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A composite photograph of My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way and King Diamond performing separately onstage
My Chemical Romance bring King Diamond onstage to ‘knight’ them in Texas

By Dave Everley Published

Plus MCR frontman Gerard Way teases brand new studio album

Bands & Artists
French Fans before the UEFA Euro 2004 Quarter Final match between France and Greece at Jose Alvalade Stadium on June 25, 2004 in Lisbon, Portugal
The 10 best football songs to sing during the World Cup

By Simon Young Last updated

There's more to football songs than Sweet Caroline or that Atomic Kitten abomination, it turns out

Tracks & Singles
King Diamond performs at The Warfield Theater on November 2, 2015 in San Francisco, California
King Diamond given lifelong honorary award by Danish Arts Foundation

By Stef Lach Published

Award will see King Diamond paid up to £22,000 ($26,000) every year to continue creating "art of the highest quality"

Bands & Artists
King Diamond flashes the metal horns
King Diamond brings horror, heavy metal and a touch of welcome silliness to Rock Imperium Festival

By Catherine Morris Published

King Diamond rolls back the years with a bombastic, theatrical showing in Murcia

Live Performances
King Diamond onstage
It's been 18 years since the last King Diamond album and he's getting impatient

By Dave Ling Published

Danish shrieker King Diamond has returned to the road with "a horror show set to music"

Bands & Artists
In Flames Mystic Festival 2025
What it was like at Mystic Festival 2025

By Rich Hobson Published

From watching Hatebreed cover Slayer in the rain to spectacular sets from King Diamond, Witch Club Satan, Sepultura and more, this is what it was like at Mystic Festival 2025

Music Festivals
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
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