Dale Griffim Judas Priest is dad rock with some metal, nah.

@@IBJ57 funny how you know nothing about metal and post this shitty comment here, King, Hank and Michael are big fans of Judas Priest and there would be no Mercyful Fate without JP. Ask them what they think about this "dad rock", I'm afraid they would consider your words as some joke

Not a knock on King's abilities, but it's clear that he getting some help with his falsettos from the backing female singer who the camera focuses on several times in the video. Age effects the vocal cords in men. The cartilage in the larynx get's stringier and dryer which effects the high head voice as men age. King was also a smoker before his triple bypass surgery so it's safe to assume that he lost some of his ability to sing high. It happens to all men. Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford, even the great Ronnie James Dio and Lemmy Kilmister's voice was effected by age and is evident when you listen to old albums with there more current albums.

@@theicedevil yes, they do a great job of masking it, a far better job than bands like Dream theatre

​@@melovestits2 It really sounds like it's mostly King. I can hear the other singer (which I think is his wife but I'm not sure) low in the mix. A good example is when King sings "Where no one dares to go" at 1:44 right after singing that high note of "The Mansion". He's definitely hitting that high note then you can hear the other singer holding the note longer. Since this is from a DVD it's fair to suspect there's some vocal fuckery going on but I saw the band during this tour and King sounded really good, almost as good as this DVD version. King also sounds really good on the various bootlegs from this tour that are floating around on KZfaq.

one and only!

@@TimLevi and you're here because of...?

@@TimLevi, I see, so which bands are your favorite since you're throwing big insults to one of the most iconic figure in metal, King Diamond?

@@taniniver666 Let him grow up bro. Says he likes metal, yet BY ACCIDENT King fucking Diamond came up in his subscription feed. Must be 12 yo metal lover if he found King Diamond by accident lol

@@TimLevi, oh, ok, that list explains everything, thanks for reply.

Totally

Agreed Super underrated album

I found my old Abigail cassette which was chewed up in the tape deck circa 1992, I kept it in hopes I could fix it. But the tape deck eventually broke!

Indeed

Agreed

And Mercyful Fate.

Wish I could it up to 11

@@metropsiderss Hey, I got that reference!

Kung Diamond is 10+ in everyway and everyday

Melodic like Hell..

And Abigail is one of the greatest albums.

Hands down

I looooooove this album (CD, thing whateva! lol) I would love a new concept album.

KD always Keeping it heavy ~~~~

Truth

Yep

I've been sayin' that for years. He is amazing tearing up the fretboard. Even more amazing standing feet away from hi watching him do it live. 🤘🏻

Well that makes of us brother

Not underrated. True metalheads knows his importance. His solos on death's individual thought patterns are the peak in metal to me.

💯 love fra Danmark 🇩🇰 King dingmund er og bliver vardens bedste 🌏 metal musik ude i den store verden og Danmark største metal musik 🇩🇰 ☻☻ 🤘🤘 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 til The king 👑 ✊hilsen fra Danmark 🇩🇰🤘🖐

​@Mark 13 look up any raw live videos starting from 2012. He sounds excellent live. I'm sure there's a bit of cleaning up going on for the DVD, but they're not adding anything he can't do live.

I hope he still drinks tea before the show ;)

Seen him live about 13 times and everytime was a religous experience. I hope you get that chance🤘

Do it he's amazing live

@Joseph Nickell No, you won't. At least that in November...

At first I didn't dare to listen because I thought he wouldn't hit the notes anymore... I made a huge mistake

I'm happy to say that I saw KD for the first time on this tour in Detroit in Nov 2015. Outstanding.

Well he is singing maybe 1/2 an octave lower when he does his high wails. But other than that like you said, phenominal

Ruggero pointed it out...He quit smoking... Miracles occur when you quit that shit ! Best thing the man could have ever done not just for his health but for his career...

Nice name. Ressembles Lydia from Beetlejuice, lol

What is her full name?

Livia Zita-Bendix

@@mepatrik1 is that his daughter? His surname is Bendix as well.

@@Arsenico971 No. His Wife. She is almost 30 years younger.

That's awesome

I didn't know that she was doing that. Hmm

👍

Yes when i seen her in the band i couldn't help but think of the old TV show. I Live Lucy .hiw she always snuck inti his stage shows. He tells stage hand as soon asshe finished sound check turn her mic off

Not so much🤘😈🤘☠🤘😈

You and me both, and yes - still really great. 👍🏻

Me too dude

Wait until its 40 then 50 years ...youll be a rocking grandpa.

Согласен на все сто! жаль таких гигантов больше нет и вряд ли уже будет.

Великий король да

And still singing like a King

for real. No hate on Halford or Dickinson, but they always get praise due to their age(and talent too of course) but never is the King mentioned. 62 and his voice sounds better than ever. How are his falsettos so fucking clean and pure?

King's singing improved vastly when he had heart surgery and quit smoking. He himself admits this.

.... and had a kid at 61 !!!

jaketaz Abigail and Them is definitely a great place to start!

Check his other band, Mercyful Fate, extraordinary. Melissa and Dont break the oath are masterpieces.

I'm almost jealous of the wonderful journey of discovery you are about to embark upon. The vast library of King Diamond and Merciful Fate is full of memorable and iconic songs, each one a new delight and world of wonderment to discover.

Don't feel bad, man; back in the early 80s, when I was discovering metal for the first time, I couldn't get into Mercyful Fate at all because I couldn't get past the vocals! I recently, as a fan of King's solo material, finally sat down and listened to "Melissa" and "Don't Break The Oath" back to back and kicked myself for being such a dumb ass back in the day, because those albums are both brilliant and deserving of the accolades. Definitely check those out as well!

A band called Attic plays King Diamond/Merciful Fate inspired music with Black Metal lyrical concepts. They are incredible and King Diamond himself has said they are great

LOL

Conspiracy

Same opinion. My first hearing of Abigail album in -88 was mindblowing. I'm still on the same path of heavy metal and loving KD rest of my life.

💯% love King 👑 dingmund 🖤🤟. 💯% the King 👑 af metal 🌐 🖤🤟 💯% metal hilsen 🤟 fra Danmark 🇩🇰.

I think there are 2 number 1 Albums ever made THEM and ABIGAIL

There are so many so it would be extremely hard for me to pick a favorite.

yes, amazing - had i not just watched him match every fill to the T, i would have sworn it was the original studio recording

He is good, but Mikkey has more balls and power. Wish he was back with the King instead of Scorpions

Matt is a very able drummer

We all have to ...friend👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

ii ddn kral

Back up singer is King's wife, in case you didn't know. I also go for pale brunettes, so King is a lucky man, not to mention that she's half his age. Good for him!

amazing isn't it? what artists can achieve when they stop trying to live the "rockstar lifestyle"

Yup, it worked wonders!

True. I saw him live in 1990 in Milan, the band was perfect as usual, but he was having a really hard time with the vocals, and everybody could hear it.

too bad his wife has to do the vocals now as he cant

Robert Preston backing vocals

and the fact that its sounds exactly like the studio has me question how much was actually live. a lot of bands and singers his age have the the vocal tracks on DAT as a back up in case their voice starts going out

@@Just4CaliJames ...I hear you..but surely not king bro

Andy La Rock!

King Diamonds wife Livia Zita Bendix

Thx . I didnt know 👍👍🤘

Now we need MF to reunite and make a DVD too