The saga of latest King Diamond and Mercyful Destiny continues! Mercyful Destiny has been engaged on a new album since 2020 in tandem with frontman King Diamond engaged on his personal solo data, and it appears they’re nonetheless within the demoing course of. In response to Mercyful Destiny bassist Becky Baldwin in an interview with The Steel Voice, the brand new King Diamond report is within the works this yr after which 2026 would be the time for brand new Mercyful Destiny.
“So, it is within the form of demoing course of in the mean time. Instrumentally, it is largely there,” stated Baldwin. “And so the subsequent step is for King to work on it, however King additionally must put out the King Diamond album this yr, hopefully. So [the King Diamond album] ought to be this yr after which he’ll do a European tour, after which it is Mercyful Destiny time. So it is form of like, yeah, there’s an order that issues have to occur. So, hopefully this yr we’ll be capable of begin on ending the album, like ending it when it comes to lyrics.
“‘The Jackal Of Salzburg’, that music has already been carried out dwell. That is gonna be on the album. King has achieved some actually wonderful issues with the demo model that he is been engaged on. After which, yeah, in direction of the top of the yr, in all probability [Mercyful Fate will release] some singles hopefully. Or if not, then subsequent yr.”
The brand new Mercyful Destiny report would be the band’s first since 9 in 1999. Mercyful Destiny in 2025 is at the moment King Diamond alongside guitarists Hank Shermann and Mike Wead, bassist Becky Baldwin who joined in 2024, and drummer Bjarne T. Holm. As Baldwin famous, as far as we have heard is the brand new single “The Jackal Of Salzberg” in a dwell setting. Mercyful Destiny returned to the stage in 2022 for the primary time since 1999 for a full tour, after which performed two exhibits in 2024 – Summer season Breeze Brazil 2024 after which a present on the Movistar Enviornment in Santiago, Chile.
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