The Graveyard
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| Studio album by King Diamond | ||
| Released | September 30 1996 | |
| Recorded | March-May 1996 | |
| Genre | Heavy metal | |
| Length | 61:11 | |
| Label | Massacre Records | |
| Producer(s) | King Diamond | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| King Diamond chronology | ||
| The Spider's Lullabye (1995) |
The Graveyard (1996) |
Voodoo (1998) |
The Graveyard is a concept album by King Diamond released in 1996. This was also the first album by King Diamond to be featured on the Massacre Records label.
In this story, King's character is an employee for a crooked, perverted and immoral mayor, Mayor McKenzie. One night, King's character happens to walk in on his boss molesting his daughter, Lucy. King doesn't keep quiet about this, but the Mayor testifies that King is insane and has him locked up in Black Hill Sanitarium. After years of being there, King sees his chance to escape and takes it. Now mentally destroyed, King runs off to the local graveyard to hide from the police. Plotting his revenge against Mayor McKenzie, and killing people who pass through the graveyard at night, King is obsessed with a rumor that if you die in a graveyard and lose your head, your soul does not escape, and it lives forever in your head. With that thought in the back of his mind, He kidnaps Lucy McKenzie, The Mayor's daughter and calls the mayor out to the graveyard for the two of them to play a game. This story is one of revenge, subtle paranormal activity, and insanity.
[edit] Track listing
- "The Graveyard" – 1:22
- "Black Hill Sanitarium" – 4:28
- "Waiting" – 4:26
- "Heads on the Wall" – 6:20
- "Whispers" – 0:31
- "I'm Not a Stranger" – 4:03
- "Digging Graves" – 6:55
- "Meet Me at Midnight" – 4:46
- "Sleep Tight Little Baby" – 5:38
- "Daddy" – 3:22
- "Trick or Treat" – 5:09
- "Up from the Grave" – 3:18
- "I Am" – 5:50
- "Lucy Forever" – 4:56
[edit] Credits
- King Diamond - All Vocals, Keyboards
- Andy LaRocque - Guitars
- Herb Simonsen - Guitars
- Chris Estes - Bass
- Darrin Anthony - Drums
