New King Diamond - "Spider Lilly" (official video)

[NeonKnite]

Good stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIIIOwCPn_I

[VicStelly]

Very strong tune. King is an acquired taste. But I have acquired it. Caught the recent tour, too. First time seeing him and Overkill. Both were great.

[skinni]

Good stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIIIOwCPn_I

Amazing!

Thank you for posting the link!

[Wiseacre]

I love King and MF. I was lucky enough to see Mercyful Fate in '84 on the "Don't Break the Oath" Tour (my 2nd club show ever). Full original line-up, bitches. I stood right in front of King the whole show and it was EPIC. I also saw him on the Abigail Tour in '87 and again a few years ago.

When MF re-united in '93, they were on Metal Blade and my band got to open for them for a month in the States. I got to chat a couple times with King backstage and he was a super-nice guy.

New tune is cool as expected. He has such an ear for great haunting melodies.

[LAglamrocker]

Loved hearing this in San Diego- outside cold windy venue

[Anthrax442]

Count me amongst those that haven't quite "acquired the taste" yet. Musically, it's great. And if I'm just listening to the occasional song, like in a radio playlist, I'm good, but I don't think I can take song after song of that falsetto. Someone posted a full video of one of the recent St. Lucifer's Hospital shows, and it's was cool to watch, but after about 10 minutes, I was tapping out.

[Wiseacre]

Count me amongst those that haven't quite "acquired the taste" yet. Musically, it's great. And if I'm just listening to the occasional song, like in a radio playlist, I'm good, but I don't think I can take song after song of that falsetto. Someone posted a full video of one of the recent St. Lucifer's Hospital shows, and it's was cool to watch, but after about 10 minutes, I was tapping out.

yeah, I get it. It's a big turn-off for a lot of people. I thought is was a little cheesy when I first heard him, but his melodies and songs are so killer I gave him a pass.

Think of killer some of his stuff would sound if he could actually sing it all in full-voice like Ripper does here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZdeiTUNSII


The easiest solution...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NsF532cflQ

[jens]

Count me amongst those that haven't quite "acquired the taste" yet. Musically, it's great.

And early Mercyful Fate? I prefer dark-evil to the campy horror stuff of King solo too.
Check out "The Beginning", if you haven't heard it yet.

[Psychobolia.com]

Count me amongst those that haven't quite "acquired the taste" yet. Musically, it's great. And if I'm just listening to the occasional song, like in a radio playlist, I'm good, but I don't think I can take song after song of that falsetto. Someone posted a full video of one of the recent St. Lucifer's Hospital shows, and it's was cool to watch, but after about 10 minutes, I was tapping out.

Think of killer some of his stuff would sound if he could actually sing it all in full-voice like Ripper does here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZdeiTUNSII


The easiest solution...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NsF532cflQ

I dig King's voice, it's perfect for the music, I liked his voice the second I heard it.

Those covers are pretty cool. Who's the guitar player on the left in the Ripper clip? Is that Caggiano? I'm pretty sure James Murphy's on the right...

[krisholmes]

Those covers are pretty cool. Who's the guitar player on the left in the Ripper clip? Is that Caggiano? I'm pretty sure James Murphy's on the right...

It's Jeff Waters (Annihilator).

[metalnyc]

Count me amongst those that haven't quite "acquired the taste" yet. Musically, it's great. And if I'm just listening to the occasional song, like in a radio playlist, I'm good, but I don't think I can take song after song of that falsetto. Someone posted a full video of one of the recent St. Lucifer's Hospital shows, and it's was cool to watch, but after about 10 minutes, I was tapping out.

Same. I've tried soooo many times, but just can't get past the vocals. I think the music is great though.

[VicStelly]

Count me amongst those that haven't quite "acquired the taste" yet. Musically, it's great. And if I'm just listening to the occasional song, like in a radio playlist, I'm good, but I don't think I can take song after song of that falsetto. Someone posted a full video of one of the recent St. Lucifer's Hospital shows, and it's was cool to watch, but after about 10 minutes, I was tapping out.

Same. I've tried soooo many times, but just can't get past the vocals. I think the music is great though.

I was like that for decades. My son got into King. He would play them all the time, and i would find myself humming or singing the melodies. King has some earworms. And i am here for it.

[Spongie]

A click boring, no real hook… but otherwise it’s okay.

[purple70rt]

noise pollution

[Psychobolia.com]

Those covers are pretty cool. Who's the guitar player on the left in the Ripper clip? Is that Caggiano? I'm pretty sure James Murphy's on the right...

It's Jeff Waters (Annihilator).

Damn, it even says so in the credits...my mind read Jeff Walker and I didn't even recognise him... I needs glasses

[d2drums]

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