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“This is just perfect,” writes SNOWY SHAW on Facebook. “Broke my right pinkytoe today (July 30th) and I’m playing Wacken on Friday (August 2nd with SABATON). Barefoot as always. But I’ve toured six weeks with a broken leg with KING DIAMOND, so I’ll get by somehow.”
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ANGRA, MOKOMA and LOST SOCIETY are the latest acts confirmed for Japan’s Loud Park 2013 which runs on Saturday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th in Saitama City at the Saitama Super Arena.
Other bands confirmed for the festival include: AMORPHIS, BEHEMOTH, BREAKING ARROWS, BRING ME THE HORIZON, CROSSFAITH, ENFORCER, EUROPE, KING DIAMOND, LAST IN LINE, LORDI, LOST SOCIETY, MOKOMA, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS with Chester Bennington, STRATOVARIUS, THERION, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, TRIVIUM
Loud Park 2013 features 24 bands on two different stages over two days. Ticket information will be available soon. For event details visit LoudPark.com.
Roadrunner Records has issued as follows:
This week’s Spotify playlist is a return to the ’80s – just like we hope the temperatures in New York City will be next week…it’s been hot as Hell here. Anyway, kick off your weekend with a dozen classic tracks from Carnivore, Crimson Glory, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Obituary, Pestilence, Sepultura, Tokyo Blade, Toxik, Whiplash, Witch Cross, and Znöwhite! Enjoy!
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Quality fan-filmed video footage of KING DIAMOND‘s June 30 performance at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium can be seen below.
KING DIAMOND in December signed a new three-album worldwide deal with Metal Blade Records.
After a six-year touring hiatus, KING DIAMOND triumphantly returned to the stage in 2012 for European festivals Hellfest and Sweden Rock.
King, 56, whose real name is Kim Bendix Petersen, underwent open-heart triple-bypass surgery in November 2010. He has since completed his cardiac rehabilitation program and has stopped smoking entirely, changed his diet and is getting regular exercise.
In a February 2013 interview with Metal Sucks, King Diamond stated: “I had to change my diet and become a nutritional expert, eat much better food. I stopped smoking; haven’t had a drag. [My wife] Livia quit, too. We walk at least five days a week.
“I felt the benefits during two shows we did [last year]. My voice is now clearer than when I started singing. It was like always driving a used car and suddenly you have enough money to buy a new car. It felt brand new! That’s how my voice feels.
“I breathe different now than I used to. In the past [when we played live], it would been like [makes a gasping noise]. Now I go off stage and start talking to close friends…. I feel like I used to live in a house with ten windows and now I have twenty windows in the house. There’s so much I can see and I pay more attention to what I do see.
“My philosophy hasn’t changed but I don’t take anything for granted.”
King Diamond made his long-anticipated return to the stage with his MERCYFUL FATE bandmates Hank Shermann, Timi Hansen and Michael Denner on December 7, 2011 at the second of four intimate shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco as part of METALLICA‘s week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for fan club members only.
KING DIAMOND received a Grammy nomination in the “Best Metal Performance” category for the track “Never Ending Hill” off the group’s latest album, “Give Me Your Soul … Please”.
“Give Me Your Soul … Please” entered the Swedish national chart at position No. 28. The CD also landed at No. 58 on the Danish chart (the second highest new entry on the chart behind VELVET REVOLVER).
“Give Me Your Soul … Please” sold 4,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 174 on The Billboard 200 chart.
Source: Bravewords.com
KING DIAMOND have received a message from their Russian concert promoter, informing that the band’s St. Petersburg concert, scheduled for June 18th in DC Leningrad City Council, has been canceled due to technical reasons.
Tickets purchased for the St. Petersburg concert are valid for the Moscow concert. The Moscow show, as planned, will be held June 20th at Club Stadium Live.
Also, tickets for the canceled concert in St. Petersburg can be returned. Details will be announced soon.
The Kind Diamond camp states: “We (Diamond Entertainment) confirm that we have just been informed of the above cancellation by our Russian agent as well, and that the Moscow show is going ahead as scheduled 100%.”
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Legendary Danish heavy metal singer King Diamond (real name: Kim Bendix Petersen; KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE) has posted the following message on his Facebook page:
“A few days ago, I did [a Danish-language] interview with one of the biggest Danish newspapers, and when I got the chance to read it yesterday, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was the most inaccurate interview I have ever seen. So absolutely wrong, that it’s almost funny sometimes. There are passages which have been completely made up, lots of things I would never ever have said, plus the journalist even went so far as to invent titles for songs I have never written.
“For those of you who have already read it, you know what I’m talking about.
“For those of you who have not yet had the chance to read it, be aware, you’re in for one hell of a ride if you come across it. This guy has made me sound like a complete paranoid lunatic.
“One thing that might have contributed to this ‘interview’ turning out to be so horrible is that the journalist did not record the interview, but merely now and then wrote down words onto his notepad.
“I will never again do another interview with a journalist who uses nothing but a pen and a notepad.
“Without a recording, this guy had nothing to fall back on whenever he forgot parts of what we had talked about, and must have decided to just make up what was missing. Totally disregarding the facts.
“TOO BAD.
“Just thought I’d share.”
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