KING DIAMOND and Metal Blade Records are excited to announce a new run of vinyl! Fans can now get their hands on both “Them” and “Abigail” from the official King Diamond web shop. “Them” has been pressed on 180 gram white vinyl, and “Abigail” has been pressed on 180 gram blue vinyl. Additionally, each vinyl will be available as a bundle with an album art t-shirt!
KING DIAMOND
On tour in Europe this summer
25/07 Stockholm, SE Gröna Lund
28/07 Berlin, DE Huxleys Neue Welt
30/07 Tilburg, NL 013 Poppodium
01/08 Wacken, DE Wacken Open Air
08/08 Oulu, FI Jalometalli
New video of HELL:ON for the song “Hunt” has been posted online. The song is out from the eponymous full-length album, released in 2013 by British label FERRRUM. Album features guest appearances by Andy LaRocque (KING DIAMOND) and Marek “Spider” Pajak (VADER). For fans of early SEPULTURA, SLAYER and KREATOR. The video was filmed at a recent concert with KHORS and ROTTING CHRIS in Bingo club (Kiev, Ukraine). Check it out below:
KING DIAMOND has confirmed a July 28th show at Huxleys Neue Welt in Berlin.
The show at Huxleys Neue Welt in Berlin, Germany has been added to this summer’s touring schedule. This is one of only five total shows scheduled for Europe this year!
KING DIAMOND
25/07 Stockholm, SE Gröna Lund
28/07 Berlin, DE Huxleys Neue Welt
30/07 Tilburg, NL 013 Poppodium
01/08 Wacken, DE Wacken Open Air
08/08 Oulu, FI Jalometalli
Legendary Horror Metal act KING DIAMOND has confirmed a show on July 30th at 013 Poppodium in Tilburg, Netherland. The show will follow the July 25th show in Stockholm at Gröna Lund and is one of only five total shows scheduled for Europe this year!
KING DIAMOND comments further:
“We’re all looking very much forward to come back to Tilburg this summer. It will be one of three preparation shows for our Wacken Open Air performance, and it will consist of the full Wacken show, meaning, it’s going to be different from last year’s Tilburg show, including a different set list and new special effects. All in all, we will actually only be playing 5 shows total in Europe this year. We’re in the process of building a new studio in my home, and will be spending most of 2014 getting it up and running and writing new material.” I hope to see you at the 013 on July 30th. It will be worth it.”
Metal Blade Records would like to congratulate VOLBEAT and KING DIAMOND for being nominated for Best Metal Performance for the track “Room 24″ in the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
The heavy metal icon King Diamond had this to say: “Thank you to everyone involved with voting. This is a great way to come back from the dead…literally.”
Also nominated this year are Black Sabbath, Anthrax, Dream Theater, and Killswitch Engage. The GRAMMY’s will be taking place on Sunday, January 26 2014 in Los Angeles, Calif. at The Staples Center and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8–11:30pm (ET/PT). For updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy’s social networks on Twitter and Facebook.
In other King Diamond news: the current issue of Decibel Magazine featuring King Diamond on the cover is now in stores and available for purchase through the magazine’s site here. The issue will be on newsstands from early December until the end of the year.
Keep up to date with all things King Diamond and Mercyful Fate at kingdiamondcoven.com.
Former MEGADETH/KING DIAMOND guitarist Glen Drover has issued the following update:
“It’s been a while since my last post. Been very busy with a big move. Building a new studio, etc, so I thought i would fill you in on whats happening as of now…..
First of all, my band, which has until now been known as the GLEN DROVER BAND, has been talking about the idea of changing the bands name for a while now. The reason for this is that everyone (and beyond) thats involved with this project have submitted material for the recordings along the way, and we all feel its more appropriate to have a more unified name, rather than just myself. I have always looked at this as a band. Not Glen and the side dudes. It was initially a record company push to have my name on the front. Well, I don’t work with that company anymore, and its time for a change. We decided to call the band/project METALUSION which is the name of our first album.
The idea to call the band Metalusion has been talked about for a little while, and the more we have thought and talked about it, the more we like it. I originally got the idea from Derek Sherinian of PLANET X. for this who don’t know, His first solo album was under his name, and the name of the album was called Planet X. Guess he realized that was also a good name for a band, which is exactly what he ended up doing. Same here, we realized that not only was it a cool name for the first album, but a good band name as well for the future!
The second thing is we have decided too upload a FULL song from the forthcoming album, fully mixed and mastered! The album will be called Between Sea and Sky. This instrumental tune, entitled ‘Caracas’ was written by Jim Gilmour and myself, and we are all very proud of it! The album is more than half way complete, and we should have a release in summer 2014. Oh, and be expecting a lot more heavy stuff on this new album, as well as the prog/fusion stuff we have been recording. There will be a few songs with vocals, and will also feature some guest singers, as well as some instrumental songs like the one you are about to hear.
Hope your like the track as much as we do.
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!”
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