I remember getting this when it came out in the US and not being into it because of King's voice. My grandmother who loved opera , remarked about how he had a masterful falsetto. Now I love this.
From what I remember, an old friend commented on King's vocals which he said could hit the sixth or eighth octave. And they better not put King or Fate into the R&RHOF. That place is horrendous. How dare King be alongside singers and bands that are included but not a single rock song. Never put King Diamond/Merciful Fate under the same roof with people like Michael Jackson, Madonna, even rap artists.
For an album recorded back in the mid 80s on a low budget, the freshness of it is unbelievable. The King and MF were truly ahead of their time in terms of craft.
Super zeitlose Musik. Ich höre schon über 45 Jahre Heavy Metal. Die weltbeste Musik ist keine Zeiterscheinung, sondern eine klare Lebenseinstellung!!🤘🤘⚡⚡
You should probably check out Relentless by the band Pentagram for more heavy hitting riffs like this. Pentagram is an American cross between Mercyful fate and Black Sabbath. But they have been around almost just as long as Sabbath!
I am a big thrash metal fan , Early Metallica, Slayer, exodus and the likes BUT I must say that I agree with you here ; Mercyful fate and this album is way up there with the best there was.
I got turned on to this album by a friend back in 1984. It's still my favorite Mercyful Fate album. I used to like putting this on when I was driving and I remember when my son was little, he was in the back in his car seat kicking his feet and laughing. My son turned 40 last month and Melissa is his favorite Metal album.
Into the Coven is a masterpiece for metal... the intro, the main riff, the lyrics, the drums fills, and the amazing vocals... the best song of Mercyful Fate
My favorite song not only off the album but off of any album from any band and I'm a 25 year old American boy. And I love EVERY song on Melissa but there is nothing tastier than that riff kicking in after the acoustic man just doesn't get any better.
I was at their first American Tour, for don’t break the oath, in San Antonio, Texas. They were supposed to open for Exciter and Motörhead but they were mobbed at the Mall in an Autograph Session. Exciter HAD to open..and they were pissed!!! Mercyful Fate was second and then Motörhead!!.,,,1983🤘🤘🤘
Actually i like this more than DBTO, and that was already on the ''exquisite'' level. Melissa is a Renaissance in Metal.. Thanks to Tommy Vance, i was tuning the BBC AM world service that FATEful Friday so long ago...
The SOUND … the RIFFS … the COVER … EVERYTHING sooooo way ahead of their time. Definitely a truely groundbreaking band inspiring everyone from Metallica to Pantera
Melissa, a given name for a female comes from the Greek word μέλισσα (mélissa), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (meli), "honey". Literally translated as Honey Bee.
@@abrahambankhead359 My dad was Greek. When I brought my girlfriend home who's name was Melissa his eyes lit up and that's what he told me with his strong broken Greek accent.
This was in 1983 and these guys were already writing songs this sophisticated and intricate which we wouldn't hear from most other bands until the late eighties.
The same could be said for Slayer in 1985 with _Hell Awaits_ which was directly influenced by this album. In fact, no one since has really recaptured what Slayer did on that record. _Melissa_ was quite unique in 1983 during the tail-end of the NWOBHM era.
@@jerryfritz1199 I refer to them as NWOBHM because of the sound rather than where they're from. Their sound was influenced by that era of metal bands, and they happen to fit right in. For example, I consider bands like Anvil and Exciter "NWOBHM", even though they're Canadian, not British. It's more a reference to a sound rather than a blanket term of British metal bands.
Uma das maiores influencias do black metal, death metal e até do thrash metal!! Uma verdadeira obra-prima do Heavy Metal, obrigatório pra qualquer ouvinte do gênero.
Ouvi demais esse álbum quando eu era um garoto. Baterista, baixista e guitarristas exímios e os vocais de King Diamond eram exuberantes. Não é a toa que tanto Metallica, como Slayer se basearam em Mercyful Fate. Muitos riffs de todos os instrumentos e arranjos fabulosos. E pensar que fizeram isso há 40 anos atrás.
Melissa is the debut studio album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released on this day 10/30/83. It was the first album released by Roadrunner Records. This was also the first Mercyful Fate effort to get an official release in the United States through Megaforce Records, as the self-titled EP was a highly sought after import, and the BBC sessions were only available on bootleg tapes. Melissa has been identified as one of the earliest examples of extreme metal, and is often considered to be a major influence on the then-developing thrash metal, black metal and death metal genres.
Love Mercyful Fate!!! great album!!! 10 out of 10 for me. Mercyful Fate and King Diamond are big influence on my way of playing music especially at the beginning of my band Eligor (Argentina) I was a kid and I remember playing Fatal Portrait when it ends play Don´t Break The Oath and again Fatal Portrait, Don´t Break The Oath and again and again we go!!! LONG LIVE MERCYFUL FATE!!! 🤘🤘🤘
After 20 years of misconceptions about Mercyful Fate and King Diamond, I decided to give the bands a chance after listening "The Ghost Family". Damn, it's absolutely killer! As a fan of extreme metal variants, it is clear to me the influence that this band, especially in "Melissa" and "Don't break the oath", had on the underground. Now I'm addicted!
i am thankful i got to learn about mercyful fate and king diamond. They have been the cornerstone of my love for everything dark, and metal. Just legendary and otherworldly.
Вначале вокал может и оттолкнёт, но когда вы шире посмотрите на эту музыку, то поймёте что это, возможно, самый уникальный альбом хеви-метала из всех что были и есть. The vocals can be off-putting at first, but when you take a closer look at this music, you will realize that this is perhaps the most unique heavy metal album that has ever been.
@@markpalavosvrahotes5575 I heard it when I was 12 in 2006. I had to give it multiple listens to enjoy it but one time I gave it one final chance. Holy shit did it ignite
I love many bands and albums, but there are only a couple of them that I always come back to from the beginning and I will listen to them with the same joy as on the first day. One of them is Melissa, and probably the best album ever for me personally.
@Влад Прохода good Band and good music:) For me personally, Merciful Fate is still another level. But OK, different people likes different things. And that's OK too ;) Cheers man 🍻
I only just discovered this album. I always had it on my list to get all the originals off _Garage Inc._ I only just did in the last year and my God, I can't believe what I have been missing out on. Those hauntingly beautiful howling vocals by King Diamond are really a presence on their own.
Was lucky enough to see them in Chicago when I was in my twenties( I’m. 54) King was really cool to the fans before and after! What an incredible fucking show it was!!!!!
Simply an amazing record from start to finish. saw the tape in a promo box in 1984. I was simply blown away. I also enjoyed scaring all my new metal friends with MF in Jr. High. I have a very new UK pressing that sounds amazing. Much better than Spotify
Can’t get this LP out of my head. Went 42 years on this earth without it. Feel fine now. Thank the gods I can rest and be whole with these 7 tracks. Especially EVIL and INTO THE COVEN and AT THE SOUND OF THE DEMON BELL. bless all cats and rabbits and fearful creatures of this dimension. ❤my only pleasure…
My problem with this is that they needed to spend more time working out the songs. Better arrangements, more time to fine-tune the leads, to determine how King should sing each part (he has like 5 different voices), etc. The sound quality could have been better too. With that said, it's still one of the best metal albums ever released. I also really like In The Shadows, and consider it a perfect album.
I completely agree. Don't break the Oath is exceptional as well, but Melissa just has the edge. I like the production on Melissa better, as well. Oath is more metallic & treble heavy, Melissa is slightly warmer.
Amazing classic !!! Tehdy v rozmezí cca.2-3 let jsme na tehdejší burze zakoupili famózní alba, 1+2 M.F a 1+2 Metallica,panečku,to bylo radosti na mejdanech !!!
Over the years it's always been hilarious hearing myself and my friends just own ourselves by ridiculously trying to sing along to this or any thing sung by King Diamond..lol..it's always just an exercise in futility..lol
It's a masterpiece album, was 14 listening to this.. I knew it was an important album even when I first heard it. I was just very different from Venom and Slayer.
FUCK YES! Finally, the original mix that I remember. I've hated the 1997 remix and reissues ever since it came out. I lost my old Caroline Records copy years ago, so I am really Hailing to this right now.
Right. This album was released in two versions. Caroline Megaforce, Metal Blade vinyl and CD reissues, and Roadruuner first vinyl release have this mix. All CD releases of Roadrunner and Cargo vinyl have a different one without reverberations but with an extra voc in Melissa during the solo. Apart from that, Black funeral and Melissa have a completely different mix. Check with headphones Regards🤘
Reminds me of 14yr old riding bikes with friends, bringing our guitars to each others house and trying to learn every nuance of riff changing awesomeness…
@@lucas_rocker opa, se n é o meu garoto haha to viciado em comentar mano kkkkkkkkk mercyful fate/king diamond rules ♥ eu n era mt de comentar, hje em dia comento em quase tudo abrç irmão
My my goose pimples every time i hear this. In 1984 i got my drivers licences and we drove around getting high to this and dont break the oth in winter time. Best times ever... we would drive around for hours and hours till we had to go back home.
I was listening to Merciful Fate while fishing at Strawberry reserviour in Utah. I was on the shore getting into the big cutthroats, and hooked a great big one just as a song started, good fishing music!😈
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I was listening to this album when I was 15. Now I'm 53 and still worshipping it.
No mom, it wasn't just a phase.
No because this was amazing music 🎶
Dude, Heavy Fuckin' Metal definitely cannot be a phase!
\m/
I'm right there with you, bro. If you play, lets jam!
Me also! King Diamond is God!
This magnificent album was released on this day, 40 years ago. One of the best if not the best heavy metal album of all time for me. Stay heavy.
For me Melissa and Stained Class by Priest are the best Heavy Metal albums of all time.
@@espectro87 oh yes Stained Class is my fav Priest album, along with Sin After Sin and Sad Wings. I think people underestimate their '70s albums
Excellents albums
But I like Overkill by Motorhead and Hallowed be thy name by Maiden too
@@franciscocorvalan427 Is there any Maiden album titled "Hallowed be thy name"? I don't know it.
Problem is, all of these old fux aren't staying heavy anymore.
I was lucky to have seen them on the Melissa tour, extraordinary.
Wanna feel old King fans? This album was released 40 years AGO!! I miss the 80s and my youth so much.
One of the greatest metal albums of all time. Every song is fantastic. Only rivaled by Don't Break the Oath.
Damn straight !!! How fast time goes by is insane !!! Seems like yesterday !!!
I remember getting this when it came out in the US and not being into it because of King's voice. My grandmother who loved opera , remarked about how he had a masterful falsetto. Now I love this.
GRANDMAAAAAAAAAA
Wait til you see your room up in the attic.
From what I remember, an old friend commented on King's vocals which he said could hit the sixth or eighth octave. And they better not put King or Fate into the R&RHOF. That place is horrendous. How dare King be alongside singers and bands that are included but not a single rock song. Never put King Diamond/Merciful Fate under the same roof with people like Michael Jackson, Madonna, even rap artists.
Sometimes grandma’s know best
@@daviddelesie9897 LOL
For an album recorded back in the mid 80s on a low budget, the freshness of it is unbelievable. The King and MF were truly ahead of their time in terms of craft.
Maybe one of, if not, the sickest album cover to ever be
AGREED.
+1 on that!
WAS JUST ABOUT TO BUY IT AS BACK PATCH.
SHOULD I?=
@@Cosmic_Code Ofcourse you should if you haven't already. I've got Melissa on the back of my "vest"! :)
Super zeitlose Musik. Ich höre schon über 45 Jahre Heavy Metal. Die weltbeste Musik ist keine Zeiterscheinung, sondern eine klare Lebenseinstellung!!🤘🤘⚡⚡
One of the best heavy metal album of all of time. Must have!
This album is officially my #1 heavy metal record on my list since I discovered it on 1984.
You should probably check out Relentless by the band Pentagram for more heavy hitting riffs like this. Pentagram is an American cross between Mercyful fate and Black Sabbath. But they have been around almost just as long as Sabbath!
Me too
25:42 Absolutely badass buildup to THE best guitar solos in this masterpiece!! Listen to those drums !!
Hands down! This is still the best Album out of Denmark (I am A Dane)
I am a big thrash metal fan , Early Metallica, Slayer, exodus and the likes BUT I must say that I agree with you here ; Mercyful fate and this album is way up there with the best there was.
Absolutely stunning guitar duo.
This is a must have.
Yeah I am gonna buy this lp again.what happened to my first one.who knows with the rest of my stuff.🤘💡👍🖐️☕
@@pameladiez4933
100% happened to me too!
Once you hear this....your hooked!
It just wasn't the same w/0 Hank Shermann. KD's solo stuff is great on occasion, but nothing beats Fate.
THE HOLY GRAIL
(( OR UNHOLY GRAIL ))
OF GUITAR DUO OF ALL TIME !!!!!!
MICHAEL DENNER AND HANK SHERMANN
I got turned on to this album by a friend back in 1984. It's still my favorite Mercyful Fate album. I used to like putting this on when I was driving and I remember when my son was little, he was in the back in his car seat kicking his feet and laughing. My son turned 40 last month and Melissa is his favorite Metal album.
Awesome! Yes, it is never too early to start the musical education of your children.
This album possesses so much archaic nostalgia.
If someone told me it was made in medieval times, I would somehow believe it.
Exacto lo dijiste muy bien amigo es una obra de arte ...... sería como la Mona Lisa del Metal!!!!
One of the best metal albums ever recorded!!!
Totally agree . it just is.
Into the Coven is a masterpiece for metal... the intro, the main riff, the lyrics, the drums fills, and the amazing vocals... the best song of Mercyful Fate
My favorite song not only off the album but off of any album from any band and I'm a 25 year old American boy. And I love EVERY song on Melissa but there is nothing tastier than that riff kicking in after the acoustic man just doesn't get any better.
@@brennanfry376826 year old Canadian here 🤘🏻 the solo after that little interlude is so fucking epic on Into the Coven
Into the Coven intro is perfect. This is THE BEST MF song. Period.
25 yo from Argentina papá!!! 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
An essential metal album along with don’t break the oath
Goddamn truth right there,
in my opinion I like more Melissa, but I concur with you that both are essential...
I was at their first American Tour, for don’t break the oath, in San Antonio, Texas. They were supposed to open for Exciter and Motörhead but they were mobbed at the Mall in an Autograph Session. Exciter HAD to open..and they were pissed!!! Mercyful Fate was second and then Motörhead!!.,,,1983🤘🤘🤘
Don't forget the s/t EP
Actually i like this more than DBTO, and that was already on the ''exquisite'' level. Melissa is a Renaissance in Metal.. Thanks to Tommy Vance, i was tuning the BBC AM world service that FATEful Friday so long ago...
The music and the cover are out of this world...a master piece
The SOUND … the RIFFS … the COVER … EVERYTHING sooooo way ahead of their time. Definitely a truely groundbreaking band inspiring everyone from Metallica to Pantera
I agree with every single comment that was given... This is in its self a master piece ahead of its time... I too was drawn in to its magic...
I named my daughter after listening to this album. Some of the kids make fun of her name, but little King Diamond just ignores them.
Hahahaha
Did you play the album for her?
respect🤘🏻
You are the law ma dude 🤘🏿
lmaooo
One of the best metal albums period
Melissa, a given name for a female comes from the Greek word μέλισσα (mélissa), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (meli), "honey". Literally translated as Honey Bee.
I mean now that I look at the album cover it just looks like a very aggressive bee
Wow that's getting deep dude.
@@abrahambankhead359 My dad was Greek. When I brought my girlfriend home who's name was Melissa his eyes lit up and that's what he told me with his strong broken Greek accent.
This album has stood the test of time for nearly fourty years. When it's still a staple in any metal collection, you just know it'll never die.
This was in 1983 and these guys were already writing songs this sophisticated and intricate which we wouldn't hear from most other bands until the late eighties.
Iron Maiden in 1983 had this beat, I'm afraid.
The same could be said for Slayer in 1985 with _Hell Awaits_ which was directly influenced by this album. In fact, no one since has really recaptured what Slayer did on that record. _Melissa_ was quite unique in 1983 during the tail-end of the NWOBHM era.
Satan (Court in the Act )
@@_PuppetMaster86 Merciful Fate is not from Britain, but Denmark…
@@jerryfritz1199 I refer to them as NWOBHM because of the sound rather than where they're from. Their sound was influenced by that era of metal bands, and they happen to fit right in. For example, I consider bands like Anvil and Exciter "NWOBHM", even though they're Canadian, not British. It's more a reference to a sound rather than a blanket term of British metal bands.
My favorite Mercyful Fate album 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Is that you on the pic ?
Named my daughter after this album🤘🤘🤘
and I call my son after the first song.
@@The-Endungeoned Thats Brutal
I named mine Abigail. \m/
Epic !
how does she feels about named after a Satanic Pagan song ? ha ha ha ha ha ha
Uma das maiores influencias do black metal, death metal e até do thrash metal!! Uma verdadeira obra-prima do Heavy Metal, obrigatório pra qualquer ouvinte do gênero.
I had almost forgot how great this album really is and how much I loved it a a child!
Melissa is a very unique masterpiece
I love this album. The lead guitars are absolutely killer and as for the track "Satan's fall"... no words!
25:42 Absolutely badass buildup to THE best guitar solos in this masterpiece!! Listen to those drums !!
Ouvi demais esse álbum quando eu era um garoto. Baterista, baixista e guitarristas exímios e os vocais de King Diamond eram exuberantes. Não é a toa que tanto Metallica, como Slayer se basearam em Mercyful Fate. Muitos riffs de todos os instrumentos e arranjos fabulosos. E pensar que fizeram isso há 40 anos atrás.
This [ MASTERPIECE] Needs a Lot more Thumbs up!!!!!!!!
A JEWEL OF MUSIC, AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE OF HEAVY METAL. MERCYFUL FATE FOREVER 🇨🇱
I used to be into this band more in the 1980's this is one of the better ones
Melissa is the debut studio album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released on this day 10/30/83. It was the first album released by Roadrunner Records. This was also the first Mercyful Fate effort to get an official release in the United States through Megaforce Records, as the self-titled EP was a highly sought after import, and the BBC sessions were only available on bootleg tapes. Melissa has been identified as one of the earliest examples of extreme metal, and is often considered to be a major influence on the then-developing thrash metal, black metal and death metal genres.
Definitely a groundbreaking landmark album in satanic music!
I love it.
@ Michael Slack: Thanks for the information Melissa. So the singer King Diamond is also Danish then?
@@leethomas255 Yes
They actually released an EP before this one …
2023 and still Awesome!
and will always be!🤘
@@isildurany2888For Phuckin Forever More…
Still have this masterpiece on vinyl. was even a member of the MF fan club back in the day!!!
Love Mercyful Fate!!! great album!!! 10 out of 10 for me. Mercyful Fate and King Diamond are big influence on my way of playing music especially at the beginning of my band Eligor (Argentina) I was a kid and I remember playing Fatal Portrait when it ends play Don´t Break The Oath and again Fatal Portrait, Don´t Break The Oath and again and again we go!!!
LONG LIVE MERCYFUL FATE!!! 🤘🤘🤘
I cannot believe I will be seeing these dudes in less than 24 hours!
After 20 years of misconceptions about Mercyful Fate and King Diamond, I decided to give the bands a chance after listening "The Ghost Family". Damn, it's absolutely killer! As a fan of extreme metal variants, it is clear to me the influence that this band, especially in "Melissa" and "Don't break the oath", had on the underground. Now I'm addicted!
One of the best metal albums ever! I got it the week it came out in '83 & still put it on once a week.
Likewise 👌
I love you guys!!! Thanks for putting full albums on TH-cam!!
OLD SCHOOL MERCYFUL FATE
i am thankful i got to learn about mercyful fate and king diamond. They have been the cornerstone of my love for everything dark, and metal. Just legendary and otherworldly.
You ever heard the old stuff, like burning the cross, etc? You'll like it. 🤘
j"ai 56,cet album m"a accompagné toutes ma vie,de 17 a 56
We would play the shit out of this and Don’t break the oath in the 80’s and didn’t understand why Fate were not massive
Seems like they weren't massive because too many lumpnuts were and (still) are put off by Diamond's high pitchery.
Cet album est culte je l'ai acheté à sa sortie, toujours encore superbe, respect Fuchs Fabrice
For me the best metal album ever!
Muchos se olvidan de esta obra maestra. Pero deberían saber que siempre estará entre los 10 mejores.
Nobody can play guitars like these guys, they are in a class of their own... .. .
This is the first album that I heard from this band........ and of course the vocals blew me mind...
2 things i really liked about this band : the breaks/temp changes and the twin solo attacks.
Вначале вокал может и оттолкнёт, но когда вы шире посмотрите на эту музыку, то поймёте что это, возможно, самый уникальный альбом хеви-метала из всех что были и есть.
The vocals can be off-putting at first, but when you take a closer look at this music, you will realize that this is perhaps the most unique heavy metal album that has ever been.
С другим вокалистом было бы лучше
This album is just overflowing with legendary riffs
One of my favorite metal albums of my life
One of the greatest heavy metal albums of all time!
My God is this a great album! It gets better and better the more I listen to it.
When did you hear it the first time? I heard in 1998.
@@markpalavosvrahotes5575 I heard it when I was 12 in 2006. I had to give it multiple listens to enjoy it but one time I gave it one final chance. Holy shit did it ignite
El mejor álbum de MERCYFUL fate
Un gran clásico qué realmente es de mi gusto
this album is a fuckin masterpiece. never gets old.
Amazing band, with an awesome duo of guitarists and the crazy King Master Diamond in the lead. Love you, guys!
Arguably the best metal album ever written.
@Влад Прохода cool story, bro.
I prefer Don’t Break The Oath by a little bit but this is a super album.
@@markpalavosvrahotes5575 Can't go wrong with either one, and yeah, I agree, IMO DBTO is *slightly* better.
It's definitely up there 😁
It's not Fate, but rather King Diamond with his album, Abigail which I believe is his crowning achievement.
This is one of the best albums ever!
Just simply amazing. These guys were so talented.
Россия,г.Пермь.
Я в шоке!!?🎉
Как ...деликатно въехал в мой мозг,а!?
Ребята,вы Супер!
Автору ролика - Респект тебе,Брат!🎉
SALUDOS DESDE MÉXICO
Greetings from Mexico
If I ever have female twins i gotta name them Melissa and Abigail \m/
This album just might be my favorite. AHHH!!, who am I kiddin', they're all my favorite.
I love many bands and albums, but there are only a couple of them that I always come back to from the beginning and I will listen to them with the same joy as on the first day.
One of them is Melissa, and probably the best album ever for me personally.
@Влад Прохода good Band and good music:) For me personally, Merciful Fate is still another level. But OK, different people likes different things. And that's OK too ;) Cheers man 🍻
I only just discovered this album. I always had it on my list to get all the originals off _Garage Inc._ I only just did in the last year and my God, I can't believe what I have been missing out on. Those hauntingly beautiful howling vocals by King Diamond are really a presence on their own.
What did you think of Diamond Head?
Wow,where have you been.under a rock somewhere.this was my high school anthem.😁🤘💡👍🖐️☕ Well some people did go to high school.i did.and I did graduate.
Was lucky enough to see them in Chicago when I was in my twenties( I’m. 54) King was really cool to the fans before and after! What an incredible fucking show it was!!!!!
25:42 Absolutely badass buildup to THE best guitar solos in this masterpiece!! Listen to those drums !!
Dedicate this Masterpiece to my Late Friend Gavin[ RIP] Rest In Power My Friend.
Merciful Fate is pure art
I have this on cassette tape. I loved it back in the day (still do).
I used to play drums to this all the time and don’t break the oath! Still playing and always a metal head!!!🤘🤘🤘
Simply an amazing record from start to finish. saw the tape in a promo box in 1984. I was simply blown away. I also enjoyed scaring all my new metal friends with MF in Jr. High. I have a very new UK pressing that sounds amazing. Much better than Spotify
Can’t get this LP out of my head. Went 42 years on this earth without it. Feel fine now. Thank the gods I can rest and be whole with these 7 tracks. Especially EVIL and INTO THE COVEN and AT THE SOUND OF THE DEMON BELL. bless all cats and rabbits and fearful creatures of this dimension. ❤my only pleasure…
All time metallic classic! Sounds amazing!
One of the most creative vocals in all Heavy Metal world!
Some may disagree but IMO Melissa is their best album 🤘🏽
My problem with this is that they needed to spend more time working out the songs. Better arrangements, more time to fine-tune the leads, to determine how King should sing each part (he has like 5 different voices), etc. The sound quality could have been better too. With that said, it's still one of the best metal albums ever released. I also really like In The Shadows, and consider it a perfect album.
I completely agree.
Don't break the Oath is exceptional as well, but Melissa just has the edge.
I like the production on Melissa better, as well.
Oath is more metallic & treble heavy, Melissa is slightly warmer.
Amazing classic !!!
Tehdy v rozmezí cca.2-3 let jsme na tehdejší burze zakoupili famózní alba, 1+2 M.F a 1+2 Metallica,panečku,to bylo radosti na mejdanech !!!
I first heard this lp when I was 15.and I fell in love.i love this lp.he is awesome.🖐️👍💡😁🤘☕
Over the years it's always been hilarious hearing myself and my friends just own ourselves by ridiculously trying to sing along to this or any thing sung by King Diamond..lol..it's always just an exercise in futility..lol
😁 yep.
...In a public transport at noon of course. 😂
One of the biggest and striking milestones in Heavy Metal!! 👊🤘
Clássico absoluto e maravilhoso....um espetáculo de riffs! E minha filha se chama Melissa ahahaha
It's a masterpiece album, was 14 listening to this.. I knew it was an important album even when I first heard it. I was just very different from Venom and Slayer.
Without a doubt one of the best in history of heavy metal 🤘🏻
FUCK YES! Finally, the original mix that I remember. I've hated the 1997 remix and reissues ever since it came out. I lost my old Caroline Records copy years ago, so I am really Hailing to this right now.
Me too.prooves that metal never dies.
Right. This album was released in two versions. Caroline Megaforce, Metal Blade vinyl and CD reissues, and Roadruuner first vinyl release have this mix. All CD releases of Roadrunner and Cargo vinyl have a different one without reverberations but with an extra voc in Melissa during the solo. Apart from that, Black funeral and Melissa have a completely different mix. Check with headphones
Regards🤘
toujours aussi bon a ecouter
cant stop listening over and over !!!
man you really have to love 80s style screeching vocals for this
Una auténtica joya , delicia, maravillosa obra de arte del heavy metal 👌
si le sabes 🤌🤘
Reminds me of 14yr old riding bikes with friends, bringing our guitars to each others house and trying to learn every nuance of riff changing awesomeness…
40 años ya de esta maravilla!!!! Que recuerdos 🤘🤘🤘
Early Mercyful Fate and Manowar the greatest metal tones ever. This album is one of the greatest metal albums ever.
Forever Masterpiece
Eita olha eu aqui também mano hehe 🤘🎸
Mercyful Fate é foda 🤘
@@lucas_rocker opa, se n é o meu garoto haha to viciado em comentar mano kkkkkkkkk mercyful fate/king diamond rules ♥
eu n era mt de comentar, hje em dia comento em quase tudo
abrç irmão
@@caiocesarheadbanger É nois mano 🤘🎸
My my goose pimples every time i hear this. In 1984 i got my drivers licences and we drove around getting high to this and dont break the oth in winter time. Best times ever... we would drive around for hours and hours till we had to go back home.
Does anyone not see my post?
É isso que eu chamo de obra de arte meu amigo !
Black Funeral is honestly the best cut, in this album. FACTS.
OPINION
Greatest Heavy Metal Album of All Time YEAH I SAID IT FIGHT ME
I was listening to Merciful Fate while fishing at Strawberry reserviour in Utah. I was on the shore getting into the big cutthroats, and hooked a great big one just as a song started, good fishing music!😈
Thank you Metal Blade.
Roadrunner Records
@@davesykes1966 this relaunch is a project of Metal Blade. Disc rights are now with her.
@@kennedyviana6408 yes , only since 2018 though.