MERCYFUL FATE: Metal Blade Records To Issue 40th Anniversary Vinyl Repress Of Legendary Don't Break The Oath Full-Length On November 1st; Preorders Available
Don't Break The Oath, the second studio album by Danish heavy metal icons, MERCYFUL FATE, will see a special vinyl repress on Metal Blade Records on November 1st. Initially issued in 1984 through Roadrunner Records, the Metal Blade edition celebrates the ground-breaking record’s 40th anniversary!
Comments Metal Blade founder and CEO, Brian Slagel, "We're here to celebrate the anniversary of one of the most legendary albums of all-time: MERCYFUL FATE's Don't Break The Oath. At Metal Blade, we're extremely honored and happy to be repressing the album on vinyl and the band will be celebrating the anniversary by releasing a whole bunch of really cool merch. So, check it out, go get the repressing, and enjoy and celebrate the 40th anniversary of Don't Break the Oath!”
Adds Nuclear Blast Records head of A&R and former VP of A&R at Roadrunner Records, Monte Conner, “How do you follow up Melissa, one of the greatest metal debuts of all time? An album that features a song called ‘Satan’s Fall,’ that contains enough riffs for any other metal band to have written an entire album from. You follow it up by doing it again a mere year later with Don’t Break The Oath, featuring even better production, and songs that are even more fleshed out and have more meat on the bone. Tracks like ‘Gypsy,’ ‘The Oath,’ and ‘Come To The Sabbath’ are metal classics for the ages, but honestly I could add the other six songs on the album to that list. Every track is an undeniable classic for the ages. They just don’t make albums like this anymore! Having later worked at Roadrunner Records, the label that released this album in 1984, I am thrilled to see it reaching a whole new generation of metalheads 40 years later, and what better label to do the honors than the mighty Metal Blade.”
The 40th anniversary edition of MERCYFUL FATE’s Don’t Break The Oath will see release on special Ruby Red vinyl.
Find preorders at: metalblade.com/mercyfulfate/ and additional merch items at eustore.mercyfulfatecoven.com.
Don't Break The Oath Track Listing:
Side A:
1. A Dangerous Meeting
2. Nightmare
3. Desecration Of Souls
4. Night Of The Unborn
Side B:
1. The Oath
2. Gypsy
3. Welcome Princess Of Hell
4. To One Far Away
5. Come To The Sabbath
MERCYFUL FATE:
King Diamond – vocals, keyboard, harpsichord
Hank Shermann – guitars
Michael Denner – guitars
Timi Hansen – bass
Kim Ruzz – drums
The Metal Voice recently reviewed the two classic King Diamond albums, Fatal Portrait and Abigail with Metal Blade CEO Brian Slagel.
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KING DIAMOND will embark on a long-awaited North American headlining tour this Fall! The Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920 trek will commence on October 15th in San Antonio, Texas and run through December 6th in Dallas, Texas. Support will be provided by Overkill and Night Demon. Additional backing vocals for the KING DIAMOND set will be provided by the special guest, Myrkur.
Tickets at kingdiamondcoven.com.
KING DIAMOND w/ Overkill, Night Demon:
10/15/2024 Boeing Center at Tech Port. - San Antonio, TX
10/16/2024 Bayou Music Center - Houston, TX
10/18/2024 Andrew J Brady Music Center - Cincinnati, OH
10/19/2024 The Factory - St. Louis, MO
10/20/2024 The Midland Theater - Kansas City, MO
10/22/2024 Murat Theatre At Old National Center - Indianapolis, IN
10/23/2024 The Louisville Palace Theatre - Louisville, KY
10/25/2024 The Eastern - Atlanta, GA
10/26/2024 Duke Energy Center for the Arts - Mahaffey Theater - St. Petersburg, FL
10/28/2024 The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD
10/30/2024 Kings Theater - Brooklyn, NY
10/31/2024 Roadrunner - Boston, MA *
11/02/2024 MTelus - Montreal, QC
11/03/2024 The Theatre At Great Canadian - Mississauga, ON
11/04/2024 The Masonic Temple - Detroit, MI
11/06/2024 The Agora Theatre & Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
11/07/2024 The Chicago Theatre - Chicago, IL
11/08/2024 The Riverside Theater - Milwaukee, WI
11/10/2024 The Fillmore - Minneapolis, MN
11/11/2024 Vibrant Music Hall - Waukee, IA
11/14/2024 Mission Ballroom - Denver, CO
11/16/2024 The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
11/18/2024 Orpheum - Vancouver, BC
11/20/2024 Edmonton Convention Center - Edmonton, AB
11/21/2024 TCU Place - Saskatoon, SK
11/22/2024 Grey Eagle Resort And Casino - Calgary, AB
11/24/2024 Keller Auditorium - Portland, OR
11/25/2024 Moore Theater - Seattle, WA
11/27/2024 Fox Theater - Oakland, CA
11/29/2024 YouTube Theater - Los Angeles, CA
11/30/2024 The Theater At Virgin Hotels - Las Vegas, NV
12/01/2024 Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre - San Diego, CA
12/02/2024 The Van Buren - Phoenix, AZ
12/04/2024 REVEL - Albuquerque, NM
12/06/2024 The Factory In Deep Ellum - Dallas, TX
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