Very High Frequencies Episode: 161 - King Diamond/Mercyful Fate

Very High Frequencies Episode invites the listener into a haunted house of horrors. Ghosts, incantations , possessions, graveyards, ghouls, witches, devils, demons, vampires and a month of full moons await you! In 1983 King Diamond actually frightened adults with his lullabies to Lucifer. Now there's plastic action figures of King Diamond available. Amazon has a shop to hawk scary t-shirts. Mercyful Fate is currently touring; they are playing a new song live as they tease a forthcoming studio album. With  that kind of longevity one might assume Mr. Diamond might have sold his soul for rock and roll. An icon in the heavy metal genre, King is known for his high pitched falsetto vocals as well as his groundbreaking corpse paint. Hundreds of bands have been inspired by the work he helped create. This week we will hear songs mainly from the first decade of his career with a couple surprises as well.