Mercyful Fate - Is that You, Melissa (Live)

Mercyful Fate - Is that You, Melissa

This liveshow is from 93/94, after the release of In the Shadows.


HAIL THE GODS OF BLACK METAL!!!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Mercyful
• Fate
• in
• the
• shadows
• Black
• Metal
• Oath
• Melissa
• King
• Diamond

[aristocratickiller]

"Melissa" is the name of a skull King Diamond used to carry on stage, and also a fictional deceased witch that appears in three songs. Before the recordings of the album Melisasa, King Diamond had acquired a human skeleton that he named "Melissa". He used the femur bones to make his trademark microphone handle. The skull was apparently stolen during a show in the Netherlands.

after that he made 3 songs to honor it, Melissa, Come to the sabbath, and Is that you Melissa

[15Iodas93]

This is by far one of the most beautiful songs ever! My throat hurts just listening to this god of metal belt out those incredible vocal lines!

[pUgeciPe]

nope!,chuck testa

[Spiderguy117]

@germer2664 yeup satanic black metal. they are the kings of it.

[cam1the]

i was named melissa after this song by my father 

[germer2664]

i too believe it's black metal, don't start hating if im wrong

[Ivannnz]

quien fue melissa ?

[shredurguitar]

Most amazing vocalist ever - King Diamond

[taintedtannis]

@Manectric7 I have been a King Diamond/Mercyful Fate fan since I was a teenager and I am 35 now. And both his solo stuff and his stuff with MF are definitely Black Metal. KD/MF are definitely the bands that struck the mold for the whole "Black Metal" scene. I think you are absolutely right in your assesment of them!! =)

[Manectric7]

@WingDiamond

yeah, but the lyrics are absolutely black metal... I haven't heard any power metal bands who don't speak about good and evil, love and justice... Mercyful fate's lyrics are a lot... darker to be called a power/classic metal band, same goes for king diamond ... that's just my opinion, I might be wrong

[WingDiamond]

I wouldn't necessarily call KD/MF "Black Metal". Mercyful Fate is more classic/power metal and King Diamond (band) is melodic speed/thrash.

[realisrealizerealies]

Never will I forget the Merciful Fate we all face with belief in the God given WILL of the good SOUL, the fate that is not ours...I live it from La Shadiere Club, Hull, Guebec 80"s...Thank You!