King Diamond
 

Got my first King Diamond CD today. Cost me £3. "Nightmare In The Nineties". Kinda a "best of" of his 90's material.

Pretty badass I must say. Not really too keen on the vocals or the lyrics (thought the vocals are fairly cool) but the riffs are fucking awesome! Puts most modern metal to shame. Currently liking the following songs:

From The Other Side
Waiting
The Exocist
Eastmann's Cure
Just A Shadow
One Down Two to Go
Welcome Home

Gotta check out some Mercyful Fate while I'm at it. I only know the song "Buried Alive"... and again, fucking awesome riffs.

So... any Fate/Diamond fans? Recommendations? Etc...

The majority of modern rock and metal don't come close to what was being put out a decade ago and more.

Mercyful fate have some good songs, but i think the vocals always annoyed me. So i've barely ever listened to them.

King Diamond's albums are all concept albums. A King Diamond "best of" CD is like taking 1 chapter from each of Steven King's best books, putting them together and calling it a "best of book".

Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd

OH COME ON

King Diamond is the man

<font color=white>Got the 'Best of King Diamond/Mercyful Fate' album. Pretty sweet. 'Welcome Home' is the reason I started listening. Good shit.</font>

The Spiders Lullaby is the weirdest song ever

but its awesome

I know everyone loves Abigail (me included), but House Of God = ratings

The Graveyard is my favorite story of all of his CD's

brilliance