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King Diamond
MEMBERS:
King Diamond - Vocals
Andy LaRocque - Guitars
Mike Wead - Guitars
Hal Patino - Bass
Matt Thompson - Drums
INTERVIEWS:
Interview by kanwulf on 7 Mar 2008
BIOGRAPHY:
KING DIAMOND is back with the 2007 release, titled; Give Me Your Soul… Please
Give Me Your Soul… Please is a blistering metal “horror-opera concept album” that draws from themes from the occult and both King Diamond’s personal life, after-life experiences, as well as King Diamond’s signature dark imagination. The result is a montage of murder mysteries meets nightmare dream sequences wrapped in a proto-power-metal soundtrack. “It’s a horror murder mystery story mixed with reality from beginning to end” he describes.
“I feel this is our strongest album” admits King Diamond “It’s very theatrical and especially from a technical point of view, all the instruments and arrangements can be heard so clearly, from the demonic voices, backing vocals to the cellos, harpsichord… The vocals are clear, more intricate and less compressed. The performance from the band is also great”.
Give Me Your Soul… Please is a horror story about two children - bothers and sisters, who are viciously murdered by their father. After their death, the brother and sister become spirits, waiting to get to the other side. The powers that be wrongly accuse the little boy of committing suicide and demand he go to hell. It is up to his older sister to help her little brother to get to heaven with her. She devises a plan that will help him – to steal an innocent soul –her first victim? King Diamond…
King Diamond, the “godfather of classic power-metal”, describes the new album as the best he’s ever made, “It seems like we tried for 20 years to get a driver’s license – and now we have one!”
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