In the annals of rock history, the riffs on the album Melissa are underrated to the point of of idiocy. I would say the album is equal to (or even surpasses) other instantly recognizable classics by Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and others of their ilk. Thanks for your contribution to rock and metal guys, you have brought many years of enjoyment to many people!

I put Denner and Shermann on the same level as KK Downing/Glen Tipton and Dave Murray/Adrien Smith. Iconic riffs and soloing from a guitar duo who complete two sides of the same coin.

BRING DENNER BACK 2020!!!! NO MERCYFUL FATE REUNION WITHOUT DENNER

Here we see proof that Michael Denner is the essence of Mercyful Fate his tone is so upfront and maintaining the groove and style so cool cool!

Look at the smiles on their faces while playing the songs, it's beautiful. I love the Melissa album, it changed my life in ways i could have never imagined. The world needs more Mercyful Fate.

32 years later and Melissa is indeed still with us

The beginning of "Into the Coven" has to be one of the most sublime pieces of music ever. These two are up there in the pantheon of greats.

Hearing them do Into the Coven was just fucking gorgeous. I felt tears swell up. Brilliant🔥🔥🔥

These guys had the tightest sound of a guitar duo, one of the best I have ever heard. Severely underrated guitarists that deserve praise!! When you go back and listen again, it's simply amazing how technical they were with the rhythms and their leads, all layered so beautifully to perfection.

Whenever I pick up my Gibson Flying V, Mercyful Fate riffs magically appear from it! Denner is a riff master!!!

These guys and Andy Larocque are the best guitarists that ever lived

Get Denner back in Mercyful Fate before it's too late and rerecored Black Masses for a new album!

Glenn Tipton/KK Downing and Hank Shermann/Michael Denner best guitar duos

A man has to be a genius so he can make a song like Satan's Fall.

Michael and Hank still have the best synergy of all guitar duos. Even after all those years it is still there. They complement each other perfectly. Their combined sound is so full that words simply can't describe it. Even in this impromptu take they sound so perfect.

Hank Shermann guitar = hell fire Michael Denner guitar = black magic together = perfect union I believe there are some musicians who are destined to play together, so the great peaces of music could be created. By my opinion you two are such musicians. Not many people (if any) were able to create such atmosphere in their music as you did.

Ben, No matter what Amps we use, it always turns out about the same! Sound is in the fingers. We normally uses Marshall with EL34, but to loud in an apartment :-)

Denners playing of the intro to Melissa is epic , after all these years he's still flawless Bravo!!

Two of my favorite guitarists of all time...Underrated is a mind numbing understatement

Two of my favorites Guitar Gods! Thanks all of you guys!

Listening to these two playing and talking like this is a real treat. They have some great history together, in Mercyful Fate, Danger Zone and Brats. One of the best guitar duos for sure!

Still some of the greatest melodic soloing of the 80's ... Immortal classics that never get old !!

I imagine that Mercyful Fate won't be touring this summer due to the coronavirus situation. You fellas should use the spare time to make friends with Michael Denner. It wouldn't be a Mercyful Fate reunion without him!

"At the Sound of the Demon Bell" is so goddamn genius. Some of the best riffs since Sabbath. An underrated song, I would say.

Satan´s fall and black funeral, my favourite songs from Mercyful Fate! Hey Hank, cheers from Brazil!

These ribs are f****** legendary that intro to Melissa is so f****** clean

I am very grateful to Shermann and Denner for helping me with his guitar riffs. Mercyful Fate is my main musical influences. And I hope that in the near future the band again reunite and record a new album. Cheers from Brazil!!!

What a total eargasm! There simply has to be a Mercyful Fate reunion!!!!!!!!!

Yes we did a version of Zeps Immigrant Song, actually sounded pretty good, but was left out, good decision I think! We used 2 inch tapes at the time, and recorded over the Immigrant Song to save tape! Crazy but no studio version avail. There might be a reheasal room version, but we keep it Vaultet :-) / Hank

Two seriously good guitarists and criminally underrated.

Two, old school metal masters!

Still metal AF after all these years. I think they are the best 1-2 punch in metal history. Thanks for everything Boys. I was always affraid of listening to Melissa bc i thought my stereo might rust, thats how f*cking metal that album is.

My favorite guitarists! Many nights were devoted to listening this and The Oath in the early 80s,many beers and and joints as well...

This is the greatest thing I've ever seen on KZfaq !!!!

Heavy metal is having its best moment in years but... we need more Mercyful Fate! It's time to return!

Awesome watching and listening to you Hank and Michael!! Appreciate you guys and your time. Great hearing you guys play those tunes that seem as magical now as they were back in the 80s, some damn good times! It's almost impossible to find raw metal with such tempo and time changes weaved so brilliantly. Melissa and Don't Break the Oath are impossible to beat, to do two masterpieces back to back testifies of the treasure Mercyful Fate had laid up in store.

I bought "melissa" The year it was released. I was 14 I think? Now I am 44 and I still hear those songs with the same enthusiasm. Definitely one of the best albums in the history of music. Thank you guys!

This video melts my fuckin face right off!

Evil yet emotional. Best kind of riffs :)

Amazing, beautiful sounds of children of the dark. " King, you can come out to play now. Your friends are waiting".

Hank and Michael have always been a great guitar duo and rather under appreciated, in my opinion. Melissa has been a personal favorite of mine for many years. Thanks for the music and the video, guys.

over 30 years I'm old and it still is better than most bands of today. my view

A top 10 all-time greatest metal album list would never be complete without this one on there. Such a monster of greatness.

So amazing to see Hank and Denner playing together the eternal songs of Melissa's album!

King and Mercy full have been around for a long time. I'm 42 and just recently decides to give them a listen. Recently like 4 years ago 😁. Musically I was hooked. These dudes could jam. Drums are great. Bass is cool. But these two guys work together and just straight up OLD SCHOOL JAM. Hell yea!

THESE RIFFS ARE MEMORABLE IN ROCK HISTORY! THANK YOU MICHAEL, THANK YOU HANK

Every note is legendary, both on record and when played live by these two.

Wow, this is so great!! Thanks for putting this up, Hank! I can "hear" King, Timi, and Kim along with the guitars! Getting tears in my eyes! (lol) \m/ Be great to hear the Oath as well!

Ustedes dos me inspiraron a tocar la guitarra. Los solos de Melissa, Satan Fall, Into the coven y Come to the sabbath contienen patrones melódicos que fueron mis bases para formar mi estilo como guitarrista. Hoy los escucho a Uds dos juntos y me emocionan como el primer dia! Muy Agradecido! Javier Silva desde Argentina.

KING, YOU AND MICHAEL ARE THE REASON I LOVE THE HEAVY METAL. GREETINGS FROM ARGENTINA

I've learned all riffs of Don't Break The Oath, mow we're going to Melissa. Thank you guys, you're an inspiration for many of us. Mercyful Fate for ever

Some of the sickest riffs EVER. love it!

Two of the GREATEST guitarists & songwriters ever. I admire their playing so much, HUGE influence on my guitar playing🤘 Thank you for such amazing Haunting, Timeless music!!!

An important Metal album...way ahead of it's time

This album is loaded with killer riffs!🤘

You guys are THE MOST UNIQUE BAND OF ALL TIME. There's no band that could ever be as original as Mercyful Fate. This is a once in a lifetime sound that could never and WILL NEVER be duplicated. The first MF song I ever heard was Doomed and when that chorus came up, "no way..." that was it for me. I became an advocate and full time promoter making sure every ear heard by making at least 1000 cassette tapes with Doomed and Evil and passed them out at concerts and party's. I know people were giving them to their friends because a few months after I started giving the samples away I was at a house party and some young kid pulls out blue labeled maxell tape (mine) and says "you guys gotta hear this". The look on peoples faces that never heard MF was priceless. GREAT BAND!!

I only got to see Fate live once. One of my favorite bands of all time. I saw Exciter and Fate open for Motorhead. A huge influence on my own playing with Nokturnel. Eternally grateful for the music of Mercyful Fate, Loved this video!

Thanks for being around in the early 80's when I was a young teenager. I had a band I could hear and enjoy when others had the GLAM rock. Back in school it was nice to draw your logo on my text book covers (brown paper back) the teachers made us use. AND finally it was MF that made me want to play metal! Thanks to you and all that is Mercyful Fate!

Just found this video. This was the epitome of metal for me. Nothing has come close to this sound. These two still give me goosebumps. 🤘

Wow, you guys are giant influenses on how I play. Mellissa is one of the first chord progressions I learned as a beginner back in the 80s. I just cant express how much respect I have for you both as musicians.

So awesome!!! Really, goosebumps all over body when I heard Melissa's solo! THANK you guys for this PRESENT!!! We want more of you together!

Yes my friends. Here we have it now. Riff-Mania in its best form. Absolutely breathtaking. I bought the album 1983 and I'm glad to have all official releases of the 80s. Into the Coven is the bringer of this session. Fabulous.

Total classics and two of metal's finest and tastiest craftsmen.

I could listen to these two all day. Fan of this since maybe '85.

We might do future full lenghts plays :-)

Man I still remember listening to this album for the first time and just sat there mezmerised through the whole thing. 30 years later it still gives me chills when I hear it. You guys are responsible for so many memories of mine, thank you for making such GREAT music.

I could just sit here all day and listen to these guys riff. What an incredible sound.

These guys come from the deepest darkest dungeon in a castle that know one knows it's location. This dungeon has a secret door that opens up to the galaxies. Where wizards and warlocks bless them. Where the God's roam. They grace us with their presence once in a while...

Melissa was always my favorite fate album. When they started Coven I was filled with joy and laughed uncontrollably like I was 16 again. Thank you guys SO much for the history and for doing this! p.s Kim Ruzz was just perfect. 30 years ago we didn't use our real names on computer and 2 of my "handles" were Hank Sherman and Michael Denner. I STILL get mail addressed to Hank Sherman lol.

Damn I was 13 when this came out. I made my mom listen to this. She said the guitars are awesome. Mom you are the coolest

My favourite album of all time! Loved the dualing solos these guys produced through the early 80s. When Michael starts soloing 'that' Mercyful Fate sound pops right out! Awesome job guys.

Incredible! I play in a Mercyful Fate tribute band, you guys and your music are legendary. Thank you for this!

Even now , just listening to it sounds & grabs me like it did the first time I heard it & got hooked !

Uma baita dupla de guitarristas que dificilmente verei novamente!

Thank you fellows so so much. last night I get a dreaded phone call that my mom fell and broke her hip she's in New Jersey I'm in California and I can't go to New Jersey without quarantine for 14 days so I'm kind of f*****. however this really made my day and picked up my spirits thank you thank you thank you fellows so much You have no idea how much I needed this. 🤓😷

You guys still sound awesome together!! Thanks for this!! I was a really big fan of Melissa ena Don't break the oath

I’ve heard these songs so often I can hear king diamond singing and the drums in my mind while these guys play

Pure greatness, Mercyful Fate need reunion and we fans need you on the scene again. Must say that Melissa and Dont break the oath are in my top of greatest records everrrr!!!

Thank you guys for doing this. And a huge thanks for all the great music through the years. Mercyful Fate is timeless and I will listen to it till my dying day.

Greetings from Guatemala, you guys are definitely heavy metal hereos!!

KZfaq justifies its existence for this video right here.

Undeniable, one of the best guitar duos in metal! And truly riffmasters! Don't forgeting the amazing solos. Thanks Mercyful Fate!

Thanks for all the memories Hank and Mike you were an isparation to all the great metal bands and beyond, wickedly awesome!!!

I got goosebumps after hearing the first few notes. Inspiring. I'm sure I'm not alone.

Pure rock sound, thank you guys for this music, thank you for sharring in the internet.

This video is just so awesome. .I remember seeing mercyful fate at Mississippi nights in St . Louis Missouri..my first true metal concert/ I guess 92 or 93..and the first thing I remember was seeing was your amps and the first power cords coming out of em..bone crushing sounds. I still remember the show like it was yesterday. I still wish I can relive that night..

Brilliant - they're obviously having fun playing this stuff. I'd love to see a full reunion tour. BTW it was Thin Lizzy who pioneered the twin guitar thing in rock riffs back in the 70's before Priest or Maiden.

all respect to riff and solo masters to metal music! thanks for you talent!

Bought this album in 1993 and I'm still not tired of it. Great video thanx for posting

i most say this was a great thing to see the two of u siting there and sharing with us your 30.... im hiting 45 now but man was your music a big almost an only influance on me as a young lad and later on ... i remember all of theses just like it was then thanks guys

Holy fucking shit!! So good to hear those riffs played live again, even if only for a few moments...monumental album, took the Sabbath and Priest torch and burned it newer and brighter..so EPIC...so many sick stories of my life with this album as the soundtrack... love to you good brothers Hank and Michael!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grandi artisti ,e competenti , shermann, Denner grande coppia ,un abbraccio .

I have the mercyful fate the beginning album signed by all but Michael Denner who refused to sign it in Columbus Ohio stating that I would sell it and make a profit. Guess what 20 years later I still have it. It is a treasure to me that I will carry to the grave. Love Mercyful Fate thanks you for all the years of influence to me

These guys are going for the kill and looked so relaxed! Love their style!

I never heard drums sound better on any other album by anyone then they sounded on the Melissa Album. Just perfect, and the drummer was brilliant

melissa is beautiful album.... it captured my soul for many year... howl like a wolf and a witch will open the door.... FUCK I LOVE THIS BAND AND KING DIAMOND....

Melissa is the only LP I have worn out twice. So many years after, so many great new bands, this one and DBTO are still my favourite albums. Met Michael Denner in his record shop along with my son. Bought the first MF EP and he kindly signed it. We had a pleasant conversation and when we came back out on the street, my son commented that I had tears in my eyes. Well, people have their guitar heroes, such as Hendrix, Blackmore, Satriani, Malmsteen and others. Well, mine are Denner and Shermann, and meeting Mr. Denner in person was a profoundly moving experience. Please reunite MF.

Brings back so many memories

Awesome!!! My earliest metal memories are with you two.

Estos tíos son verdaderos veteranos del metal, unos genios! El album es una obra maestra.