Renzo van Soelen, the webmaster of KING DIAMOND's official web site, Coven Worldwide, has issued the following update:
"I just got off the phone with King. We talked about two hours and he gave me some very exclusive info about the forthcoming KING DIAMOND CD. King told me he had just finished recording the vocals which he had been doing for the last four weeks about six hours a day.
"In the next three weeks King and Andy [La Rocque, guitar] will be mixing and mastering the album (starting Monday, March 5).
"Is this better than 'The Puppet Master', I asked him. King started laughing and explained it as follows: 'We tried to get our driver's license for twenty years and now we finally got it. We passed the test! It's the best album ever, definitely — there is no doubt about that, for sure. Even the work mix sounds better than any album yet. The music and story are great. I am sure these are my best vocals yet. Andy said to me that he not played solos like this since 'The Eye'. Mike [Wead, guitar] told me he has never been so inspired to do solos as on this album. And, yes, Livia is on the album too!'
"King said to me: 'I guarantee you this is the best album yet — I am positive about it. It's more KING DIAMOND [than] there [has] ever been. It has the best KING DIAMOND top class through the whole album. The story is very dark, perhaps one of the darkest I have ever done.'
"King mentioned the intro to the album is a 'real' intro again, like where Midnight (from 'The Puppet Master') was more of a pre-song .
"Want to get a little taste of what you might expect from the lyrics? Here you go:
'Me and my black cat Magic, the beautiful house on Never Ending Hill, the little girl in the bloody dress and her dead little brother, the dark, the floating head woman, shapes of black and YOU.'
"The cover represents a little girl standing on a winding stairs in a white dress covered with blood (which actually is the blood from her little brother). I have seen the unfinished cover and I'll just know you're gonna love it! King also said that the front cover will look like a mirror.
"The album will probably be released late June/beginning of July. Nothing is certain yet but it looks that way."
The album, which will be "Gimme Your Soul … Please", will contain the following 13 tracks:
01. The Dead (King)
02. Never Ending Hill (Andy)
03. Is Anybody Here? (King)
04. Black of Night (Andy)
05. Mirror, Mirror (King)
06. The Cellar (Andy)
07. Pictures in Red (Andy)
08. Gimme Your Soul (King)
09. The Floating Head (Andy)
10. Cold as Ice (King)
11. Shapes of Black (King)
12. The Girl in The Bloody Dress (King)
13. Moving On (King)
Revolver magazine recently reported that KING DIAMOND's new CD was inspired by a painting called "My Mother's Eyes" which the band's distributor in Denmark stumbled across while surfing the Net (and which Diamond has since bought for the new CD cover). The more Diamond looked at the image of a battered blond girl with blood covering her white dress, holding out palms affixed with protruding eyeballs, the more it captivated and inspired him. "I can feel the energy of the front cover in all the songs we wrote, and it will definitely affect my lyrics," he promised.
Diamond wrote the music for the new album from December 2005 through February 2006, then recorded the basic tracks in his basement.
"It classes over anything I've ever done," Diamond beamed. "The arrangements are more intricate, the production is better, and for the parts where there are violins, it sounds like we hired the Royal Philharmonic. As long as I don't fuck up the vocals, this should be our best record."
KING DIAMOND in 2005 completed a U.S. tour with NILE, BEHEMOTH and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. A live CD, "Deadly Lullabyes Live", was issued in 2004.
KING DIAMOND current lineup:
King Diamond - Vocals
Andy La Rocque - Guitar
Mike Wead - Guitar
Hal Patino - Bass
Matt Thompson - Drums
KING DIAMOND - "Gimme Your Soul … Please"
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- Klosterheim
- Tormentor
- Messages : 467
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Excellente nouvelle, le King est immortel !
You dare address me?
I was ancient when your ancestors
were naught but protoplasmic slime!
I was ancient when your ancestors
were naught but protoplasmic slime!
- Gandalf
- Zorro of False Metal
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It's Official - KING DIAMOND To Tour In Support Of New Album
As reported here on April 12th, the KING DIAMOND camp was rumored to be planning a tour in support of their new album, Gimme Your Soul ... Please. Manager Ole Bang has confirmed the rumors: "Without going into detail, I can say that this is correct. More info as we firm it up."
As previously reported, Metal Blade Records will release the album in North America on June 26th. Massacre Records in Germany will release the album on June 29th.
Gimme Your Soul ... Please features the following tracks: 'The Dead', 'Never Ending Hill', 'Is Anybody Here?', 'Black Of Night', Mirror, Mirror', 'The Cellar', 'Pictures In Red', 'Gimme Your Soul', 'The Floating Head', 'Cold As Ice', 'Shapes Of Black', 'The Girl In The Bloody Dress', 'Moving On'.
Guitarist Andy La Rocque was in Dallas, TX recently finishing the mix of the album, which King Diamond declares "is the best album yet I am positive about it. It's more King Diamond there has ever been. The story is very dark, perhaps one of the darkest I have ever done before."
As reported here on April 12th, the KING DIAMOND camp was rumored to be planning a tour in support of their new album, Gimme Your Soul ... Please. Manager Ole Bang has confirmed the rumors: "Without going into detail, I can say that this is correct. More info as we firm it up."
As previously reported, Metal Blade Records will release the album in North America on June 26th. Massacre Records in Germany will release the album on June 29th.
Gimme Your Soul ... Please features the following tracks: 'The Dead', 'Never Ending Hill', 'Is Anybody Here?', 'Black Of Night', Mirror, Mirror', 'The Cellar', 'Pictures In Red', 'Gimme Your Soul', 'The Floating Head', 'Cold As Ice', 'Shapes Of Black', 'The Girl In The Bloody Dress', 'Moving On'.
Guitarist Andy La Rocque was in Dallas, TX recently finishing the mix of the album, which King Diamond declares "is the best album yet I am positive about it. It's more King Diamond there has ever been. The story is very dark, perhaps one of the darkest I have ever done before."
GANDALF
"Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here, too many people to ache over"
"Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here, too many people to ache over"
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En gros, ça dit que l'album sort le 29 juin en Europe et que le King pense que c'est le meilleur album qu'il ait jamais fait de toute son existence qui comptait déjà des meilleurs albums qu'il n'avait jamais faits de toute son existence
- over'phil
- Vraiment trop injuste
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- Enregistré le : 15 juil. 2005, 07:29
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eux j'ai déjà entendu ca quel part, c'est notre meilleur albumAd Metal Eternam a écrit :En gros, ça dit que l'album sort le 29 juin en Europe et que le King pense que c'est le meilleur album qu'il ait jamais fait de toute son existence qui comptait déjà des meilleurs albums qu'il n'avait jamais faits de toute son existence
- PE
- Metal Heart
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Si je puis me permettre, c'est King Diamond. Il a pas à demander "please". C'est "gimme your soul", point barre
Cela dit j'aime bien le côté décalé de ce titre.
Cela dit j'aime bien le côté décalé de ce titre.
Are we gonna play Stonehenge tomorrow ?
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- Everflow
- Enemy of Reality
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- Enregistré le : 04 sept. 2002, 21:27
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Revoilà l'escalier, élément récurrent dans les histoires de King Diamond (Abigail, Voodoo...), il a du être traumatisé par une gamelle quand il était gosse
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade
Colors bleed but never fade
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- Warrior en pyjama
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Fangface
D'ailleurs, la petite fille se relève d'une mémorable chute, visiblement
On ne discerne pas grand-chose, mais je ne la trouve pas jolie-jolie, cette pochette (bon, en même temps, les pochettes du King...).
D'ailleurs, la petite fille se relève d'une mémorable chute, visiblement
On ne discerne pas grand-chose, mais je ne la trouve pas jolie-jolie, cette pochette (bon, en même temps, les pochettes du King...).
"Ma mère ?! Vous voulez dire que j’aurais un ticket avec ma mère ?! Oh, dur, c’est pas le pied !
- Encore ? Mais qu'est-ce que c’est que ces histoires de pieds ? Les pieds seraient-ils le point sensible des hommes du futur ? C’est peut-être dû à un accroissement de l'apesanteur...
- Quoi ???"
- Encore ? Mais qu'est-ce que c’est que ces histoires de pieds ? Les pieds seraient-ils le point sensible des hommes du futur ? C’est peut-être dû à un accroissement de l'apesanteur...
- Quoi ???"
- Tony Le Pouilleux
- True Warrior in Bermuda of Steel
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- Enregistré le : 15 août 2004, 22:42
- Localisation : Québec, Canada
Disons que ça fait plus death à la Cannibal que du KD.
Le G@SP a écrit :j'ai pas tout compris non plus mais l'important c'est que ce soit dans les fesses!
- Kiss of Death
- Metal Heart
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- Enregistré le : 29 oct. 2005, 16:54
pas mal pas mal, ça me rappelle ANVIL BITCH avec leur album "Rise to offend", un super album de thrash US d'ailleurs
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Punaise, mais d'où sortez-vous donc tous ces groupes aux noms impensables ?
"Ma mère ?! Vous voulez dire que j’aurais un ticket avec ma mère ?! Oh, dur, c’est pas le pied !
- Encore ? Mais qu'est-ce que c’est que ces histoires de pieds ? Les pieds seraient-ils le point sensible des hommes du futur ? C’est peut-être dû à un accroissement de l'apesanteur...
- Quoi ???"
- Encore ? Mais qu'est-ce que c’est que ces histoires de pieds ? Les pieds seraient-ils le point sensible des hommes du futur ? C’est peut-être dû à un accroissement de l'apesanteur...
- Quoi ???"