Don't Break the Oath
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| Studio album by Mercyful Fate | ||
| Released | 1984 | |
| Recorded | 1984 | |
| Genre | Heavy metal Black metal |
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| Length | 47:30 | |
| Label | Combat Records Roadrunner Records |
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| Producer(s) | Henrik Lund | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Mercyful Fate chronology | ||
| Melissa (1983) |
Don't Break the Oath (1984) |
The Beginning (1987) |
Don't Break the Oath is Mercyful Fate's second full-length album. It was released in 1984.
The style Mercyful Fate employed on Don't Break The Oath resembled a mixture of post-Judas Priest/Iron Maiden heavy metal and early black metal, lyrically preoccupied with Satan and the occult. The album was remastered and subsequently re-issued on Roadrunner Records in 1997. This album is regarded as a milestone of the first wave of black metal.
[edit] Track listing
- "A Dangerous Meeting" – 5:10
- "Nightmare" – 6:19
- "Desecration of Souls" – 4:54
- "Night of the Unborn" – 4:59
- "The Oath" – 7:31
- "Gypsy" – 3:08
- "Welcome Princess of Hell" – 4:03
- "To One Far Away" – 1:31
- "Come to the Sabbath" – 5:19
- "Death Kiss" – 4:30
- The track "Death Kiss" is a bonus track on the remastered version of the album that was released in 1997. This is an old demo version of the track "A Dangerous Meeting".
[edit] Credits
- King Diamond - Vocals
- Hank Shermann - Guitars
- Michael Denner - Guitars
- Timi "Grabber" Hansen - Bass
- Kim Ruzz - Drums
