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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
Photos of Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford and Devin Townsend performing live onstage
The 10 greatest solo albums in heavy metal history

By Matt Mills Published

Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford and Ozzy Osbourne have all proven you don’t need to be in a band to make top-notch heavy metal

Albums
Slipknot, Gojira and King Diamond album artworks
A beginner's guide to Roadrunner Records in five essential albums

By Matt Mills Published

Metal's most celebrated label has put out dozens of genre-defining classics. Here are the five that tell its story

Albums
Roadrunner United
The full story of metal's greatest supergroup, Roadrunner United: "We even opened it up to Nickelback"

By Dave Everley Published

How members of Slipknot, Machine Head, Fear Factory and Trivium came together to celebrate metal's most legendary label

Bands & Artists
King Diamond's No Presents For Christmas EP
The 10 best metal Christmas songs ever

By Chris Chantler Published

From Rob Halford and Korn to Ronnie James Dio and Nightwish, this is all the proof you need that Christmas can rock

Tracks & Singles
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