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16 ноя 2022 : |
MERCYFUL FATE To Release Two New Songs Ahead Of Full-Length Album |
1 ноя 2022 : |
MERCYFUL FATE - High Quality Fan-Filmed Video Of Entire Los Angeles Show Streaming |
27 окт 2022 : |
Watch: MERCYFUL FATE Plays First Show With Stand-In Bassist BECKY BALDWIN |
19 сен 2022 : |
Watch Pro-Shot Video Of MERCYFUL FATE's Performance At 2022 WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival |
26 авг 2022 : |
KING DIAMOND On MERCYFUL FATE's Comeback: This Is 'Absolutely Not A Reunion' |
9 июл 2022 : |
Watch MERCYFUL FATE Perform At BARCELONA ROCK FEST |
7 июл 2022 : |
Ex-MERCYFUL FATE Guitarist MICHAEL DENNER Blasts HANK SHERMANN: 'He Broke My Heart And Stabbed Me In The Back' |
21 июн 2022 : |
Watch MERCYFUL FATE Perform New Song 'The Jackl Of Salzburg' At COPENHELL |
13 июн 2022 : |
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10 июн 2022 : |
MERCYFUL FATE - Fan-Filmed Video Of Entire Mystic Festival 2022 Show Streaming |
6 июн 2022 : |
MERCYFUL FATE Debuts Brand New Song At First Concert In 23 Years |
30 май 2022 : |
KING DIAMOND Says MERCYFUL FATE Will Play New Nine-Minute Song On Upcoming Tour: 'It's Quite A Monster' |
21 апр 2022 : |
MERCYFUL FATE Announces Spring/Summer 2022 European + U.S. Tour Dates |
11 янв 2021 : |
KING DIAMOND: MERCYFUL FATE-Era ReAction Figure Available From Super7 |
9 янв 2021 : |
MERCYFUL FATE-Era KING DIAMOND Figure Coming From Super7 |
20 окт 2020 : |
KING DIAMOND Is Hard At Work On New Albums From MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND |
28 июн 2020 : |
MERCYFUL FATE Release New Visualizer For Melissa Album Classic "Evil" |
20 июн 2020 : |
MERCYFUL FATE Release New Visualizer For "Curse Of The Pharaohs" |
7 июн 2020 : |
MERCYFUL FATE – “A Corpse Without A Soul” Visualizer Streaming |
21 май 2020 : |
MERCYFUL FATE - The Beginning, Return Of The Vampire Reissues Available In June |
8 май 2020 : |
MERCYFUL FATE - Don't Break The Oath, Melissa, Mercyful Fate Reissues Due In June |
3 май 2020 : |
HANK SHERMANN Has Written 'Six Or Seven' New Songs For MERCYFUL FATE's Next Album |
29 апр 2020 : |
KING DIAMOND Guitarist ANDY LA ROCQUE Pays Tribute To TIMI HANSEN: 'He Was A Great Guy And A Great Bass Player' |
16 апр 2020 : |
MICHAEL DENNER Reveals “No Presents For Christmas” And “Charon” Were Originally Meant For A Third MERCYFUL FATE Album |
4 дек 2019 : |
KING DIAMOND Pays Tribute To TIMI HANSEN At Atlanta Concert: 'It Is Super F**king Sad That He's Gone' |
7 ноя 2019 : |
MIKKEY DEE Pays Tribute To TIMI HANSEN: 'I'm So Sad That My Brother In Arms Passed Away' |
5 ноя 2019 : |
METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Was 'Incredibly Saddened' To Hear News Of TIMI HANSEN's Passing |
5 ноя 2019 : |
MERCYFUL FATE Bassist TIMI HANSEN Dies After Battle With Cancer |
24 сен 2019 : |
MICHAEL DENNER Has Had No Contact With KING DIAMOND And HANK SHERMANN: 'There's Nothing Really To Talk About' |
18 сен 2019 : |
MICHAEL DENNER Says He Was Not Approached To Take Part In MERCYFUL FATE Reunion |
20 мар 2019 : |
MERCYFUL FATE Guitarist HANK SHERMANN Releases 'The Bloody Theme' Solo Single |
14 дек 2018 : |
MERCYFUL FATE - Picture Disc LP Reissue Of 9 Album Streaming In Full |
8 ноя 2018 : |
MERCYFUL FATE - Picture Disc LP Reissues Of 9, Dead Again, Into The Unknown Albums Due In December |
30 янв 2017 : |
MERCYFUL FATE Honored At Denmark's STEPPEULVEN Awards |
17 сен 2016 : |
MERCYFUL FATE’s Into The Unknown, Dead Again, 9 Albums To See Vinyl Reissue |
3 дек 2015 : |
Legendary MERCYFUL FATE Guitarists MICHAEL DENNER And HANK SHERMANN: 'Satan's Tomb' Video |
30 ноя 2015 : |
KING DIAMOND On Possibility Of MERCYFUL FATE Touring - “I Wouldn’t Be Able To Say No, Because There’s Always A Chance” |
29 сен 2015 : |
HANK SHERMANN 'Would Love To' Make 'A Final, Cool Album' With MERCYFUL FATE |
27 сен 2015 : |
Legendary MERCYFUL FATE Guitarists MICHAEL DENNER And HANK SHERMANN: 'Satan's Tomb' Title Track Streaming |
19 авг 2015 : |
Legendary MERCYFUL FATE Guitarists MICHAEL DENNER And HANK SHERMANN: 'Satan's Tomb' EP Artwork, Trailer |
9 апр 2015 : |
Legendary MERCYFUL FATE Guitarists MICHAEL DENNER And HANK SHERMANN To Release 'Satan's Tomb' EP |
3 фев 2015 : |
Former MERCYFUL FATE Members HANK SHERMANN, MICHAEL DENNER Tap SNOWY SHAW For Debut Album |
2 ноя 2014 : |
MERCYFUL FATE's HANK SHERMANN And MICHAEL DENNER Celebrate 30th Anniversary Of 'Don't Break The Oath': Part Two |
15 окт 2014 : |
MERCYFUL FATE's HANK SHERMANN And MICHAEL DENNER Celebrate 30th Anniversary Of 'Don't Break The Oath': Part One |
8 сен 2014 : |
MERCYFUL FATE Guitarists MICHAEL DENNER And HANK SHERMANN Join Forces In New Project |
31 окт 2013 : |
Video: MERCYFUL FATE Guitarists Celebrate 30th Anniversary Of 'Melissa' Album |
28 окт 2013 : |
MERCYFUL FATE Guitarists Reunite To Celebrate 30th Anniversary Of 'Melissa' Album |
18 фев 2013 : |
MERCYFUL FATE's HANK SHERMANN Releases 'What Happened In 2012?' Video |
20 дек 2011 : |
MERCYFUL FATE\'s Manager Offers Recap Of Band\'s Performance At METALLICA\'s Anniversary Event |
14 мар 2009 : |
Upcoming MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND DVDs Detailed |
7 янв 2009 : |
MERCYFUL FATE: New Studio Album On The Way? |
4 июн 2007 : |
MERCYFUL FATE Collaboration ZOSER MESS To Be Re-Released |
24 ноя 2006 : |
Original MERCYFUL FATE Lineup Makes First Public Appearance In 22 Years |
22 мар 2006 : |
MERCYFUL FATE Guitarist To Record Solo Album |
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15 июл 2025
Watch: Pre-MERCYFUL FATE Band BRATS Performs Live For First Time In Nearly 45 Years
A few hours before the BRATS show, Denner's longtime MERCYFUL FATE bandmate Hank Shermann took to his social media to write: "After nearly 45 years, BRATS returns to the stage tonight at the Metal Magic festival . Playing most songs from the '1980' album with original members Yenz, Lars Monroe and Michael Denner.
"BRATS was my first band formed in spring of 1978. Yenz and Lars joined early 1979, Michael autumn 1979 and King Diamond November 1980. Quite some history.. GO GUYS, hit it hard."
Apart from the future MERCYFUL FATE guitar duo of Denner and Shermann (who called himself Hank De Wank at the time),BRATS featured singer and bass player Yenz (also known as Yenz Leonhardt or Yenz Cheyenne; born Jens Arnsted). Yenz later went on to form GEISHA and Y (together with KING DIAMOND bassist Hal Patino).
When the "1980" album was reissued in 2022, Yenz said that the BRATS were his first serious band.
"In August 1980 I was 19," he explained. "I was standing on Strøget, the main shopping street in Copenhagen. The street was packed in front of the Bristol Music Centre in Copenhagen, where we were scheduled to play an in-store gig. This was the holy place where I since childhood had purchased my vinyl collection, and now it felt like the whole city was here to celebrate our new album. Old-school punks and metalheads of the surging New Wave Of British Heavy Metal had a brief moment of unity over the release party for our new '1980' BRATS album. The newspapers and magazines were out in full force."
Soon after the release of "1980", the original BRATS band fell apart, giving birth to MERCYFUL FATE. Back then, for Yenz at first, it felt "like reaching for the universe." He said: "I remember thinking: How the hell did we get here that fast?
"We want to thank everybody who was part of this crazy ride back then, and everybody who's been appreciating this album ever since," he added.
In a 1983 interview with U.K.'s Metal Forces magazine, Shermann reflected on BRATS' early musical output while discussing MERCYFUL FATE's formation. He said at the time: "Originally, Michael Denner and myself were playing in a Danish outfit called BRATS. We recorded a track for a compilation LP entitled 'Pære Punk' which was released in 1979. It seems a little strange now that there should have been this punk / heavy metal crossover, yet at that time there was only a fine dividing line between the raw power of punk and the heavy energy of metal. People are quick to forget, but IRON MAIDEN originally came from the punk circuit. Paul Di'Anno was sporting a skinhead haircut back in those days. Then within a few months the emphasis had changed to heavy metal — all the leather studs and Di'Anno grew his hair long. Anyhow, the guys at CBS liked what we were doing and offered us an album deal."
Denner added: "Along with Hank and I — we played lead guitar and did some vocals — were a couple of other guys: Yenz was the bass guitarist and lead vocalist, and the other guy Monroe played drums and piano. We spent the early part of 1980 in the studio in Copenhagen, and laid down twelve songs which were later put out by CBS on the continent, titled '1980 Brats'. Basically, it was a heavy metal album tinged — or tainted, some might say — with a punk feel. Eight numbers were metal songs, three were punk and the other was a Russian folk song, sung in Russian by myself. That album was very useful to us in a number of respects. It gave us some very important studio experience, a good deal of exposure on TV and radio throughout Europe and through a quirk of fate brought us together with our current English manager and publicist, John Kibble."
Asked how well the BRATS album did, Denner said: "Without talking specific figures, we were selling thousands, especially in France. So much so that we were in the process of setting up a French tour when out of the blue CBS dropped us. At the time it seemed catastrophic, yet with hindsight MERCYFUL FATE would probably never have come together but for that decision. The CBS thing caused BRATS to go their separate ways; I started a new band called DANGER ZONE with [future MERCYFUL FATE bassist] Timi Grabber, while Hank joined forces with an already notorious singer named King Diamond, who had been working with a band called BLACK ROSE. DANGER ZONE wrote five numbers for a demo, and we decided to ask Hank and King to come along and work with us on the recording. The demo complete, we realized that the four of us clicked; we set about writing new material, and looking for a new name. Our ex-manager's girlfriend came up with the name MERCYFUL FATE and it stuck."
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