KING DIAMOND on CAPITAL CHAOS 1998

KING DIAMOND on CAPITAL CHAOS 1998 @ The Eldorado Saloon in Sacramento, CA 1998…also on the bill were THE COUNCIL & PITBULL DAYCARE King Diamond is the heavy metal band that King Diamond formed after the split up of his First Wave of Black metal band Mercyful Fate. Also following the departure of Hank Shermann. He was joined by most members of the then defunct Mercyful Fate. The Satanic focus was replaced by a focus on horror stories. Apart from two albums, each of the albums contained a story told throughout the songs; some stories span more than one album. Only Fatal Portrait and The Spider’s Lullabye deviate here, in that only half of the songs form a story while the other songs are independent. www.covenworldwide.org The band was first launched with the album Fatal Portrait, which featured the guitar talents of Andy LaRocque, who would become King Diamond’s longest running collaborator. In 1987, the King Diamond 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. www.theunitedstatescoven.com Following the departure of drummer Mikkey Dee (who joined Don Dokken’s band and then would later join Motörhead), King Diamond released The Eye but did not tour …
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