Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

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The compliment of “true original” is attributed without real merit to far too many artists working in popular music, but Mercyful Fate were true originals. That’s not to say Denmark’s most famous (and ...

Shortly after that, Ulrich offered his condolences. Hansen initially performed with Mercyful Fate from 1981 to 1985 before joining that band's lead vocalist in the frontman's namesake outfit, King ...

The post Mercyful Fate Have 6 or 7 New Songs “About to Be Ready” for First Release in Over 20 Years appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Reunited metal legends Mercyful Fate are making progress on ...

After roughly five years with iconic Danish metal outfit Mercyful Fate, bassist Joey Vera is stepping down in a way that both parties describe as a mutual decision. The announcement of the lineup ...

For the first time in roughly 26 years, we’re closer than ever to a new Mercyful Fate album. There’s been talk about something new coming from King Diamond and his crew for a while now, but a recent ...

Mercyful Fate are heading out on their first headlining tour in North America in more than 20 years. The Danish black metal group will kick things off in Dallas this October, making their way through ...

Heavy metal legends Mercyful Fate have been on hiatus since 1999, save for when members had a brief, one-off reunion in 2011 at one of Metallica’s 30th anniversary shows, but they’re now finally set ...

Earlier this year, it was announced that seminal black metal forefathers Mercyful Fate would reunite for a series of festival shows. However, the line-up that was announced did not include Timi ...

Timi Hansen, who revealed he was battling cancer in August, died on Monday (Nov. 4). By Gil Kaufman Former Mercyful Fate/King Diamond bass player Timi Hansen has died at age 61. The news was confirmed ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...