Give Me Your Soul… Please

Give Me Your Soul...Please is the twelfth studio album by King Diamond, released on 29 June 2007 on the Massacre label. The album's concept and cover art are both based on a painting titled "My Mother's Eyes". The black cat featured in the album is based on King's own cat, Magic. In the July/August issue of UK metal magazine Zero Tolerance, King elaborated on the themes of the album, being a story of two dead children, murdered by their father, relating their tale to him. He stated that cases of parents killing their children and then themselves were a large influence, citing such an incident which occurred in Dallas four days before the interview took place. Coincidentally, the music video for "Give Me Your Soul" was also released the day after the highly publicized Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide. This was the last album to feature bassist Hal Patino, who was fired from the band in 2014.