I bought the album when I was 16 (LP) 40 years later...and I'm 56 now. My father said at the time: Sounds like a cat crying. )) But I was aware then, just as I am now, that these musicians are geniuses in their field. ★★★★★

It is impossible for a person who has never heard Mercyful Fate to not be impressed upon hearing it for the first time. I believe it happened to everyone. Amazing guitars, I love them.

Rest in peace, timi Hansen ( 1959- 2019)

One of the greatest Metal albums of all time. Masterpiece!!! \m/

I Bought This Excellent Album In 1984 When I Was 17 Years Old!...🤘

The best album cover in metal history.

Got my hands on this pearl in late 1984 when I just had turned 14. One of the best 5-10 metal albums of all time. Perfect in every way.

I can remember when I first bought this album,the eyes lookin' right at me and the finger pointing right to my soul.When I heard King's voice,I was immediately hooked.This album is totally Sic!!! All Hail Mercyful Fate.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST METAL ALBUMS, AND KING DIAMOND, ONE OF THE BEST SINGERS IN THE METAL HISTORY!!!!!

Nothing Compares to this Era of Mercyful Fate!!!!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘

1984. What a year in METAL. I'm proud of my musical tastes as a 15 to 16 year-old young man!

King Diamond one of the most under rated singers in metal period no one in any genre can sing like him or in his vocal range.

If you're talking about Speed Metal, Progressive Metal or Doom/Death Metal, this album is essential. Mercyful Fate were at their peak on the record. Timi's bass playing is off the hook, the dual guitars are masterful, the drumming is top-notch and King's vocals are insanely good. Sadly, no one makes records like this anymore. Thankfully we have this masterpiece to enjoy for years to come. RIP Timi

One of the best albums which should be listened before you die.

To Me, The Best Mercyful Fate Album, Also The Best performance of one of my greatest Bass Heroes, Timi "Grabber" Hansen. Thanks for All your influence and awesome Bass Lines. R.I.P Timi Hansen.

If black sabbath is the father of black metal, mercyful fate is a talented son whose podium and this album is a gem. Guitars full of purity and king diamond an outstanding one. until today.

I discoved this gem of a record when I was 11yrs old ..because it was the cheapest album in the store and it's all I could afford with my allowance..glad that I did

Timi , Timi - you are a great bass player and continue to be in this music . RIP

I was 76 when my grandson brought this piece of devil worshiping garbage into my home. And it's still a portal to hell. I'll forever miss my devil-worshipping grandson we forbid him from coming over anymore in the summers after that.

As far as heavy music goes, this album has everything I could possibly ask for and more. Masterful arrangements, guitar riffs, overall musicianship, vocals, vibe, sound, imagery... elite level, original music.

120k views in 2 years is not even remotely enough attention for this ungodly masterpiece of metal 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

very unique voice nobody sounds like him he is an original singer, it is very melancholy sounding puts you in a delirium state, I am a HEAVY METAL FREAK I love ppl who are artsy they make the world an interesting place, he sounds like a ghost, I guess that is what KING DIAMOND intended on he is a crazy artist like all the rest. we need ppl to take on the darkness we can not ignore it, we must face it?

If I could only bring one metal album to a deserted island, it would probably be this one. Perfection from start to finish.

That intro riff to descration of souls is really something else🔥

Yeah this is definitely in the top 5 best albums of all time.

30 years later 'Welcome Princes' is still being haunted by that misprinting of the title.

There's a presence on this album. A masterpiece!!!

Awesome vocals.Excellent guitars.Great songs.Wonderful album.Marvelous band.

Makes you proud to be Danish listening to this

No band will ever come close to this type of genre. This is the one that all others bow down to. Iam with everyone else thee Master piece.

First heard this in 1985...A Molten Metal Classic... These are top notch musicians here no matter if you disregard the vocal style or not

this album changed my life. period.

I Just want to say, I grew up listening to this album. LONG time ago. I will listen to, until the day I die...

Every track on this album is a banger. Infinity/10 rating. That's how perfect this burning hot, red jewel of an album is. I just want to burn in flames like the album cover.

What an astonishing album! And to think this was released in 1984 ... it wasn't so much ahead of its time as it was defining the times to come.

Not sure if people hold the same opinion as me but across Rock and Metal music, This album is a masterclass in songwriting. The Complex arrangements blew my mind as a young musician. EVERYTHING on this album is good 10/10 After seeing them live in 1994 was a fan for life!!!

The satanic masterpiece of mercyful fate! Wonderful vibe, killer solos and King at his prime!

My only regret in life is missing out on seeing MF live last year when I was struggling with an addiction to crack. I’m 2 months clean now and looking forward to concerts next month. I miss my metal family 😈🤘🏻

Love Michael Denner's wah inflected mournful, almost oboe sounding leads. He's like a dark version of Michael Schenker. You always know when he's playing..

Melissa is Cult but Don't break the oath is so Masterpiece!!!Perfect🤘

Merycful Fate in its own league with tempo changes and emotional intensity

I love Mercyful Fate whit the era whit Michael Denner he is a Master ir the guitarrs. Ídol Michael Denner.

Nightmare is the epitome of metal.

My second tattoo was this album cover. I can remember first hearing the combo of King's vocals with the awesome guitars, still is so awesome.

All killer no filler that's the shit right there

My favorite Mercyful Fate album!! So Epic!!🤘🤘

This is an absolute metal masterpiece and I never knew about MF or King until around the late 90's and I was a complete metal head in the 70's and 80's or so I thought. The arrangements, the vocals are just magnificent, everything is happening on this one.

My #1 of all time

Should have 10 million likes. This band and album was one of the best of the 80's

This is a masterpiece :) Greetings to all, from old metalhead from Croatia.

The production is perfect on this. It's heavy, but still crisp and clear, like Ride the Lightning or Powerslave.

Still have my cassette on Combat Records I bought in 84'.

Uno. De. Los. Mejores. Álbum. De. Metal. Con. Sus. Toques. De. Una. Batería. Sincopada

This was the first album I heard from them and since then I love it!

19:52 10 incredible guitar solos with 10 different time changes !!

Mercyful Fate - ''Don't Break the Oath'' - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Don't Break the Oath MercyfulFateDBTO.jpg Studio album by Mercyful Fate Released 7 September 1984 Recorded May 1984 Studio Easy Sound Recording, Copenhagen, Denmark Genre Heavy metal Length 47:30 Label Roadrunner Producer Henrik Lund Don't Break the Oath is the second studio album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released in 1984. The style Mercyful Fate employed on ''Don't Break the Oath'' resembled a mixture of heavy metal with progressive elements, lyrically preoccupied with Satan and the occult and distinguished by King Diamond's theatrical falsetto vocals. Although very influential to future black metal bands due to its lyrical content, the music itself is more reminiscent of traditional heavy metal. The album was remastered and subsequently re-issued on Roadrunner Records in 1997. This reissue came with the bonus track "Death Kiss (Demo)", which would eventually evolve into the album's lead-off track, "A Dangerous Meeting". Metal Rules named this the greatest extreme metal album of all time. Track listing All lyrics are written by King Diamond. Side one No. Title Music Length 1. "A Dangerous Meeting" Hank Shermann 5:10 2. "Nightmare" Shermann 6:20 3. "Desecration of Souls" Shermann, Michael Denner 4:54 4. "Night of the Unborn" Shermann 4:59 Side two No. Title Music Length 5. "The Oath" Diamond 7:31 6. "Gypsy" Denner, Diamond 3:08 7. "Welcome Princess of Hell[4]" Shermann 4:03 8. "To One Far Away" Denner, Diamond 1:31 9. "Come to the Sabbath" Diamond 5:19 1997 re-release bonus track No. Title Length 10. "Death Kiss" (demo) 4:30 Personnel Mercyful Fate King Diamond - vocals, keyboards, harpsichord Hank Shermann - guitars Michael Denner - guitars Timi Hansen - bass Kim Ruzz - drums Benny Petersen - guitar (on track 10)

This album cover is the best, plus the music is the bestest. There are no fillers on this one the whole album is top line material sad that they don't get more praise for All that they have done ✅☠️💀👂

The best fucking album ever recorded.

This great Metal should be played loud and all the time, Thanks Kim for your awsome vocals and Rock N Peace Timi Hansen 👁🖤🤘

Welcome Princess of Hell is probably my favorite track from DBTO

One of the best albums ever heard. Incredible from the first track to the last!

The writing, singing and musicianship on this album is for me truly a masterpiece! Amazing show as well Montreal 2023. Excellent live performance!!!

A legendary classick. Hail to the KING!

Long Live the KING!!!

I remember buying this on vinyl at a flea market in the dollar bin around 2008… such a score never had heard of the em before that.

Amen my friend when I was 16 played it in his Nova in an old Clarion cassette deck and I've rediscovered it and it's jamming right now rock on Defenders of the faith

Thank God for this music!!!

THE best metal album ever recorded!!

All Hail " Mercyful Fate"

The greatest band of all time.

To One far away ,so POWERFULL ,LONG LIVE METAL !!🤘🇵🇷🤘GREETINGS FROM PUERTO RICO!!!!!

1:12 It's like you are in the Depths of Hell and Satan is growling! Every song was Perfect on this album.

Love this album, an essential masterpiece in Metal.

By the symbols of the Creator, I swear henceforth to be a faithful servant of his most puissant archangel, The Prince Lucifer, whom the Creator designated as his Regent and Lord of this World. Amen. Hell yeah!🤘

This was my first taste of MF...or so I thought...this cassette I bought brand new in 1989 actually had Slayer's Hell Awaits album on it somehow. I'd never heard Slayer yet at that time either so I went a while thinking I was listening to MF when I was actually hearing Slayer. Needless to say I discovered 2 bands in 1 and love them both, thank you Metal Blade!

My desert island album. My one and only.

Had to go hunting down a physical copy of this album in 2007 and now here it is on youtube for free. Oh how times change.

Rock in roll baby RIP Tim Hansen. The rock n roll God's shall bless you 🙏 🙌

I am bummed that I have severe agoraphobia, it would be a damn dream to see Mercyful Fate on their current tour, luckily I saw King Diamond in 2004 before my issues were severe. One of my favorite singers, completely underrated for sure, responsible for some of the best bands to come later.

the Hank Shermann/Michael Denner solos are out of this world

" You are only Living on Borrowed Time!!!"

I have changed my mind 100 times over the last almost 40 years but Desecration of Souls is fav track

The best album of all times

Beautiful beyond comprehension! Every detail, every tiny fragment of sound is written and executed with such passion and commitment that it becomes something that transcends and morphs into an entity

🤘Awesome Masterpiece of Heavy Metal🤘Mercyful Fate🤘

Still kicks ass after all these years.

Night of the Unborn has gotta be one of the best songs of all time Also Gypsy

This album is a masterpiece

Everybody feels the shame is THE BEST METAL ALBUM TO DATE !!!!!!

Aside from everything else being tight af on this album, the engineering/mix is quite excellent for it's time

One of the best prog-melal album: MF - one of the founders of genre! ;)

Hail to Mr Diamond vocals!!! simply amazing, astonishing album...

Classic album.

After years of delving into metal, experimental, noise, power electronics, etc, this is still something that ages perfectly in a sea of forgettable rock music

Golden Years of Metal!

All Hail Michael Denner and Hank Shermann!!

This album envokes a feeling of high energy within me! Fuck yeah!!!

This was the first album I heard from Mercyful Faith. Since then, I like this band

Альбом безумно великолепен!!!песни клёвые🔥🖤🖤🖤🔥👹👍👍музыка убойно очень здорово🤘🤘🤘

Is it weird that I detect a different playing style between these masters, and the style of American metal gods? Not at all judging-- this is my absolute FAVORITE album from MF-- I'm just saying, after 40 years of listening to it fairly often, it seems like musicians from 'over there' just... sound different. Awesome, just different. Anyone else?