Mercyful Fate – Return Of The Vampire - 1992 - Heavy Metal - Clear With Blue Smoke Vinyl - Sealed LP
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Mercyful Fate - Return Of The Vampire
Label: Metal Blade Records – 3984-25158-1, Metal Blade Records – 039842515816
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Clear With Blue Smoke
Barcode (Sleeve Text): 0 39842 51581 6
Country: US
Released: Jul 2020
Genre: Rock
Style: Heavy Metal
A1 Burning The Cross
A2 Curse Of The Pharaohs
A3 Return Of The Vampire
A4 On A Night Of Full Moon
B1 A Corpse Without Soul
B2 Death Kiss
B3 Leave My Soul Alone
B4 M.D.A
B5 You Asked For It"The introductory track is an eight minute mini epic that was previously unreleased, the unfortunately titled Burning The Cross. Thankfully, this has nothing to do with hooded shenanigans but instead, actual Pagans burning religious crosses to piss off the Christian God. Musically, this is amazing. There's a killer riff that makes me think of the vidya game Contra ever so briefly. It begins at the thirty five second mark and continues through the verses. Burning The Cross has many moving parts and ends on a really cool double guitar harmony solo spot. And when I say solo, I mean two harmonized guitars without any bass or drums to back them up. Return Of The Vampire would be revisited in the nineties when Mercyful Fate would reform with the largely "classic" lineup, but this is the earliest incarnation of the tune. The first half of the track sounds like a demonic bar band not too far removed from the undead mariachi group in the movie From Dusk To Dawn. There's a slow, slithery crawl with almost painfully simple drums but with a slight tinge of drunken swagger to give off that bar band vibe. The first guitar solo just reeks of weed smoke and I can see the goddamn coiled wires from the guitars to the amps ala old school Cream. Then, the group kicks into the next gear and the last half is a sweet and vicious give and take of loud shrieks, discordant solos for tension, and then ripping classic metal leads that invoke Judas Priest. Primitive, yet focused, this really sounds like a band in the studio for the first time. On A Night Of Full Moon is a lyrically different version of Desecration Of Souls. This is where the early black metal influences come into play. Here, the atmosphere generated by the haunting guitar, the bellows of King Diamond and his wolf howls are genuinely creepy." (MetalReviews)
| Condition | New |
|---|---|
| Format | LP |
| Color | Blue |
