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Mercyful Fate's debut album, Melissa, took Black Sabbath's dark occult obsessions to an extreme, fusing them with the speed and tightened, twin-guitar riffing attack of British metal bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden.
But the band had a distinctive sound of its own, thanks to the neo-classical flourishes of guitarists Hank Shermann and Michael Denner and the unpredictable vocal leaps of King Diamond, who could jump from a deathly growl to an unearthly falsetto wail in the next line.
The band was still finding itself, and some of the songs on Melissa have a tendency to move into long, meandering instrumental sections, but the basic components of Mercyful Fate's influential European gothic black metal sound were already in place.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EvilKing Diamond, Hank Shermann | Mercyful Fate | Play | 04:46 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 2 | Curse of the PharaohsKing Diamond, Hank Shermann | Mercyful Fate | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | Into the CovenKing Diamond, Hank Shermann | Mercyful Fate | Play | 05:11 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 4 | At the Sound of the Demon BellKing Diamond, Hank Shermann | Mercyful Fate | Play | 05:23 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 5 | Black FuneralKing Diamond, Sherman, Hank | Mercyful Fate | Play | 02:50 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 6 | Satan's FallKing Diamond, Hank Shermann | Mercyful Fate | Play | 11:26 | 26 MB | 78 MB |
| 7 | MelissaKing Diamond, Hank Shermann | Mercyful Fate | Play | 06:41 | 15 MB | 41 MB |
| 40 mins | 92 MB | |||||
| 40 mins | 275 MB | |||||
Note: You are able to listen to 30-second samples for preview purpose.
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Daniel | Reissue Producer |
| 2 | Michael Denner | Guitar |
| 3 | Chris Gehringer | Remastering |
| 4 | Timi Grabber | Bass |
| 5 | Thomas Grandahl | Photography |
| 6 | Thomas Holm | Artwork, Cover Art |
| 7 | Jakob Jorgensen | Engineer |
| 8 | King Diamond | Composer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Henrik Lund | Producer |
| 10 | Mercyful Fate | Primary Artist |
| 11 | Kim Ruzz | Drums |
| 12 | Sherman, Hank | Composer |
| 13 | Hank Shermann | Composer, Guitar |
| 14 | Bill Turjancik | Assistant Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |