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King Diamond - Black Rose: 20 Years Ago-A Night of Rehearsals Audio CD

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King Diamond Band: King Diamond
Title: Black Rose: 20 Years Ago-A Night of Rehearsals
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Release Date: 2001-02-06
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Locked up in the Snow 2: Holy Mountain Lights 3: Crazy Tonight 4: Virgin 5: Kill for Fun 6: End 7: Road Life 8: Soul Overture 9: Doctor Cranium 10: Disgrace 11: I Need Blood 12: Radar Love

if you like deep purple
there are a few cool tracks on here but i just love how its a rehearsal tape from that long ago that sounds as good as it does. although the music sounds like deep purple on this release with king singing its a cool piece to add to your collection.


Mercyful Purple
I guess there's no real need to complain coz at least we got something from these guys. The only problem with unleashing a cd like this on the world is that it makes you wish the band had actually put out an album or two instead of fizzling away. Black Rose is the kind of band you throw on when you're jamming out to Black Sabbath and Deep Purple albums as opposed to King Diamond and Mercyful fate ones. Little hints of Diamond's vocals and Fate's sound are found, but not much. Diamond seems to be finding himself, shifting from his snarly vocals to a flat out Alice Cooper impersonation and just a pinch of his falsetto. The album's obviously been remastered and touched up, but seems to have the production sound of an old Deep Purple album. In between(and sometimes in the middle) of the tunes are talk between band members. . . . in Danish of course. Hardcore King fans will certainly pick this up, and some will be disappointed. Folks who aren't big on King Diamond but dig that Purple sound might find this surprisingly good. Either way it's worth the time. .


3 and 1/2 stars
Only in addition to the Prog and Early Metal influences, I also hear a little glam and post-punk as well. I agree with most of the positive reviews of this album. Like maybe the more psychedelic moments of the Damned or the Stranglers were an influence as well. Anyhow, an ear-opening experience for the King's fans.


Deep Purple with King Diamond Style Organ-Playing
Expertly remastered to hi-fi! The musicians are very good, and the music is great. This is a great raw raw recording of a practice session for King's first band in 1980. Just what I thought it would be. The baroque-esque organ really makes the transition from this band's Deep Purple influences to King Diamond's style.
King's vocals are undeveloped at this point, rarely using his falsetto. Based on musicality, he was probably the weak-link in the band, but that makes the album even more authentic. Great guitar-work.
Great original songs, very catchy. Difficult to make out the lyrics, through heavy Dannish accents, some songs might be in Dannish, so only 4 stars.
Lots of goofing around, and the sound of beer bottles being opened during the songs makes for an environmental listen.
They cover "Radar Love" by Golden Earing, and it sounds pretty sweet!.


Prog Shock from the King
Their frontman was none other than present day Metal icon King Diamond. In the late 70's there appeared a totally bizarre and depraved shock rock band in Denmark. What this disk contains is what it says. Over an hour of rehearsal time laid down on tape and surprisingly clear and professional sounding. Nothing is edited out here, so you get to hear all the between song antics within the studio. (some of which are pretty funny) Also you'll hear the band mess up and start over. The actual songs themselves are played excellently with hardly any mistakes.
If you like Merciful Fate and King Diamond but have never heard of the King's first band, you may be a bit surprised. The band's style lies somewhere between 70's style Prog rock and Heavy Metal. I hear elements of Early Judas Priest, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Early Genesis, Kansas, Yes, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and Black Sabbath. King's voice hadn't developed into the psychotic animal we know and love today. He sounded more like a a hybrid of Alice Cooper and early Rob Halford.
Also the lyrics, while dark, twisted and quite morbid (try Kill For Fun, or I Need Blood), they didn't touch on satanic themes at all. In the liner notes King talks about some of their on stage theatrics, including pig's eyes, blood, and entrails; stabbing baby dolls, setting off bombs, and other disgusting and loony things. So if you like shock rock, prog, or are a major King Diamond fan, check out Black Rose. You'll be enlightened for sure.


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