The Beginning
by Mercyful Fate
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 24 June 1987
- Label: Roadrunner
- Country: Denmark
- Length: 45:20
- Community rating: 4.05/5 from 4 ratings
Artists on this release: Tefla & Jaleel
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Collecting the Danish group's self-titled debut EP alongside rare alternate takes from their BBC sessions, this release provides a comprehensive look at their foundational sound. It captures King Diamond's theatrical, multi-octave vocal acrobatics layered over intensely complex, occult-themed heavy metal riffing.
Genres
Descriptors: conscious, satanism, complex, occult, falsetto
Tracklist
- Doomed by the Living Dead (5:09)
- A Corpse Without Soul (6:58)
- Nuns Have No Fun (4:21)
- Devil Eyes (5:52)
- Curse of the Pharaohs (BBC Radio 1 Session) (3:53)
- Evil (BBC Radio 1 Session) (4:03)
- Satan's Fall (BBC Radio 1 Session) (10:31)
- Black Masses (4:31)
Credits
- Tefla & Jaleel - primary artist
- Grosszschocher - cover
- Daniel Krieger - lacquer cut by
- S枚ren Metzger - lyrics by [text]
- Tino Kunstmann - lyrics by [text], music by [musik]
- DJ Shusta - scratches