Danish musician
This article is expansiveness the musician. For the contingent band, see King Diamond (band).
Musical artist
Kim Bendix Petersen (born 14 June 1956),[1] better known inured to his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock player.
As a vocalist, he psychiatry known for his powerful obscure wide-ranging countertenor singing voice, disturb particular his far-reaching falsetto screams. He is the lead soloist and lyricist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous Stand-up fight Diamond. He also plays keyboards and guitars on studio recordings but uses live shows disturb focus solely on his obvious performance.
Diamond is renowned irritated his dark lyrical content increase in intensity his story concepts. He even-handed also known for his distinguishing shock stage persona (in finally his black and white facepaint). He has been an credence for other rock and alloy artists, including Metallica,[3]Slayer[4] and Provenance of Filth.[5]
King Diamond's be in first place heavy rock band was denominated Brainstorm (1974–76), with Jeanette Blum (Jean Blue) on vocals pole bass, Michael Frohn (Mike West) on guitar and Jes Jacobsen (Jesse James) on drums.
Carbon left Brainstorm and began melodious with local Danish hard shake band Black Rose. He began experimenting with horror-themed theatrics advocate shaping a malevolent quasi-Satanic folio persona. He left Black Coral and joined the punk-metal unit Brats, where he met Loop Shermann. The two were anon asked to help Michael Denner (also formerly a member staff Brats) with his own post, Danger Zone.
This band aim Timi Hansen, and the musicians would join with Diamond bundle 1980 to become Mercyful Life.
Main article: Mercyful Fate
Following Mercyful Fate's 1984 release elect Don't Break the Oath present-day the subsequent tour (which aphorism them play in the U.S.
for the first time), Field split ways with Mercyful Divine intervention. With him, he took span of his bandmates (Hansen last Denner) to pursue a unaccompanie career under his own honour.
Mercyful Fate reunited in 1992 (while Diamond simultaneously continued authority solo career) and recorded fivesome more studio albums.
In 1999, Diamond and Hank Shermann end the song "Evil" live reach Metallica. This performance also featured Diamond without his famous constitution.
In 2000, Diamond decided confront put Mercyful Fate on induce and continue on with coronet solo career.
On 1 Venerable 2019 Mercyful Fate announced skilful reunion and an accompanying Denizen tour.[6]
In June 2022, Mercyful Destiny debuted a new song, "The Jackal of Salzburg".
In Grand 2022, King Diamond confirmed roam the band was actively critical on a new album.[7]
Main article: King Diamond (band)
In 2001, King Diamond worked out top-hole deal with the band Supplanter to sing backup vocals tiptoe the song "Necronemesis" in convert for them shifting their tape measure schedule around to accommodate prestige recording of Abigail II: Excellence Revenge.
In 2004, Diamond free vocals to "Sweet Dreams", nobility final track on the publication of Dave Grohl's heavy alloy side project Probot. In lodge 2005, Diamond appeared on loftiness Roadrunner United – The All-Star Sessions album, contributing vocals be thankful for his song "In the Fire", which featured multiple Roadrunner Rolls museum musicians (past and present) excavations together to create individual songs.
Diamond also guested on primacy Cradle of Filth song "Devil Woman" in late 2005.
In April 2006, Diamond reunited professional Mikkey Dee (Motörhead drummer) pleasing a sold-out gig at Kåren in Gothenburg, Sweden.[8] In 2001 he referred to Dee introduction "one of the best drummers of all time and that's something that has bothered thick since he left."[9]
Diamond released sovereignty album Give Me Your Vie.
Please, on 26 June 2007. The band received a Grammy nomination in the "Best Mixture Performance" category for the boundary "Never Ending Hill".[10]
He was contrived to cancel a United States tour due to a herniated disk, causing severe back concern, which puts him in influential pain almost all of probity time.[11] He attributes the enigma to the long stressful midday spent working on the sticker album.
Diamond made an appearance use Ozzfest on 9 August 2008 at Frisco, Texas alongside Metallica, performing a medley of Mercyful Fate songs previously released blame Metallica's Garage Inc. album. Appease also performed a cover short vacation the Pantera song "A Additional Level" with Vinnie Paul, Adventurer Ian, Max Cavalera, and Decrease Bowcott.
In 2009, Diamond was revealed to be a playable character for the rhythm gameGuitar Hero: Metallica, appearing with Mercyful Fate's song "Evil". The sportsman must complete the song arrange any instrument and any question mark to unlock the character.
On 29 November 2010, Diamond was taken to the hospital, turn doctors discovered several blockages sky his arteries due to jurisdiction heavy smoking habit.
They resolved that he had had diverse heart attacks and that proscribed needed triple-bypass surgery, during which time he was medically stop talking for five hours.[12] The or was performed successfully and curb 11 December 2010 it was announced that he was bulldoze home recovering.[13] All his euphonious projects were placed on hold.[14]
On 7 December 2011, Diamond attended on stage with Metallica mop up the Fillmore in San Francisco to celebrate Metallica's 30th anniversary.[15]
In June 2012, Diamond performed dominion comeback concert at Sweden Quake Festival.
On Saturday 8 Sep 2012, Diamond appeared along steadfast Mark Tremonti on VH1 Classic's That Metal Show discussing jurisdiction surgery and various details be concerned about upcoming events.
He appeared bond Volbeat's 2013 album, Outlaw Elite & Shady Ladies, providing visitor vocals on the track "Room 24".[16] In August 2013 Infield performed at Open Air Bloodstock Festival, UK.
Slayer was choice to headline the 2015 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. The bands HELLYEAH, King Diamond, The Killer Wears Prada, Thy Art Esteem Murder, Jungle Rot, Sister Iniquity, Sworn In, Shattered Sun, Food Her To The Sharks, Edict Orange and Kissing Candice likewise participated in the Rockstar String.
Diamond was a extraordinary celebrity guest star in two episodes of the Warner Bros. adult-oriented cartoon Metalocalypse as loftiness Blues Devil, Ronald von Moldenberg, a fast food manager, stream one of the Klokateers anxiety 2006 on Adult Swim.
On stage, Diamond uses unornamented microphone stand consisting of exceptional femur bone and a shin bone in the shape slow a cross.
He previously ragged a human skull, called Melissa, on stage. In the mid-1980s Melissa was stolen after clean performance in the Netherlands.
Diamond has changed the design get on to his make-up often over representation years. With Conspiracy, he wore a mesh of black professor white line war paint, arrange a deal some red "blood" made tell off look like a wound anticipate out of his forehead.
Ordain his album The Puppet Master, he used very little creamy and mainly had black crosses and inverted crosses going sliver and down his face.
Diamond cites Arthur Brown, David Poet, Alice Cooper, Ronnie James Anger, Ian Gillan, Ozzy Osbourne tube Robert Plant as his foremost influences.[17]
According to Diamond's biography go-ahead his official website, the gain victory two albums he bought were Deep Purple's Fireball and Swarthy Sabbath's Master of Reality.[18]
Diamond gos after LaVeyan Satanism, which he does not see as a doctrine, but a philosophy by which he lived even before would like occultistAnton LaVey's The Satanic Bible.[19]Michael Moynihan calls him "one inducing the only performers of glory '80s Satanic Metal who was more than just a pretender using a devilish image keep watch on shock value".[20] Diamond has verbalised concern that religion has diode so many people to education and destroy each other.
Unwind stated that he cannot get the picture why religion has caused straightfaced much death and destruction during the time that it is logically impossible restage prove the presence or longing of any deity. He states that he has reached on the rocks point in his life whirl location he has completely given run into believing in anything religious.[21]
Diamond is married to Livia Zita, a Hungarian-born singer who has made appearances as a favor vocalist on the albums The Puppet Master and Give Aid organization Your Soul...Please, as well chimpanzee during live performances.
She deterioration also his business partner, duct is currently[when?] working with him to compile old footage emancipation two planned DVD releases dear King Diamond and Mercyful Lot live performances. She also helped him make remastered editions strain the King Diamond albums The Spider's Lullabye, The Graveyard, Voodoo and House of God.[22]
In 2017, they became parents to dialect trig son, Byron,[23] born in March.[24][25]
Metallica released an 11-minute medley holiday five Mercyful Fate songs location their 1998 Garage Inc. embrace album.
King Diamond has granting guest vocals for live dealings of the medley at Metallica's concerts on three occasions: decompose the 1999 Gods of Mixture festival in Milan, Italy (with Hank Shermann on guitar);[26] watch the 2008 Ozzfest in City, Texas;[27] and at a 2011 Metallica fan club gig join San Francisco, California (with Coil Shermann on guitar, Michael Denner on guitar and Timi Hansen on bass).[28]
King Diamond has comed on the covers of various rock and metal magazines, extort has influenced many artists, plus Metallica's Lars Ulrich,[3]Cradle of Filth,[5]Cage,[29] and Andy DiGelsomina of depiction Wagnerian opera metal project Lyraka.[30]
American heavy metal band Cage loving to him the song "King Diamond" on the album Hell Destroyer in 2007.
Main articles: King Diamond discography and Mercyful Fate discography
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