Album

Don't Break The Oath

Mercyful Fate

1984 · Rock

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Don't Break The Oath by Mercyful Fate

Don't Break The Oath is a Metal album by Mercyful Fate, originally released in 1984. On Gatefold: 141 pressings tracked, owned by 15 collectors.

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"Don't Break the Oath" is Mercyful Fate's second full-length studio album. The style Mercyful Fate employed on the album resembled a mixture of heavy metal with progressive elements, lyrically preoccupied with Satan and the occult and distinguished by King Diamond's theatrical falsetto vocals. Although very influential to future black metal bands due to its lyrical content, the music itself is more reminiscent of traditional heavy metal. The album was remastered and subsequently re-issued on Roadrunner Records in 1997. This reissue came with the bonus track "Death Kiss (Demo)", which would eventually evolve into the album's lead-off track, "A Dangerous Meeting". Metal-Rules.com named this the greatest extreme metal album of all time.

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Tracklist

  1. 1A Dangerous Meeting5:12
  2. 2Nightmare6:21
  3. 3Desecration of Souls4:56
  4. 4Night of the Unborn5:01
  5. 5The Oath7:34
  6. 6Gypsy3:09
  7. 7Welcome Princess of Hell4:06
  8. 8To One Far Away1:33
  9. 9Come to the Sabbath5:18

Sound DNA

  • Metal
  • Heavy Metal
  • heavy
  • dark
  • occult

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Recorded and mixed at Easy Sound Recording, Copenhagen, May 1984.
Slightly different labels compared with Don't Break The Oath (Europe 1984) (opens in a new tab), see pictures.
Issued with a double-side

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Frank MadisonKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS , EFFECTS KEYBOARDS, EFFECTS
  • Hank ShermannGUITAR LEAD GUITAR
  • Kim RuzzDRUMS
  • King DiamondBACKING VOCALS, LEAD VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, LEAD VOCALS, MUSIC BY, LYRICS BY LEAD VOCALS
  • Michael DennerGUITAR LEAD GUITAR
  • Timi HansenBASS
  • Carsten Van Der VolsingGUITAR
  • Jan MusenDRUMS

15 collectors on Gatefold own this · 141 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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