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Decibel: Will there ever be another MERCYFUL FATE reunion?

King Diamond: It's very difficult to predict. I certainly won't say that the book has been closed on the band, since MERCYFUL FATE has a deal with Metal Blade for another album. Downloading has really hurt the labels and it has had some major implications on how artist contracts are structured. The fact of the matter is that KING DIAMOND has always outsold MERCYFUL FATE. KING DIAMOND always had more people coming to shows, bigger tours, better contracts, and better record sales. The way we have to do things now is to keep an eye on costs, and we record a lot of the KING DIAMOND material on our own equipment in our own studio. MERCYFUL FATE has a contract that is much less lucrative than KING DIAMOND, but there would be much higher costs associated with doing a record. There was a time when I could put the KING DIAMOND stuff down for six months and do a MERCYFUL FATE album and not have to subsist on bread and water. The long answer to your question: There would have to be a healthy chunk of time where KING DIAMOND was not busy with other commitments. For me, it would be something of a sacrifice.

S.A.S de Mont Fyon a écrit : Je viens seulement de voir que le King a sorti un live intitulé Deadly Lullabies Live en 2004. Vaut-il le coup (contenu mais aussi packaging) ?

"Yes, I became a postman for a short period, but not in the U.S. as many people think, but In Denmark. After that I took an education in the construction business and worked as foreman and calculator.

"Many stories have been told that [Michael] Denner [MERCYFUL FATE guitarist] and I couldn't stand the sight of each other, [but] it could not be more wrong. We were, and still are, best friends.

"As you know we won a Danish [Metal] music award [in November 2006]. We [attended the event] together, the four of us [Michael Denner (guitar), Hank Shermann (guitar), Timi 'Grabber' Hansen (bass) and Kim Ruzz (drums)], [as] King [Diamond] couldn't make it. And the magic was reborn. So who knows what's going to happen next?"

Fangface a écrit :Toujours pareil, King Diamond n'écarte pas la possibilité de refaire un album du Fate, d'autant que dans leur contrat ils doivent encore un album à Metal Blade.

Mais ça serait une sorte de sacrifice pour lui :

HardcoreSounds: What's the current status of MERCYFUL FATE?

King Diamond: If my back had been fine, I don't know if I would have done anything with MERCY as KING DIAMOND would have been very busy. It's a long story, you know, and it goes back to when the downloading went nuts. "Abigail II" was about to come out and we lost tour support for the first time ever and had to re-negotiate our contracts. We ended up finding a new way to record and keep the same quality and that was by using Andy's [La Rocque, guitar] pro studio in Sweden. That way KING DIAMOND's recording costs went down, and if we hadn't had found that solution, we would have had to stop. MERCY is a different scenario. You know, Andy is not part of MERCY so he is not going to put his equipment at the disposal of MERCYFUL FATE for free. MERCY has never sold or done the same big tours as KING DIAMOND — it was always smaller. Therefore MERCY has a smaller budget than KING DIAMOND and always has, and in this scenario, right now, MERCY has a much smaller budget but with higher recording costs. That means that doing a MERCY album, you are not going to make a penny. I love doing what I do and certainly I am so blessed to live off my hobby. But you still have to pay your bills, since this is your job as well as your hobby. You just can't take a year off the calendar and say "Let's do a MERCY album" and tour knowing you are not going to make a dime. If I was financially independent, I would love to do it. You just can't, you couldn't, for instance, stop working for a year and say, "I am going to ride my bike for a year just because I love it." You probably wouldn't have a home to come back, you have to pay your bills but that's just life. That's why MERCY is in a dilemma, but who knows if there was suddenly a time where KING DIAMOND was off. If by chance some of the guys said "Hey, man, let's take a year off to work on other things," and everyone agreed. Then I might say, "Hey, I want to do something with MERCY", because then the time would be there. I would have no money coming in anyway and it was okay with everyone then I would love to do it. Because as it is, MERCYFUL FATE wouldn't have to work with our lawyers to get a deal because we do have a deal. We are signed with Metal Blade for the U.S. and Massacre for Europe with MERCYFUL FATE so there is a deal and it's done but no albums have been done on that deal. We didn't take any advances because we weren't sure whether we are going to release a new album or not and then end up not doing it. So nothing has been done; it's just laying, but it's ready and we did that exactly for that reason. If suddenly the situation presented itself six months from now, then let's do it, but if we don't have a deal then it's impossible to do it. Because then you have to search for a deal and that could take forever. By then the opportunity to do it could be gone, so we got the deals done so can do it when the time is right. Let's just say that downloading put MERCYFUL FATE into hibernation for awhile. But if the right opportunity arose, then yes, let's do it. I can guarantee you that it won't be one of those reunion deals because we never broke up. I see it as hibernating for a while but we will see what the future brings. It's definitely not finished, at least in my book.

According to the En Lejemorder Ser Tilbage blog, former MERCYFUL FATE drummer Kim Ruzz (a.k.a. Kim Thyge Jensen) has resurfaced in a brand new Danish heavy metal band called METALRUZZ.

The news of Kim's return to the rock scene was first reported by a local Danish newspaper, Ugenyt, which inexplicably failed to mention the musician's connection to the legendary heavy metal band when it interviewed him earlier this month.

Kim, who currently works as a consultant at Slagelse Job Center in Slagelse, Denmark, spoke to the paper about his rough upbringing and job history, which included a five-year stint as a postman.

At the moment, there no information available about METALRUZZ's musical direction or future plans, but Ugenyt did publish a band photo (see below) ahead of METALRUZZ's September 6 performance at the SUK festival in Slagelse, Denmark.

After MERCYFUL FATE was presented with the "honor award" at the Danish Metal Awards 2006, Ruzz released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET in which he said, "Yes, I became a postman for a short period, but not in the U.S. as many people think. After that, I took an education in the construction business and worked as foreman and calculator.

"Many stories have been told that [Michael] Denner [MERCYFUL FATE guitarist] and I couldn't stand the sight of each other, [but] it could not be more wrong. We were, and still are, best friends.

"As you know, we won a Danish music award [in November 2006]. We [attended the event] together, the four of us [Michael Denner (guitar), Hank Shermann (guitar), Timi 'Grabber' Hansen (bass) and Kim Ruzz (drums)], [as] King [Diamond] couldn't make it. And the magic was reborn."

Everflow a écrit :Plus ou moins. King Diamond (le groupe) génère plus d'argent que Mercyful Fate à tous les niveaux, donc King Diamond (le moustachu) n'a pas trop d'intérêt à reformer un groupe qui ne lui permettrait pas de payer les factures et qui l’empêcherait de se consacrer à son propre groupe.
Raison pour laquelle Mercyful Fate a besoin d'un bon gros buzz, de la pression des autres membres, et d'une période très creuse de King Diamond pour qu'une reformation puisse avoir lieu.