Mercyful Fate - The Jackal of Salzburg (Live @ Copenhell, June 18th, 2022)

Mercyful Fate perform a yet to be released new song called "The Jackal of Salzburg". Recorded live @ Hades Stage, Copenhell, Refshaleøen in Copenhagen, Denmark on June 18th, 2022.

[@DieHumanless]

Hard to believe 23 years since their last album, yet they sound this good. Great song -- can't wait for the album version.

[@snfu6574]

Damn straight!!!

[@berwinenzemann3468]

This song is not about a jackal. It's about the magician Jackl (Jakob Koller) who lived in the Salzburg area during the late 1600s. His mother Barbara Koller was a renderer and very poor. In 1675 she got caught when she and her son attempted so steal donations to the local church. Jakob, only ten years old at the time, managed to escape into the woods. Barbara Koller was accused of whichcraft and under torture she accused her son of practicing black magic too. Barbara Koller was executed by strangulation and her body was burnt at the stake. Her son Jakob never got caught but he became a legend as the magician Jackl. It was told that he was the leader of a gang of homeless kids and taught them black magic. Alot of poor boys from the area got accused of being members of the gang of the magician Jackl. They confessed under torture and got executed and burnt. 139 in total. That's what this song is about. The truth is that the authorities used the belief in witchcraft to legally get rid of the vast number of child beggars after the Thirty Years' War.

[@alejandromolina2435]

Wow! thanks for the insight!

[@conquistador73]

Thanx mate

[@drfors1752]

Thanx for the story

[@ghoulinc.productions6831]

Thank you for the back story. Much appreciated. 👍

[@Ziomaletto]

I can see why King picked that story for the song. As a certain smart gentlemen would say: "Brutal".

[@niemals9837]

Saw them at heavy sound fest in belgium 1984 i was 16.they and metallica were the best bands.everything was new at this time, speed thrash.best time of my life.headliners wre twisted sister , motorhead.im getting melancholic when i think of the easy life back then.now im 55 and singing in a local hamburg street punkband " cleansweep punkrock" .greez to all old scene members

[@kenedie4646]

King Diamond and Hank Shermann together again in Mercyful Fate. Amazing!!

[@HmsSulaco]

Jep but where da fuck is Denner..

[@glenngoren4566]

Should be Michael Denner and snowy white two🎃

[@AdamRobertshaw]

It seems like a proper back stab from Shermann on Denner with this reunion. I love it, but I'm a bit perplexed how/why Shermann cut ties with Denner after 40+ years of writing together, and having just been in a band together (Denner / Shermann). It's a bit weird, and tbh I think Mercyful Fate suffers for it. Denner is the guy I like the solos from, and it was all a bit missing in this tour - other guy filling in didn't feel like he was really part of the band. Maybe it's a problem between King Diamond and Denner...

[@lanewrobleski3819]

Great song. Incredible sound too. Probably one of the best things I heard in last 10 years.

[@SuperballBG]

Just heard it live last night in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Almost had tears in my eyes - these guys define the genre. Sound was killer too!

[@travslink7963]

I saw them last night in Phoenix and it blew me away. One of my fav shows ever and I’ve see a lot.

[@C-LOS420]

Damm King has the world by its throat! Way to go King 👑 Diamond

[@Drewcifer]

Goddamn that's a heavy tune.

[@devilxking2]

Seeing them in November, can't wait. King sounds amazing

[@wernervorhofer4494]

I am from Salzburg, it is a true story about a magician, who gatherd children. It all ended in a witchtrial with over 100 burnings......

[@grimpr]

Killer track from a great band, cant wait to see them live

[@banjen]

Tak for upload....

[@rajarajanperiasamy7474]

its the middle of summer - KD and Hank must be really addicted to the temperatures of hell.

[@AnukaranSingh]

Very cool

[@SSSTAFFORD]

Such a killer tune. Who sounds this good live?

[@Ziomaletto]

Michael Kiske, maybe?

[@4o5919]

Thew guitars have strat heads. Are they fenders, charvels or jacksons?

[@chadgray5872]

Mercyful Fate doing Black Sabbath. I am not a big fan of this song, pretty meandering, but I am glad to see King working with Hank, it is beyond bizarre that Denner isn't here though.

[@LeechWoman]

7:49 from here and then 7:53 is suppose to be "jackl of salzburg" but he repeated the wrong one, but he improvised in the moment.

[@HERWORSTNIGHTMARE]

That's Badass!

[@WHACK_space_rock]

Good to see MF back at it... hope they add some Florida dates to the tour...👍🔥🎶

[@glenngoren4566]

LA next stop oh yeah can’t wait

[@TheNightHeCameHome]

My Master - Your voice is hell and heaven... Eat them ☠️

[@brianhamlin8021]

🖤

[@deanrazor9023]

Fucking awesome, esp with how old these dudes are

[@1manshtshowandautobodystuf891]

How old is king now? Sounds killer

[@janmartinek6647]

66

[@matman8812]

@@janmartinek6647 I hope he lives to be 666 🤟🤟

[@ScorpionDeathMetal]

this is new song ? never heard before

[@robertpreston2220]

King claimed the new Fate would sound like the good old days. This sounds like modern King Diamond instead sadly

[@waynekeer]

Que me4da!!! Não chega nem aos pés dos primeiros albuns

[@DevilSaturn966]

I'm about to refund my tickets

[@GilaMonster971]

🤷‍♂️

[@ella655]

If you're going to refund your tickets over sound quality then you're probably not a true fan

[@robertpreston2220]

I would

[@DevilSaturn966]

Is this man lip syncing?

[@moontheme]

He is all live.

[@GilaMonster971]

😂 King never lip syncs

[@robertpreston2220]

His wife seems to do the vovals now