NewsJanuary 24, 2025 7:55 AM ET1,361 views

Mercyful Fate demoing new album

Mercyful Fate

It looks like Mercyful Fate's new album is currently in the demo phase. Bassist Becky Baldwin confirmed the news during an interview with The Metal Voice.

Baldwin said the following about the group's plans:

So, it's in the kind of demoing process at the moment. Instrumentally, it's mostly there. And so the next step is for King [Diamond] to work on it, but King also needs to put out the King Diamond album this year, hopefully.

So [the King Diamond album] should be this year and then he'll do a European tour. And then it's Mercyful Fate time. So it's kind of like, yeah, there's an order that things need to happen.

So, hopefully this year we'll be able to start on finishing the [Mercyful Fate] album, like finishing it in terms of lyrics. 'The Jackal Of Salzburg', that [new Mercyful Fate] song has already been performed live. That's gonna be on the album. King has done some really amazing things with the demo version that he's been working on. And then, yeah, towards the end of the year, probably [Mercyful Fate will release] some singles hopefully. Or if not, then next year.

She continued when asked about song titles and lyrics:

I'm not gonna give anything away. I don't feel qualified to divulge that kind of information. I haven't been told what I am and I'm not allowed to say. There's songs with names, there's concepts. I'm not going to sing you a little riff, but there are riffs. There are riffs. 

[via Blabbermouth]




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