Artist
King Diamond
King Diamond is a heavy metal artist from Copenhagen, Denmark formed in 1985. 26 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Heavy Metal · Copenhagen, Denmark · Best heavy metal albums
- 26
- Releases
- 1986–2024
- Active years
- 1985
- Formed
Artist
King Diamond is a heavy metal artist from Copenhagen, Denmark formed in 1985. 26 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Heavy Metal · Copenhagen, Denmark · Best heavy metal albums
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Abigail
1987 · 13 tracks
Abigail II: The Revenge
2002
“Them”
1988
Give Me Your Soul… Please
2007
The Puppet Master
2003
Conspiracy
1989
Fatal Portrait
1986
The Eye
1990
House of God
2000
The Graveyard
1996
Voodoo
1998
The Spider's Lullabye
1995
20 Years Ago: A Night of Rehearsal
2001
Deadly Lullabyes “Live”
2004
Songs for the Dead: Live at Graspop Metal Meeting
2019
Songs for the Dead: Live at the Fillmore in Philadelphia
2019
Dreams of Horror
2014
The Best Of
2003
Nightmares in the Nineties
2001
In Concert 1987: Abigail
1991
In Concert 1987: Abigail (Live)
1990
The band was launched with the single "No Presents for Christmas", in 1985. It was followed by the album Fatal Portrait, which featured the guitar talents of Andy LaRocque, who would become King Diamond's longest running collaborator. In 1987, the band released Abigail, which is often considered his best solo work. The album tells the tale of an 18th-century house that is inherited by a young couple who soon discover its dark secrets. Abigail was followed by "Them" and its sequel Conspiracy, which also told of a demon-possessed house, this time maintained by a demented old woman who drinks tea made from human blood. King Diamond has written all of the lyrics and the bulk of the music for the band with Andy LaRocque being the next biggest contributor. Since the band formed, Diamond has written 81 songs that have appeared on studio albums while LaRocque has written 37. Diamond has also co-written a number of songs with members. He has written five with LaRocque and Mike Denner respectively, one with Matt Thompson, and one with Chris Estes. LaRocque and Snowy Shaw have also co-written one song while Estes and Pete Blakk have each written one song on their own.
