King Diamond

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King Diamond posing for a photograph in make-up with a crucifix in 1983

My weird night sleeping on King Diamond’s floor surrounded by human skulls and a Satanic altar

By Malcolm Dome published

In 1983, one intrepid journalist flew to Copenhagen to interview Mercyful Fate – and endured a night of occult weirdness and table football

Interviews
King Diamond in 2019

King Diamond offers update on first album since 2007

By Matt Mills published

King Diamond offers update on new solo album, says another single will “definitely” drop this year

Albums
Babymetal/Ghost/Sleep Token/Bloodywood/Halestorm

50 metal albums you need to hear in 2025

By Rich Hobson published

From Ghost to Babymetal, Halestorm to Sleep Token, these are the metal albums you should keep an eye out for in 2025

Albums
King Diamond

King Diamond's first new song in five years has a video shot at a haunted asylum

By Fraser Lewry published

Spider Lilly comes from Saint Lucifer‘s Hospital 1920, the first part of an upcoming horror trilogy

Bands & Artists
King Diamond Press Shot 2024

King Diamond to tour Europe and the UK with Paradise Lost, Angel Witch and Unto Others

By Rich Hobson published

Paradise Lost, Angel Witch and Unto Others will support King Diamond at select headline shows in 2025

Concerts & Shows
King Diamond in 2019

Beyond The Gates festival announces headliner King Diamond and 7 others for 2025

By Matt Mills published

The Bergen black/death metal weekender will return from July 30 to August 2

Music Festivals
King Diamond posing for a photograph against a red background in the late 1980s

The outrageous life of King Diamond, the occult metal icon Metallica love and Gene Simmons wanted to sue

By Paul Elliott published

Hauntings, heart attacks, exorcisms and lawsuits – King Diamond looks back on 40 years as Satan’s Little Helper

Interviews
Myrkur and King Diamond onstage in 2022

Black metal enigma Myrkur has joined King Diamond’s live band

By Matt Mills published

Catch Amalie Bruun onstage when The King tours North America at the end of the year

Bands & Artists
King Diamond posing next to a reindeer that has tinsel on its head

A brief history of the metal Christmas song – and why there’ll (probably) never be a heavy holiday classic

By Matt Mills published

Superstars from Spinal Tap to King Diamond have all tried to make a heavy metal Christmas classic. Yet, these attempts have never become chart-smashing hits. What gives?

Tracks & Singles
Photos of Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, Opeth, Nightwish and System Of A Down live onstage

10 massive metal bands we want new albums from in 2024

By Stephen Hill published

From Ozzy Osbourne to Tool, a host of metal legends look ready to make 2024 a star-studded year

Albums
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