Mercyful Fate to release new versions of
“Evil” and “Curse Of The Pharaohs” on iTunes!
As many of you already know, Mercyful
Fate’s Evil is featured as a playable track
on Guitar Hero: Metallica. Mercyful Fate
re-recorded these two tracks specifically for the game because the original
masters no longer exist. Now, the band is making both available to fans to
purchase on iTunes! These versions were recorded at Earplug Studio in
Copenhagen and Nomad Recording Studio in Dallas, Texas. They were both mastered
by Andy LaRocque at his Sonic Train Studio in Sweden.
King Diamond comments: “It was a
lot of fun to get a chance to re-record "Evil" and "Curse of the
Pharaohs" from our 1983 "Melissa" album. It was cool to go into
the studio and try to figure out all the various harmony vocals and see if I
could still do them. The other guys had a lot of fun with this project too, and
the whole thing turned out much better than we could have hoped for. Everyone
nailed their performances and Hank’s solos were even slightly improved.
Everything is right where it should be and with a much better sound! The
“feel” was there and all of the guys - Hank, Denner, Timi and
Bjarne are all naturals. The versions that will be up on iTunes were mastered
by Andy LaRocque and even with a 2009 sound, there’s no doubt that these
songs were recorded by Mercyful Fate!”
If you have yet to check out Guitar Hero: Metallica - make
sure you do! King Diamond himself is a playable character in the game once you
unlock the Evil track! Plus, a video of King Diamond’s
on-stage performance with Metallica at Ozzfest 2008 in
Dallas is included as a bonus feature in the game.
Evil and Curse Of The
Pharaohs will be available for fans to purchase digitally on July 14th.
A special edition picture disc vinyl single will be available on September 1st!
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