1986 Debut Studio Album on Orange Vinyl LP!
Released in 1986, Fatal Portrait is the debut King Diamond album, unusually not a concept album, although five of the songs link to form a short ghost story, a theme that would be returned to again and again over subsequent releases. Whereas King's previous band, Mercyful Fate, was overtly satanic and occult, the King Diamond material was more fantastical and conceptual, though still with dark themes throughout.
When King's original band, Mercyful Fate, split up, having released two genre defining masterpieces, Melissa and Don't Break the Oath, he formed King Diamond along with guitarist Michael Denner and and bassist Timi Hansen The lineup on Fatal Portrait was completed by guitar virtuoso Andy La Roque and drummer Mikkey Dee, who later joined Motorhead.
Features
- Orange Vinyl
Selections
- The Candle
- The Jonah
- The Portrait
- Dressed in White
- Charon
- Lurking in the Dark
- Halloween
- Voices from the Past
- Haunted