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Hey, I'll admit it-I love the King! I've been a big Mercyful Fate fan since I was in high school and I own every King Diamond album (there aren't too many better metal albums than "Abagail" anywhere) and I've seen King live a few times. He may look evil, but he's actually quite the deviled ham and a very nice intelligent guy. And Any LaRocque remains a fantastic guitarist.
Wish the album title was better though!
I'm sure I'm the only King fan here, but just in case...
From Blabbermouth.net:
KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque is back home in Sweden after "a very heavy and intense mixing session" in Dallas, Texas with the band's singer/namesake King Diamond on the group's long-awaited new album, "Gimme Your Soul ... Please". "It's definitely the best songs and production we've had in years!" Andy told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. "A rollercoaster of atmospheres and horror is a good way of describing" the new CD.
"Gimme Your Soul ... Please", will be released in North America on June 26 via Metal Blade Records. Massacre Records will issue the album in Germany on June 29.
"Gimme Your Soul … Please" track listing (songwriting credits included):
01. The Dead (King)
02. Never Ending Hill (Andy)
03. Is Anybody Here? (King)
04. Black of Night (Andy)
05. Mirror, Mirror (King)
06. The Cellar (Andy)
07. Pictures in Red (Andy)
08. Gimme Your Soul (King)
09. The Floating Head (Andy)
10. Cold as Ice (King)
11. Shapes of Black (King)
12. The Girl in The Bloody Dress (King)
13. Moving On (King)
Revolver magazine recently reported that KING DIAMOND's new CD was inspired by a painting called "My Mother's Eyes" which the band's distributor in Denmark stumbled across while surfing the Net (and which Diamond has since bought for the new CD cover). The more Diamond looked at the image of a battered blond girl with blood covering her white dress, holding out palms affixed with protruding eyeballs, the more it captivated and inspired him. "I can feel the energy of the front cover in all the songs we wrote, and it will definitely affect my lyrics," he promised.
Diamond wrote the music for the new album from December 2005 through February 2006, then recorded the basic tracks in his basement.
"It classes over anything I've ever done," Diamond beamed. "The arrangements are more intricate, the production is better, and for the parts where there are violins, it sounds like we hired the Royal Philharmonic. As long as I don't fuck up the vocals, this should be our best record."
KING DIAMOND in 2005 completed a U.S. tour with NILE, BEHEMOTH and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. A live CD, "Deadly Lullabyes Live", was issued in 2004.
KING DIAMOND current lineup:
King Diamond - Vocals
Andy La Rocque - Guitar
Mike Wead - Guitar
Hal Patino - Bass
Matt Thompson - Drums
In related news, La Rocque — who owns a popular recording studio in the Gothenburg, Sweden area, Los Angered Recording — is currently moving/expanding his studio to new facilities. The first band to utilize the new studio will be SANDALINAS, featuring guest appearances by Patrick Johansson (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), Mick Cervino (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BLACKMORE'S NIGHT), Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE), and Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER).
For more information on Los Angered Recording, visit the studio's web site.
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