive been a king diamond fan for over 22 years and my colletion is massive with king and fate stuff, im just sick of re release shit from metal blade , what about the first 5 albums , ha he cant touch the roadrunner stuff his best so he fuckin keeps bring out over and over metal blade shit, and as a person that allows king to make music for a living i can say what the fuck i want, get fucked

[CanalNimrod]

This is awesome,

Why metal bands today sucks ! they have to listen to this masters and learn how to do good music!!

[Horzagiar]

I can almoust play this amaizing on bassguitar. Great band and amaizing song. "Now say his name... King Diamond!"

[arealfanofmusic]

wow this song is epic

[grzeswawa]

wow this is awesome.King is great form.His voice at all did not change.HAIL TO THE KING

[youfreaker]

i like the metallica cover of it better:P (its in mercyfull fate) it sounds to much eighties, and dont like that. still nice re-recording

[smurfman95]

The golden rule has been written in a new stone......Dont touch never ever steal XD

Long Live The King

and may Mercyful Fate reuinite with all the original members for a new CD

[kalemaris2]

Well, I understand what you're hoping for, but I don't think Kim Ruzz will ever return to Mercyful Fate. Timi Grabber returned for the recordings of Curse... and Evil, but Kim Ruzz refused to do it... However, Bjarne Holm, who plays not only on these 2 tracks but also played on the last 3 Mercyful Fate albums is definitely a good drummer for MF, so if they make a new album with him behind the drums, I'm not gonna mind at all :)

[billbonham]

@kalemaris2 Actually King did not call Kim Ruzz because he wasn´t sure he was still playing. But from what what I´ve read he didn´t get along so well with Kim Ruzz, they even had a fist fight once, which I think is sad because this drummer is unique and better to me than any other that played with King.

[AmsterdamseMichael]

Pretty good re-recording, better than the Evil re-recording. This damn well nearly touches the brilliance of the original...

[HeavyMetalDante1]

Oh my god this is just as fucking good as the original!!! Oh but wait...isnt EVERY song King makes fucking good? :) Man King should put out a new album even though he released "Give me your soul...Please:" I'd LOVE that!

[MrTsofronas]

f......... awsome

[bookworm1138]

amazing remix!

[darjac6]

not a remix its a re cording

a remix is when a persons "mixs" the song

[bookworm1138]

still kick-ass