Into the Unknown (Mercyful Fate album)
For the album by Bad Religion, see Into the Unknown (Bad Religion album).
| Into the Unknown | ||||
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| Studio album by Mercyful Fate | ||||
| Released | 20 August 1996 | |||
| Recorded | January–February 1996 | |||
| Studio | Dallas Sound Lab, Dallas, TX, USA | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 44:38 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | King Diamond, Tim Kimsey, Brian Slagel | |||
| Mercyful Fate chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 5/10[2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10[3] |
| Rock Hard (GER) | 9.5/10[4] |
| Sputnikmusic | 2.5/5[5] |
Into the Unknown is the fifth album by Mercyful Fate, released by Metal Blade Records in 1996.
Into the Unknown is the most commercially successful Mercyful Fate album to date. It peaked at No. 31 in the Finnish charts, remaining for two weeks in the Top 40.[6] It is the only album by the band to appear on the charts.
Track listing
All lyrics written by King Diamond.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lucifer" | Diamond | 1:31 |
| 2. | "The Uninvited Guest" | Diamond | 4:16 |
| 3. | "The Ghost of Change" | Diamond | 5:43 |
| 4. | "Listen to the Bell" | Hank Shermann | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Fifteen Men (And a Bottle of Rum)" | Michael Denner | 5:06 |
| 6. | "Into the Unknown" | Shermann | 6:36 |
| 7. | "Under the Spell" | Diamond | 4:43 |
| 8. | "Deadtime" | Denner | 3:16 |
| 9. | "Holy Water" | Diamond | 4:33 |
| 10. | "Kutulu (The Mad Arab, Part 2)" | Shermann | 5:19 |
| Japanese release bonus track | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 11. | "The Ripper" (Judas Priest cover) | Glenn Tipton | 2:53 |
Personnel
- Mercyful Fate
- King Diamond - vocals, keyboards, producer, mixing
- Hank Shermann - guitars, mixing
- Michael Denner - guitars
- Sharlee D'Angelo - bass
- Bjarne T. Holm - drums
- Production
- Tim Kimsey - producer, engineer, mixing
- Troy Scheer - assistant engineer
- Howie Weinberg - mastering at Masterdisk, New York
- Brian Slagel - executive producer
References
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mercyful Fate - Into the Unknown review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
- ↑ Filicetti, Gino (12 August 1996). "Mercyful Fate - Into the Unknown". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ↑ Kühnemund, Götz (1996). "Dynamit: Mercyful Fate- Into the Unknown". Rock Hard (in German). No. 112. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
- ↑ Nash, J. "Mercyful Fate - Into the Unknown". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Mercyful Fate - Into The Unknown". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
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