Mercyful Fate - Legend of the Headless Rider

Mercyful Fate's Legend of the Headless Rider

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• King Diamond
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[eternalhalloween1]

I'm one of the few people who thinks that the best records of MF came after the reunion. This is one of my favorite MF CDs.

I think once Mr. Diamond got away from the endless praises to Satan, his work got much better.

An October never passes without this record being played a few times in my car.

[lawman466]

Epic Mercyful Fate!!! Very well written!!

[filth69ify1]

I love this album. Horror stories and metal FTW!!!

[eternalhalloween1]

@mike1cfo My guess would be that a lot of people weren't quite ready for the content of that story. (H.O.G.) To be sure, he admits on the cover that it's just a story. But it probably did shake a lot of people.

"The Graveyard" is a horror story about a politician who molests his daughter and then makes the mistake of blaming a psychotic man. (KD's character) This leads to a showdown in the graveyard. But be warned even KD admits he's not the hero in this story.

[mike1cfo]

@eternalhalloween1 - I really enjoy House of God- quite frankly, I can't understand why some people rank in among the lower tier of KD's albums.. I enjoy it from beginning to end. I never heard "The GraveYard"

[eternalhalloween1]

@mike1cfo Well, like a lot of people, I think "Abigail," "Them," and "Conspiracy" were the top ones. If we're talking phase 2 KD, I thought "Spider's Lullaby" and "Graveyard" were pretty good. I didn't much like "Voodoo." "House of God" I can't really discuss in less than 500 words here. I feel "Abigail II" was quite good. I didn't much like "The Puppet Master." The last one ("Give Me Your Soul Please") was surprisingly good. But sadly, you will notice his voice has weakened there.

[mike1cfo]

@eternalhalloween1 - I honestly like everything KD ever did that I have heard. Alot of people say his solo work fell off after The Eye album, but I think some of his best work came after that album..I love House of God and The Puppet Master, never heard the newest one.

[eternalhalloween1]

@mike1cfo I know DA wasn't one of their more popular ones. But I honestly wonder why. It had sheer guitar power, really intense lyrics, and it was the last cd before King's voice started to weaken. And it even had a good mixture of sadness and terror. ("Since Forever"-"Dead Again")

My answer to the satanic lyrics is that whether or not they bother you, they eventually become redundant and annoying.

My favorites are "In the Shadows" and "Dead Again."

[mike1cfo]

@eternalhalloween1 - Hmm. I have never heard the opinion that Dead Again is better than DBTO, ever. Dead Again is more often thought of as one of their weaker albums..I'm also puzzled as to why you keep bringing up the satanic lyrics like it's a bad thing. The lyrics in DBTO were awesome and helped create the evil atmosphere of the album.

[eternalhalloween1]

@mike1cfo We're talking opinions here. So we could argue endlessly. But I've heard everythingof MFand KD. I don't know howanyone could put DBTO ahead of the sheer power consistency and strength of "Dead Again." The title track of DA is 15 minutes of pure terror.

I also feel H. Shermann and M. Wead outdo Hendrix on DA.

DBTO is pretty much just endless praises to Satan. That was one of the reasons H.S. left the group.

Everyone has an opinion of course. Butk knocking DA is strange.