Mercyful Fate - Live at Wacken Open Air 2022

Reunited Mercyful Fate paid a visit to Wacken on their very first tour since 1999. Songs:
00:00 Evil
05:46 Come to the Sabbath
12:03 Satan's Fall
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[@caseywatson4508]

King Diamond has aged WELL! The man has really taken care of his voice. Truly a master of the craft!

[@claudiofernandes9834]

He did that because he almost died, then he quit smoking.

[@obineg5752]

just wanted to say the same. the voice is 100 percent like on 33 years old records i listend to as pupil, which is amazing.

[@robertosswald5896]

Indeed. Heard him this summer, and around 15 years ago. He's only got better!

[@Revener666]

@@obineg5752 It is not, but it is close enough.

[@MechanizedMetal]

@@claudiofernandes9834 True, but most people don't get to even half the age he was when he almost died before their voices deteriorate to the point that they have to downtune all their instruments a full step just to keep up. There isn't anyone like King right now at his age!

[@lanagievski1540]

At 66 years old, he hasn’t lost a step since the 80’s. It’s incredible how well he’s preserved his voice.

[@ezequielcronswell8520]

He is only 55

[@landocalrissian1863]

@@ezequielcronswell8520 no, he’s 66. Why “correct” someone when you’re blatantly wrong?

[@ezequielcronswell8520]

@@landocalrissian1863 He is my relative, obviously I know his actual age.

[@IvoMaropo]

@@ezequielcronswell8520 He is 66, dude. It's on Wikipedia.

[@ezequielcronswell8520]

@@IvoMaropo Anyone can write in the wiki. I repeat, I am a relative, I know how old he is.

[@user-dx1jb4zq9e]

That's amazing. He still sounds like he did on Melissa 40 years ago.

[@mark_beastpriest5539]

King Diamond still has "it". Not too many singers in his age range who can still hit those notes. Awesome! Sh*t, the whole band is tight! 🤘

[@vladtepes9614]

King and crew are finally getting the credit that they so richly deserve. They draw larger crowds now then they did in the 80's and 90's.

[@matimati469]

Rob Halford?

[@Breecher1]

@Dark Waters There are no others like him!

[@clausjahnel5379]

@Dark Waters What is a "technical singer"? And what qualifies you to decide who is one of these? Please elaborate. For my part, having seen the MF supporting Motörhead in December 1984 and watching all these videos from the recent concerts - Kim sings AT LEAST as well as back then in the live situation. There's proof enough on YT from both eras.

[@endtyme]

…and now they hopefully record a new album. I‘m sure they can deliver. 🤘

[@IvoMaropo]

Melissa (and by this I mean the whole album) has left such a powerful impression on me growing up. I still consider it one of metal's finest moments. A classic.

[@ddskreamer]

I believe Melissa is still with us...

[@IvoMaropo]

@@ddskreamer Lol. Yeah, pretty much.

[@Grandmastergav86]

I wish they'd played some of their earlier stuff, can you imagine a modern audience reacting to "Nuns Have No Fun"? lmao

[@arejaycee5484]

Ruthless Metal on YT has a brilliant animation of the Abigail album if you're interested

[@WhoisVinnie]

@@arejaycee5484 I've heard of them

[@stephanbamps9265]

i am a fan of king since 1984...love this guy ..

[@jjuliuzzful]

At 66,6 years old, our King sounds amazing!

[@perpetualmotion357]

Mercyful Fate and Black Sabbath have the best riffs.

[@TeamLuka]

This is only the last 3 songs. The full setlist at Wacken was: A Corpse Without Soul The Oath The Jackal of Salzburg Curse of the Pharaohs A Dangerous Meeting Doomed by the Living Dead Melissa Black Funeral Evil Come to the Sabbath Encore: Satan's Fall

[@marvinramirez4624]

Satan’s fall one of the best mercyful fate songs ever

[@iii2187]

A true old fashioned crowd that needs to come back...just enjoying and no one with phones blocking the show

[@ianswift3521]

yes i went to a festival this year and it was all phones. when i was in my 20s i used to knock phones out of peoples hands from behind.

[@kimjuuljensen]

I saw them at Sweden Rock. And my phone died just before the show started 😅 Some dark force was at work that night 🤘😂🤘

[@jeorgeramirezgonzolezsanti3178]

Haha so old we didn't have phones just pits & stage diving

[@giovannipinto9000]

God save the king diamond

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

HE SATAN HIMSELF SO HOW CAN GOD SAVE HIMSELF

[@jonascout13]

Hahhaah

[@Mitzi73]

The god of this world will save him.

[@stuckmuffin6373]

Hank Shermann will always be one of my favorite guitarists ever..and is very very underrated

[@glenngoren4566]

Were is michael denner

[@othonvasconcelos]

Absolutely agree!

[@Monsterdrumma]

@@glenngoren4566 Is it Hank with the usual backward baseball cap? It sort of looks like Denner also I can’t tell who it is, it could go either way for me.

[@dannychavis3412]

I once sat next to Him at a Club in DC Drinking a beer & he signed my Ticket for the show that night :)

[@leeeverett8497]

@@Monsterdrumma yeah that’s Hank, at least that’s who King announced him as when I saw him live last night

[@AlexPlaysGaming]

Man. They sound just as good live as they do on an album. It's awesome. Long live mercyful fate and long live king diamond

[@GB-qc9ng]

you need this. just to listen to heavy metal and remember rock n roll will never die cause is forever and beyond

[@TheMetalAllfather]

All well and due respect for both Rob Halhord and Bruce Dickinson, both of them still have massive amounts of talent in them, but King Diamond still sounds like it's 1984. Man's voice is still incredibly sharp and powerful at his age.

[@Duck_Dodgers]

He hasn't used his voice as much as the others. They where doing multiple year world tours. While he did what?

[@noiselabproject9659]

maybe not as much but he put out a ton of albums over the years and I expect that he has been pretty busy live of course @@Duck_Dodgers

[@charlierodriguez4369]

¿Pacto con el diablo? 😂😂😂

[@spungfoo]

KD still sounds fantastic even after all these tears. What a legend!

[@edsonponciano3769]

Agreed!

[@ALLMETAL1970]

Despite not being together for a while, they have not missed a beat. Absolute legends that still kick ass to this day.

[@hari-xo2fm]

They must have practised for like a month before this.

[@iagomedeiros5812]

The King of Kings, we honor you, Your Magesty. Give us your blessing.

[@Dreibein82]

😂

[@robertcruzdrums]

Damn, the minute he hit that opening scream, it took me back to being 12 years old listening to this album in my room back in 1983!!! King Diamond still sounds amazing! ..and Joey Vera, killing it on bass like he does with everything!!!

[@ShadowArcher233]

Same here.that was great.especially Satan's fall.

[@prorail1196]

5 years younger here :). 1984s Dont break the Oath still one of my favourite albums ever! Old farts rule!

[@mark_beastpriest5539]

Joey is doing a remarkable job. But, I guess it's the old fan in me, as I still miss Timi Hanssen.

[@mark_beastpriest5539]

@@prorail1196 You bet! I bought that album when it was first released. Dude, we're fortunate enough to be in an age bracket where all the good sh*t has happening! We loved metal when parents hated it and religious nuts were terrified! Great times!

[@TerraExplorations]

I was jus thinking the same thing !

[@PersephoneSkye_]

One of the most flawless (male) voices in metal. What you hear on every album is what you get live. He was taught well by his mother too. She is a Danish opera singer, so that explains why his voice is in such good condition and why he has such perfect control.

[@screamsfromthegrave3324]

What are you talking about? His mother was not a Danish opera singer nor was he taught by anyone. He learned how to do this all by himself.

[@johnathonmckenzie7148]

@@screamsfromthegrave3324 He was taught personally by Luciano Pavarotti. He ran away from his family without money and relied on begging and the kindness of strangers to travel internationally to meet him. He became a "roadie" for Pavarotti and told stories to him that made him laugh in exchange for vocal lessons. Pavarotti allegedly was also having sexual relations with King as part of 33rd degree Masonic rituals. Viewing King as a young white virtuous male child of high intelligence as described is preferred in the Crowleyan ritual

[@screamsfromthegrave3324]

@@johnathonmckenzie7148 now that is definitely true!

[@endtyme]

Now this is new to me, all I knew about his upbringing is that he was about to became a professional football-player

[@perpetualmotion357]

@@johnathonmckenzie7148 That is amazing. I knew King had ties to the Masonic Brotherhood.

[@NoBrainerLanguages]

King Diamond gets even better as years go by. He's a personified fine wine.

[@horachm]

Que locura lo de King hermano, no puede ser que teniendo mas de 60 años siga cantando lo que canta. Parece como si estuviera escuchando el disco, es una bestia, AGUANTE KING LA PUTA MADRE!

[@chivozzy]

Imagina lo que sería con Michael Denner de vuelta

[@stuartewoldt1513]

​@@chivozzyMike Denner is up there

[@NoeliaFernandez]

El rey diamante eterno

[@connyjohnson855]

This is so freaking brilliant...Merciful Fate/King Diamond are true metal giants forever.

[@fajomojo]

Just came to this vid to see King can still sing, and wow!! He's still got it.

[@panagiotispantazis6648]

Don’t break the oath is in top 10 of the best heavy metal albums of all times

[@mehurar]

That voice man , that voice!!!

[@DiamondKing666]

In the next few years please add King Diamond to the line up. Last Time he Performed at Wacken was in 2014, and man What a Great Gig it was.

[@craneoC]

El rey....el unico rey.

[@rubenrivas5753]

My first KD show and best show of the whole festival along with Accept

[@monsterschrat]

and I 've been at both shows! 😄🤘

[@evelynsolano5871]

El velo Tenebrarum

[@johnstrychalski915]

King Diamond IS Mercyful Fate. Mercyful Fate IS King Diamond. What are you talking about???🥴

[@ominoushymns]

he's getting older but his voice never change, true talent

[@felipelovecraft1767]

Can't deny that I miss Michael Denner, but Mike Weed is doing a hell of a job. Joey Vera is handling bass duties quite well too.

[@mvd3517]

Also miss Denner and that flying V. He wasn’t even asked to do this reunion.

[@stevedamien638]

Well thats the thing, Ain't a fucking job. So yes miss Denner,Shermann. The magic,the history! Fuck musicians hired on budget alone. Fuck King Dianond to think that way but at 60 only $ matter. Many other band$ out there with same mind$et.

[@m2kss427]

I miss Denner and his unique guitar sound/tone as well. Joey Vera kicks ass for sure.

[@johnnyramirez4987]

But kmon Ruzz is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE drummers why he and Denner aren't a part of this is sooooo disappointing

[@robertsalinas7623]

Mike wead is a good guitarist, but not for MF. In his collaborations with the band he didn't contribute much to the sound and even less so to the solos, they go unnoticed on the records. and for Mercyful fate he is an MD impersonator guitarist.

[@domthebomb123]

King Diamonds is 67 years old, his voice is still awesome🤘🤘🤘

[@billjannusch]

Absolutely awesome! Mercyful Fate is coming to Indiana in November! So awesome. I love King Diamond and the boys. I've seen King about 20 times solo but only twice with Mercyful Fate in the early 1990's..I can't wait to see them again..

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

Coming to BKLYN NY ON NOV 10 TO MUCH $$$ FOR ME $175 UP can't afford it

[@jeffreystark435]

Cincinnati Nov 5. Saw MF and KD solo on some occasions. Fantastic. He values and loves his fans.

[@ctrlz5484]

incleiblemente el king sigue siendo el king!! su voz nunca se va a apagar parece!!! AGUANTE MARCYFUL FATE!

[@KeanuReevesDaShopee]

How is possible for him to maintain such powerful voice in his age??

[@clausjahnel5379]

You could ask that every old opera singer. Or the Bee Gees. Professional workers know how to care for their instrumemts. For KD especially I heard that he stop smoking years ago.

[@NoirTech83]

the power of the dark lord, Satan!

[@jedediah5688]

Satan

[@globaltokyollc-f1322]

Glenn Hughes kept his voice too

[@RENEGADO_FANTASMA]

Maybe the pick of destiny?

[@kimjuuljensen]

Saw them at Sweden Rock Festival that same year. And it was the best concert over all at that Festival 🤘👑🤘 Long Live The KING 🤘👑🤘 It took me 14 days to get my voice back 😂

[@re8746]

Bought the Abigail album on cassette back in 87. I still have it. What I would do to go back to 1981-89.

[@killingsleep]

Hail to the " KING " !!

[@marcelotigre79]

Es perfecta ésta música y King siempre siendo el mejor

[@rafamarquez5563]

ahuevo🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@katherineguerrero7164]

Ciempre el padrino oscuro 🤘🤘🤘

[@javieravaria2398]

Increíble ,35 años escuchando a este a este mostró del metal. Gracias King.

[@alderjimenezalarco7018]

king diamond voice like 80´s, great !!!!

[@FTW_666]

King Diamond and Halford are my gods forever.

[@FTW_666]

Of course.

[@drummerw17]

The Best Mercyful Fate 🤘😈🤘. The King of the Kings!!!!!!

[@auranaught]

Mikkey? Is this you?

[@DownloadeousMaximus]

These guys were pretty underrated. Desecration of Souls was amazing.

[@ThomasPianka-hi4zm]

The first and only real Black-Matal-Band of all Time!! All Albums are great!!

[@justan0therb0y3]

Lo mejor del heavy metal más clásico posible

[@-LOST-eb5xz]

Holy Hell! Joey Vera on the bass!! That’s so awesome man!

[@chrisrusso5427]

The world is now ready for Mercyful Fate!!

[@MAHAMADAMAHAMADA-wb2ep]

THE BEST BLACKEST HEAVY METAL BAND IN THE WORLD,,,,KING DIAMOND IS KING

[@kevlarkid928]

Goddamn this brings back memories. These guys were my gateway drug into metal.

[@rattlhed1]

I discovered "Conspiracy" within the first year of my transition from pop into metal at the ripe age of 18. Shortly after that I was an unstoppable force consuming all things King Diamond and Mercyful Fate. Both bands are in my top 10 favorite bands of all time. King's voice is still incredible live after all these years. Keep it up o' dark one!

[@darkxd9154]

King diamond a recuperado su voz y canta con una técnica vocal sin dañarse las cuerdas, es impresionante a su edad iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[@ezequielcronswell8520]

English please !

[@metalhead1373]

@@ezequielcronswell8520 learn spanish 🤘

[@lucianooliveiradasilva3732]

@@metalhead1373 whats this? Spanish,English? Is this a linguagem wR?

[@victorazocar8389]

@@ezequielcronswell8520 king diamond has recover his voice and he's singing with a vocal technique without hurting his strings, its amazing to his age, sorry if you cant understand my translate, i spoke spanish :D greetings from chile

[@darkxd9154]

@@victorazocar8389 gracias amigo

[@richardrondon8843]

Amazing!!!!! I hope you could load the entire gig. They are fenomenal!!!!

[@miken.6486]

I first heard Mercyful fate,when i was 16. Now i m 53🙄! Love it!!

[@kikzurass]

I have the whole show!! It was fantastic!! Can't wait to see them here in Mexico!!

[@LuisGomez-bo1dj]

Magnificent performance by Mercyful Fate. Satan's Fall sounded finner than in the LP version. Damn, these guys are like the fine wine, get better as the years go by. Can't damn wait to see them in SouthAmerica one day. Hope is the only tool i have for now to see 'em once. Hail The King and The Fate! Cheers from Perú.

[@NoeliaFernandez]

❤

[@darilstuardo964]

En abril del 2024 estarán en Chile ❤

[@sadboi7537]

Feels good knowing there will be a new MF and King Diamond record in the next few years.

[@haujeancontactee]

The Master has emerged from the darkness once again to grace us with his presence.

[@henrik747]

Nobody but the King can make air guitar look cool!

[@gabecarter3554]

Chuck billy laughs

[@hptk]

finally!!!!!!!!! thanks, i was tired with phone recording, mercyful deserved this!!!

[@user-ll8ju2jm5z]

Ya tengo mi entrada para verlos en Santiago de Chile rste año 2024

[@yokerecords803]

Mercyful Fate sound awesome here in 2022! The King sounds great and the band is a juggernaut. My 2nd favorite 80's Metal band behind just the mighty Razor. Melissa is one of those perfect LPs. Don't Break The Oath is also first class. In 1993, when they delivered In The Shadows, it was actually on par with those two of the best albums in Metal history. "The Old Oak" is stunning. In The Shadows deserves much more recognition as, also, one of the best albums in Metal history. It was a shocker since you did not expect that they would reel off another classic, but they did. Long live The King.

[@ianswift3521]

dont break the oath > melissa by far. Time is the second best album though. no love for Into The Unknown ? arguably as good as Shadows, which of course has Room Of Golden Air one of the best MF songs. But Into the Unknown has The Ghost of Change

[@yokerecords803]

@@ianswift3521 Hey Ian, very interesting comment. For me, Melissa is the best MF album but Don't Break The Oath is just a hair behind. Love both albums. There is not a MF album I do not like. In The Shadows, to me, is a classic and kind of seminal nut I love both Time and Into The Unknown. "Room" is a great song! Stay well my friend.

[@crisrock02]

Maravilhoso! Pena que em 2016 ele não estava lá no wacken! Amo de paixão!

[@pyrogian]

loved every min tysm

[@davidortega4422]

Después de escuchar aquel EP-Demo en 1981 de MERCYFUL FATE, quede hipnotizado por el sonido Underground, además las letras, líricas y esas voces de KING DIAMOND, hasta la actualidad... Gracias y saludos desde Caracas, Venezuela... 🤘🤘🤘HEIL METAL 🤘🤘🤘

[@davidortega4422]

@@lastwordTSS Desde 1969 he sostenido, mantenido y defendido, que nosotros los ROCKEROS, en principio y posteriormente METALEROS, somo personas, inteligentes, de pensamientos y acciones profundas, con estilos de vida un tanto diferentes, por nuestras propias convicciones. Sin embargo, luego de transcurridos, todos estos años, usted me ha demostrado, que existen lastimeras excepciones

[@ryan1043]

just saw them in brooklyn. ive been going to shows since i was 12. im 52 now. this tour and the show i just saw could easily be the best show ive ever seen. if not the best definitely in my top three. the band sounded incredible. but the star of it all outside of hank sherman was no doubt the King. show was last thursday and im still legit shaking. do not miss them when they tour again after their album comes out

[@eduturk9]

good old Mercyful Fate, can't get any better that this 🤟🏻

[@kimbendex]

FINALLY!!! a great sound and video quality of the KING!!! Been wanting this for years! Please come to Knot Fest Chile 2022!!!!! STAY HEAVY!! 😈

[@ashwilliamssnr3727]

Search for king diamond Abigail for full professional gig it's awesome 🤘

[@agentsmith5514]

Let's see the Merciful Fate-King Diamond band Tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Must happen☠️💀😎

[@highlander666]

🖤🖤🖤 can't wait to see them next month

[@SoulSuckerOvReality6]

Same here. Denver, CO

[@samuelcandido9083]

AMAZING!!

[@christysummers8922]

Tobias Forge to Merciful Fate... Hey guys thanks for all the inspiration and great ideas! Merciful Fate to Tobias Forge.. Your welcome!!!

[@PlayitagainVHS]

Everybody hail the King ! Yessss King Diamond still going strong in 2024 ## He is a Metal Legend !!!👍🏻🙂❤️

[@tomsav8848]

I heard of them back in the day but never listened to or got into them, wow did I miss out. Melissa does not have a bad track! Kings voclas are on another level..

[@justinhall2117]

It's crazy how a lot of bands just lose it and vocals go out the window with age. But daaamn, I swear KD just keeps getting better

[@JohandeHakkelaar]

Oeff this brings back some amazing memories … back in the early 80 ies. WoW!

[@christopherdunn317]

I cant believe he can still do the high's DAM !

[@benediktsaurer381]

This is played so precise! Awesome live band!

[@exdrummer3630]

Hail to the living legend! \m/

[@metalfan210]

Hell yeah still rocking and bringing back some classics

[@jhonrockdriguez7292]

The Best of the best

[@psychodroid6369]

Excellent sound.

[@emmanuelhernandez8590]

Estamos esperando de manera ferviente verlos en 🇲🇽 este diciembre 🦅👍🏼🍺😎🤘🏼

[@alexandreteixeirabenjamin6539]

Que mané,Ghost,o caralho! King Diamond & Mercyful Fate destróem!!

[@michelemkporcu2085]

Majestic as ALWAYS

[@annukka2582]

Great gig, one of the best in Wacken this year 🖤🤘

[@hrhpfa6966]

Top! 👍🏼

[@danielasalomao3258]

Agreed!!!!

[@pejz64]

I am really happy I could see Mercyful Fate back in 1997 Into the Unknown tour supporting King Diamond Graveyard tour :D and twice this year at Brutal Assault and Mystic festival in Poland and during Satan´s fall I did some crowdsurfing. never forget memories

[@mattdoesntmatter3749]

All I needed to know is if they play that song or not holy fuck ima be witnessing greatness

[@SpettroFamily]

fantastic voice, better than ever, amazing

[@azaftasardenmorroidesiden4754]

All righttttt !!

[@corvettebmw]

I caught the last MF show in the States at a small club in December 1984, last gig before the break-up.

[@brandon18054]

That wasn’t the last show in the states. I saw them last year, they toured with Kreator.

[@corvettebmw]

@@brandon18054 MF broke up at the end of 84' then King did his solo albums.

[@RaimundoSaraiva]

Mercyful Fate é Fodástico!

[@Havyng25]

Damn how they still sound fresh and young still this day is amazing. Hail to the King

[@guillaumecroteau3236]

So good to see THE KING himself and with his powerful voice hopefully he can tour to Canada with both Merciful Fate and his solo project

[@eltondossantosteles74]

King Dimond is the King of black metal adored master diamond

[@metalmarcrosser]

Hail the King 🤘🏻

[@nopenope3512]

hitting those notes at 66...insane!

[@derkiwisaft3857]

Mercyful Fate was performing at that moment when my dad and me arrived at Wacken, what a great weekend 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@guillecastillo502]

Impresionante ! envidia sana a los que pudieron disfrutar de estas leyendas del heavy metal!

[@Nystrom292]

Hermoso. Genial!! Increíble.

[@arnomeeuwisse6692]

They are still fucking good after all those years. I'm a big fan of them.

[@Djcimofficial]

Can’t wait to see the King and Fate in Brooklyn!!

[@ThePrincipeShinobi]

Evil is my favorite song on Melissa, it's so cool to see them play it in modern days. It's the most fun song to play specially when they're just struming on palm muted strings

[@GINTOKISMOfots]

no jodas el puto amo príncipe Shinobi, acá un subscriptor más a la espera de un análisis o reseña del nuevo anime de Bastard

[@ThePrincipeShinobi]

@@GINTOKISMOfots Estuve pensando hacerle un vídeo, bueno a eso y otros tópicos porque estuve pensando volver