Melissa is a Metal album by Mercyful Fate, originally released in 1983. On Gatefold: 145 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.
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"Melissa" is the full-length debut for legendary Danish proto black / heavy metal band Mercyful Fate. Released in 1983, "Melissa" featured a unique sound for that time which was somewhere between early Judas Priest and the darker dirges of Black Sabbath chocked with a haunting and brooding evil atmosphere, aggressive musicianship, high pitched shrieks and falsettos and lyrics driven by darkne, death and Satanism. These radical and controversial elements would help inspire the future black metal scene along with acts like Venom, and later Bathory. The album cover depicts the iconic skull "Melissa" which was later stolen by a fan at a Mercyful Fate gig. Singer/songwriter and band leader King Diamond would make frequent and sometimes veiled allusions to the skull and "Melissa" entity in other Fate albums as well. "Is that you, Melissa" from their 1993 comeback album "In the shadows" was the last known Melissa reference. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Evil4:46
- A2Curse Of The Pharaohs4:00
- A3Into The Coven5:35
- A4At The Sound Of The Demon Bell5:20
Side B
- B1Black Funeral2:47
- B2Satan's Fall11:21
- B3Melissa6:40
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Heavy Metal
- clean
- eerie
- occult
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Hank ShermannGUITAR GUITAR , MUSIC BY GUITAR, MUSIC BY
- Kim RuzzDRUMS
- King DiamondBACKING VOCALS, LEAD VOCALS, LYRICS BY LEAD VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- Michael DennerGUITAR LEAD GUITAR LEAD GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR
- Timi GrabberBASS
- Benny PetersenGUITAR
11 collectors on Gatefold own this · 145 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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