The king rules All his albums are concept albums or horror movies He's been around since the early eighties With his original band merciful fate He's one of my favorite artists
All his albums are FULL concept albums, except for 1985's Fatal Portrait (The Candle, The Jonah, The Portrait, Haunted), and 1995's The Spider's Lullabye (Title track, The Eastmann Cure, Room 17, To The Morgue). On these releases, the conceptual story only makes up half the album, with the rest of the songs being stand-alone tracks. FP opens with the first 3 songs then closes out the story (and the album) with the 4th song (strange why they did that, breaking up the set that way?), while TSL has all 4 songs consecutive at the end to close out the album. They may be "short stories" but are no less creepy and thrilling!
Been listening to that song every Christmas since the 80's as a kid, later adding the entire arguably Christmas storyline of "The Puppet Master" 🤘🤘🏾 Love and appreciate your personality and reaction here (I'm new to your channel)
HEEEY!!!!!!!!!!! That is my FIRST (and only) IN-VIDEO SHOUT-OUT!! YAY!! Jeebus Chroist I've only been on TH-cam commenting like a madman on various channels and being a verbosely royal pain in the ass for over a decade, and now I finally got some feedback, lol. Hahaha, that's awesome! I'm so glad you got to this one! I'm so sorry it took me til now to see this reaction, but I have been having tech problems with TH-cam and my UI experiences were extremely limited and hindered, on top of the YT algorithms telling me what to watch (we all know about that) rather than deliver what I bloody well subscribed to, lol. Thanks for doing this one!!
Oh, great Scottish Muse of Festive Song and Merriment! Thank you for covering this. In concert, king, always, adorns himself with a Santa Suit when playing this, which is, always, a sight to behold. Now, if you, really, want some ear splitting nonsense that will make all those demonic looking sheep up in the Highlands cry (yes, I've seen those grey wooled, black faced, pumpkin eyed bastards), listen to Mercyful Fate's At The Sound of The Demon Bell. Merry Christmas!
My god that is an amazing title also I will be stealing pumpkin eyed!!! 😂 what an horrifying description 😈 I will certainly have a good listen to some more demon Xmas music. It apparently now fuels me. May the spirit of paganism bring you hedonistic orgies this festive season 👹💋
One final note : there is one more somewhat-kinda-sorta Christmas song from King Diamond, from the 2003 concept album The Puppet Master. It's called Little Drummer Boy (Christmas Again), and even though it's part of a larger story, it still stands on its own quite well. It's less silly than this one, but still a great tune.
Very nice one and King Diamond is hella cool. And what a coincidence, Theres a drummer called Snowy Shaw whom played for Kind Diamond on the Album The Eye. Snowy Shaw has released a music video about 7 years ago named Krampus. A bit stylish of King Diamond but only for the story telling. Check that out :D
As it is Halloween month, you should check out his Halloween song. Just like this one it’s where he goes full falsetto. Also, Black Horsemen, one of his greatest songs (imo).
I've known of King Diamond for a long time but he hasn't got nearly enough airplay on my favorite stations...so this was really fun!!! I heard an interview with him recently about how he bought a brand new Chevy Corvette with the royalty check from Metallica when they covered "Am I Evil"😝not a bad present to himself!
Aw he’s such a diamond! He deserves every present he wants to get himself. He seems like a lovely human. Thank you Matt, I appreciate you giving the video a watch and a wee comment 😊💜
Just started following you My dad's from scotland I live in new york city So I got to send you some love I even got my family crest tattooed on my arm And yes I do have a kilt
There was a Xmas record releashed a few years back named metal Xmas, it features a lot of metal/rock artists like Dio, Lemy, Allice Cooper and others covering some classic christmass songs, you might want to give it a spin
Killer Xmas song! The King rocks it out! One again Red looks great on You! You would also enjoy the song Christmas With the Devil by Spinal Tap! Be Merry and Scotch Bright! Keep up the great work My Fine Scottish Lady! ❤❤❤
@@SoulSingerDiscovers Oh, Scottish Muse of the Dulcet Tones, I am having the Covid and the strength wanes from me like Poe's longing for his Lenore! Please, do sing to me some solemn song and wrench me back to this mortal coil, lest I wander too far into the ether!
I just played this song for my 6 & 7 year old boys. I've raised them to be metal heads but lately they are falling away from metal which is upsetting to me. However they love some good King Diamond, and they love this song! I hope that never changes...\,,/
If there’s anything I have learned from teaching kids is the more you push them to something the more they resist. But I love that they still love KD. Honestly if they didn’t I would suggest adoption 😂 I hope you all have a really wholesome holiday 🎄💜
I have to say before even watching this reaction which I never thought anyone would do because King Diamond was kind of a niche musical talent. Oh and you look phenomenally festive and cute❣️😍🤗 Rock on 🤘🏻💥🔥🙏🏻💯
I love KD so much I just couldn’t not. He’s so wonderful. Thank you Steve, I was trying my best to look as festive and fun as possible. I think I managed it 😂🎄💜
@@metalpianomanmusic dammit! I sent a bunch out as well! You’ll need to remind next year or on your birthday. I always keep it short but it’s nearly always existential 😈
Hey there wonderful lady. King Diamond is a legend and also does a haunting piece called Melissa from the album of the same name that you should check out. I not only got this awesome new video of you doing a band I love but I also got your Christmas card moments ago and could not have been happier. We love you and wish you all the best for Christmas. Hugs beautiful soul!
yes we are and with a huge boost from you for taking the time out to do something so personal and special for us. My only regret is the distance between us because we would both like to give you a big ol holliday hug. Merry Christmas, we love you. @@SoulSingerDiscovers
Hovercraft: th-cam.com/video/sKcHeWKL1Rw/w-d-xo.html A hovercraft is still connecting the Isle of Wight. Time, to invite your family to take a ride! This might be a "once in a lifetime" thing. I missed it: when visiting England, I always used the ferry. I flew over to Ireland. I'm a tech nerd. I would have loved to do it! I flew over to the US in a Boeing 747. Not very spectecular. But I made it! This legendary airplane. Happy holidays, Melisa!
Happy Holidays Frank!! Thank you for this I’ll check it out 😊💜
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Hi again Melisa - If You're into darked Christmas songs, I have one for You. It's Marko Hietala from Nightwish singing an old Finnish poem that was turned into a dark Christmas carol. "Varpunen Jouluaamuna" aka "Sparrow on Christmas morning": th-cam.com/video/yKyg4m1qIOQ/w-d-xo.html If the lyrics is hard to follow on screen - here's the English translation: "Snow has already covered the flowers in a valley, the comber of a lake frozen in the winter freeze, A sparrow, little one, has eaten the summertime food, the comber of a lake has frozen in the winter freeze.
On the stairs of a little cabin there was a dear girl, come, sparrow, with joy, take a seed from me! It is Christmas, homeless my sparrow, miserable, come here with joy, take a seed from me!
To the girl the dear sparrow flew joyously: with gratitude I do take the seed from you. The God will want to reward you sometime. With gratitude I do take the seed from you!
I am not, my child, a bird from this land, I am your small brother, I came from the Heavens. The tiny seed, that you gave to the poor, the small brother of yours, from the land of the angels, got. lyricstranslate.com"
Aw amazing thank you for this Mikael! I do enjoy a creepy Christmas vibe. Thank you for the lyrics. I’m in grinch slippers and I’m gonna give it a listen 😊👹
I believe that King also extends the efforts of his charity for pug dogs during the Christmas season as well. I would imagine any donations one could offer without compromising their own finances would be welcomed. would be
If you can't afford to buy anyone presents for Christmas... 🎅 Burn this song to a CD and give them that! Blank CDs are cheap! They'll either love it, or hate it so bad they will tell you to never get them anything again, and you're off the hook! Win-Win!
@@SoulSingerDiscovers the talent is undeniable and should be celebrated King Diamond is hella awesome I’m just not gonna listen more than here and there
You should checkout his other Christmas anthem 'Christmas' from The Puppet Master album. It'll be on yer Christmas playlist as well as No Presents... 🤘🏻🇬🇧🖤
I have 2 King Diamond CD's. A comment to come as a christmas gift: there will be a link. So it will be blocked, at first. So that u know. About making memory. With family. (My mom will turn 90, this year.) These things mean at lot to me. Comment will be entitled: Hovercraft.
And people often think that satanism and humor don't go well together. Pah! King Diamond. (Actually, I think that satanism can be incredibly funny, compared to Christianity.) Have some great days of whatever you party to these days. Christmas, Hanukkah, Sol Invictus or just dark days if you are an atheist. All the best, and don't party too hard!
Thank you my dude!! May your days be filled with fancy coffees and wholesomeness! I’m away to join the church of satan. For the style of nothing else 😂💜🎄
Gospel choir siging the Ikea catalogue for christmas madam? Why certainly... Most metalheads have a good grasp of how ridiculous we are, and an important part of metal culture is parody bands like Nanowar of Steel. Valhaleluja is a truly magnificent christmas send-up of viking metal, complete with viking metal singer cameo and gospel choir. Incidentally the name Nanowar is itself a parody of American "true metal" band Manowar, who committed the only unforgivable crime in metal: taking themselves seriously.
I did what you told me to do. Now Mr Jones is suing me. Can you help me pay the expected fine at the end of the trial? Thank you! Oh other Xmas songs could be Snowy Shaw and the song "Krampus" and Sabaton's "The Christmas Truce" (I don't think you have done that one). Cheers
@@SoulSingerDiscovers I will let my lawyer know😂. Snowy Shaw is a multi-instrumentalist and slightly bonkers. I have a feeling you might rather enjoy him!
And people think that metalheads don't have a sense of humour. You can just tell that he, and the band had a BLAST recording this one.
Absolutely!! I need that humour! It keeps me alive 💪😊
The king rules
All his albums are concept albums or horror movies
He's been around since the early eighties
With his original band merciful fate
He's one of my favorite artists
Yeah I listened to Abigail and i was blown away at the effort that had been put into telling a story. He’s an amazing songwriter 😊
"THEM" would be the next album in the continued story @@SoulSingerDiscovers
All his albums are FULL concept albums, except for 1985's Fatal Portrait (The Candle, The Jonah, The Portrait, Haunted), and 1995's The Spider's Lullabye (Title track, The Eastmann Cure, Room 17, To The Morgue). On these releases, the conceptual story only makes up half the album, with the rest of the songs being stand-alone tracks. FP opens with the first 3 songs then closes out the story (and the album) with the 4th song (strange why they did that, breaking up the set that way?), while TSL has all 4 songs consecutive at the end to close out the album.
They may be "short stories" but are no less creepy and thrilling!
Been listening to that song every Christmas since the 80's as a kid, later adding the entire arguably Christmas storyline of "The Puppet Master" 🤘🤘🏾
Love and appreciate your personality and reaction here (I'm new to your channel)
YOU TELL EM ROSIE!!! HAIL SATAN!!!
All hail!! 😈
HEEEY!!!!!!!!!!! That is my FIRST (and only) IN-VIDEO SHOUT-OUT!! YAY!!
Jeebus Chroist I've only been on TH-cam commenting like a madman on various channels and being a verbosely royal pain in the ass for over a decade, and now I finally got some feedback, lol.
Hahaha, that's awesome! I'm so glad you got to this one!
I'm so sorry it took me til now to see this reaction, but I have been having tech problems with TH-cam and my UI experiences were extremely limited and hindered, on top of the YT algorithms telling me what to watch (we all know about that) rather than deliver what I bloody well subscribed to, lol.
Thanks for doing this one!!
Oh, great Scottish Muse of Festive Song and Merriment! Thank you for covering this. In concert, king, always, adorns himself with a Santa Suit when playing this, which is, always, a sight to behold.
Now, if you, really, want some ear splitting nonsense that will make all those demonic looking sheep up in the Highlands cry (yes, I've seen those grey wooled, black faced, pumpkin eyed bastards), listen to Mercyful Fate's At The Sound of The Demon Bell.
Merry Christmas!
My god that is an amazing title also I will be stealing pumpkin eyed!!! 😂 what an horrifying description 😈 I will certainly have a good listen to some more demon Xmas music. It apparently now fuels me.
May the spirit of paganism bring you hedonistic orgies this festive season 👹💋
Thank you, O Thank you Melisa fir doing this most joyous of Xmass anthems🤘🏻 Rejoice in the King at this time of year (and all year too) 🤘🏻🇬🇧🖤
It’s soo good and the drunk guitar at the end was fantastic 🎄😂💜
One final note : there is one more somewhat-kinda-sorta Christmas song from King Diamond, from the 2003 concept album The Puppet Master.
It's called Little Drummer Boy (Christmas Again), and even though it's part of a larger story, it still stands on its own quite well.
It's less silly than this one, but still a great tune.
Very nice one and King Diamond is hella cool. And what a coincidence, Theres a drummer called Snowy Shaw whom played for Kind Diamond on the Album The Eye.
Snowy Shaw has released a music video about 7 years ago named Krampus. A bit stylish of King Diamond but only for the story telling.
Check that out :D
Oh I will do! I need all the spooky Christmas I can get 👻😊
@@SoulSingerDiscovers YEs please do. It wouldbe nice really 😃
Krampus is a must!
The hardest Christmas song
I BLAST this song every Kingmas! \m/
Merry kingmas!! 😊🎄
your eyes bugging out of your head when the band kicks in had me in tears.
😂 I knew there would be a drop but it still surprised me 😊
FYI Kim ( King diamond) father was a classical singer who taught kim
I just heard 'I Won't Give Up on You.' It was really great! Thank you for that!
Thank you Jason! I really appreciate that 🥰
As it is Halloween month, you should check out his Halloween song. Just like this one it’s where he goes full falsetto.
Also, Black Horsemen, one of his greatest songs (imo).
I've known of King Diamond for a long time but he hasn't got nearly enough airplay on my favorite stations...so this was really fun!!! I heard an interview with him recently about how he bought a brand new Chevy Corvette with the royalty check from Metallica when they covered "Am I Evil"😝not a bad present to himself!
your speaking voice is DIVINE btw💜
Aw he’s such a diamond! He deserves every present he wants to get himself. He seems like a lovely human. Thank you Matt, I appreciate you giving the video a watch and a wee comment 😊💜
💜@@SoulSingerDiscovers
Just started following you
My dad's from scotland
I live in new york city
So I got to send you some love
I even got my family crest tattooed on my arm
And yes I do have a kilt
Welcome to the squad Bill!! Thank you so much for watching 😊🏴
There was a Xmas record releashed a few years back named metal Xmas, it features a lot of metal/rock artists like Dio, Lemy, Allice Cooper and others covering some classic christmass songs, you might want to give it a spin
You had me at Dio Thomas! I’ll check it out 😊
You can follow the Will-o'-the-wisps to your 🎁
Makes the song even better when I imagine tiny elves holding songbooks singing the chorus.
I want that visual! Can we make it happen?
Type O Negative - Red Water (Christmas Mourning). Is the jolly holiday tune that you should check out next! 😏
I will absolutely! Cos why wouldn’t I!? Thank you for watching my dude 😊💜
Awesome Pumpkinhead poster! One of my all-time favorite horror movies. And of course hail the King!!!!!!!! \m/
It’s such an underrated movie! I loooove it 😊💜
Killer Xmas song! The King rocks it out! One again Red looks great on You! You would also enjoy the song Christmas With the Devil by Spinal Tap! Be Merry and Scotch Bright! Keep up the great work My Fine Scottish Lady! ❤❤❤
Merry Christmas Scott! I hope you’re gonna have a lovely relaxing time 😊💜
@@SoulSingerDiscovers Oh, Scottish Muse of the Dulcet Tones, I am having the Covid and the strength wanes from me like Poe's longing for his Lenore! Please, do sing to me some solemn song and wrench me back to this mortal coil, lest I wander too far into the ether!
I just played this song for my 6 & 7 year old boys. I've raised them to be metal heads but lately they are falling away from metal which is upsetting to me. However they love some good King Diamond, and they love this song! I hope that never changes...\,,/
If there’s anything I have learned from teaching kids is the more you push them to something the more they resist. But I love that they still love KD. Honestly if they didn’t I would suggest adoption 😂 I hope you all have a really wholesome holiday 🎄💜
You have two very lovely presents🎁🎁 Merry Christmas and continued success in the New Year 🥂
Thank you my dude. Merry Christmas to you 😊💜🎄
King= The Man
I*d rcdomed going through an entire album, like Abigail.
I have to say before even watching this reaction which I never thought anyone would do because King Diamond was kind of a niche musical talent. Oh and you look phenomenally festive and cute❣️😍🤗
Rock on 🤘🏻💥🔥🙏🏻💯
I love KD so much I just couldn’t not. He’s so wonderful. Thank you Steve, I was trying my best to look as festive and fun as possible. I think I managed it 😂🎄💜
Great reaction
If you're interested in more metal christmas - look up "South of Lapland" or ""Seasons greetings in the abyss"
Seasons greetings to the Abyss sounds like something I would write on a Christmas card 😂
i now want a christmas card from you!@@SoulSingerDiscovers
@@metalpianomanmusic dammit! I sent a bunch out as well! You’ll need to remind next year or on your birthday. I always keep it short but it’s nearly always existential 😈
@@SoulSingerDiscovers I'll do that. I'd also settle for a follow on here and check out some of my metal covers...they're a bit...different...lol
Merry Christmas Melisa
Merry Christmas my dude 😊💜
Hey there wonderful lady. King Diamond is a legend and also does a haunting piece called Melissa from the album of the same name that you should check out. I not only got this awesome new video of you doing a band I love but I also got your Christmas card moments ago and could not have been happier. We love you and wish you all the best for Christmas. Hugs beautiful soul!
Mark you had me at KD does a song called Melissa. Thank you. I’m so glad you got it in time! I hope you and Melissa are having an amazing holiday 🎄😊💜
yes we are and with a huge boost from you for taking the time out to do something so personal and special for us. My only regret is the distance between us because we would both like to give you a big ol holliday hug. Merry Christmas, we love you.
@@SoulSingerDiscovers
Hovercraft:
th-cam.com/video/sKcHeWKL1Rw/w-d-xo.html
A hovercraft is still connecting the Isle of Wight. Time, to invite your family to take a ride!
This might be a "once in a lifetime" thing. I missed it: when visiting England, I always used the ferry. I flew over to Ireland.
I'm a tech nerd. I would have loved to do it!
I flew over to the US in a Boeing 747. Not very spectecular. But I made it! This legendary airplane.
Happy holidays, Melisa!
Happy Holidays Frank!! Thank you for this I’ll check it out 😊💜
Hi again Melisa - If You're into darked Christmas songs, I have one for You. It's Marko Hietala from Nightwish singing an old Finnish poem that was turned into a dark Christmas carol.
"Varpunen Jouluaamuna" aka "Sparrow on Christmas morning": th-cam.com/video/yKyg4m1qIOQ/w-d-xo.html
If the lyrics is hard to follow on screen - here's the English translation:
"Snow has already covered the flowers in a valley,
the comber of a lake frozen in the winter freeze,
A sparrow, little one, has eaten the summertime food,
the comber of a lake has frozen in the winter freeze.
On the stairs of a little cabin there was a dear girl,
come, sparrow, with joy, take a seed from me!
It is Christmas, homeless my sparrow, miserable,
come here with joy, take a seed from me!
To the girl the dear sparrow flew joyously:
with gratitude I do take the seed from you.
The God will want to reward you sometime.
With gratitude I do take the seed from you!
I am not, my child, a bird from this land,
I am your small brother, I came from the Heavens.
The tiny seed, that you gave to the poor,
the small brother of yours, from the land of the angels, got.
lyricstranslate.com"
Aw amazing thank you for this Mikael! I do enjoy a creepy Christmas vibe. Thank you for the lyrics. I’m in grinch slippers and I’m gonna give it a listen 😊👹
In fact is the debut album of solo career in single format, try the B side another time
Nice will do! 😊
I believe that King also extends the efforts of his charity for pug dogs during the Christmas season as well. I would imagine any donations one could offer without compromising their own finances would be welcomed. would be
What a wonderful man 😊💜
I had to click on this immediately, before they try to deny another King Diamond song from you.
I know right!? I was surprised it was even released 💪😊
If you can't afford to buy anyone presents for Christmas... 🎅
Burn this song to a CD and give them that! Blank CDs are cheap!
They'll either love it, or hate it so bad they will tell you to never get them anything again, and you're off the hook! Win-Win!
Maybe there was Christmas from the album The Puppet Master, it's a bit darker and sadder if you listen to the whole album
I’ll check it out 😊
King Diamond sits with Dream Theater and Yngwie Malmsteen, by that I mean it's super impressive stuff I can't get in to lol
Fair! It’s not for everyone but I think we can all see the talent 💪😊
@@SoulSingerDiscovers the talent is undeniable and should be celebrated King Diamond is hella awesome I’m just not gonna listen more than here and there
Kiiiiiiiing!!!!! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Motorhead and black sabbath vibe in christmas song
You should checkout his other Christmas anthem 'Christmas' from The Puppet Master album. It'll be on yer Christmas playlist as well as No Presents... 🤘🏻🇬🇧🖤
Russell it would be a Christmas pleasure to do so 😊 merry crisis you legend 💜🎄
@@SoulSingerDiscovers I hope you an yers a Metal Christmass an a Headbanging Hogmanay. Be safe and happy over the hols. 🤘🏻🏴🖤
Next you should react to Run Run Rudolph by Lemmy of Motorhead with a bunch of other metal greats!!! Its a Christmas classic!! 🤘🤘🤘
Thank sounds unhinged!! I’m in 😊💪
I have 2 King Diamond CD's. A comment to come as a christmas gift: there will be a link. So it will be blocked, at first. So that u know.
About making memory. With family. (My mom will turn 90, this year.) These things mean at lot to me. Comment will be entitled: Hovercraft.
Bah, humbug!
Dammit David!! You better get in the spirit 🎄💩
@@SoulSingerDiscovers Ok, I'll put my Death Metal Xmas album on, yes it is a thing.
Welcome to the dark side my dear. We have the best cookies!
And the best dress sense 👹😊
And people often think that satanism and humor don't go well together.
Pah! King Diamond.
(Actually, I think that satanism can be incredibly funny, compared to Christianity.)
Have some great days of whatever you party to these days. Christmas, Hanukkah, Sol Invictus or just dark days if you are an atheist.
All the best, and don't party too hard!
Thank you my dude!! May your days be filled with fancy coffees and wholesomeness! I’m away to join the church of satan. For the style of nothing else 😂💜🎄
Gospel choir siging the Ikea catalogue for christmas madam? Why certainly...
Most metalheads have a good grasp of how ridiculous we are, and an important part of metal culture is parody bands like Nanowar of Steel.
Valhaleluja is a truly magnificent christmas send-up of viking metal, complete with viking metal singer cameo and gospel choir.
Incidentally the name Nanowar is itself a parody of American "true metal" band Manowar, who committed the only unforgivable crime in metal: taking themselves seriously.
Both bands are new to me so I will add them to the list. I love a good parody 😊
I did what you told me to do. Now Mr Jones is suing me. Can you help me pay the expected fine at the end of the trial?
Thank you!
Oh other Xmas songs could be Snowy Shaw and the song "Krampus" and Sabaton's "The Christmas Truce" (I don't think you have done that one). Cheers
I will wire you the money needed 🤞 you had me at Krampus tbh 👻🎄
@@SoulSingerDiscovers I will let my lawyer know😂. Snowy Shaw is a multi-instrumentalist and slightly bonkers. I have a feeling you might rather enjoy him!
@@madjock-ig5bv I’m up for anything slightly/worryingly bonkers 🤪
Here’s me putting my incredibly negative opinion “Incredibly Negative!”🤘🏻💥🔥🙏🏻💯😘
😂 a good choice Steve 😊