Into the Unknown (Mercyful Fate album)
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| Into the Unknown | ||||
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| File:IntoTheUnknown.jpg | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 20 August 1996 | |||
| Recorded | January–February 1996 | |||
| Studio | Dallas Sound Lab, Dallas, Texas, US | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 44:38 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | King Diamond, Tim Kimsey, Brian Slagel | |||
| Mercyful Fate chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 5/10[2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10[3] |
| Rock Hard | 9.5/10[4] |
Into the Unknown is the fifth album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released by Metal Blade Records in 1996. It is the most commercially successful Mercyful Fate album to date, peaking at No. 31 in the Finnish charts and remaining for two weeks in the Top 40.[5] It is the only album by the band to appear on the charts.
Track listing
All lyrics are 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 |
| 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. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ Filicetti, Gino (12 August 1996). "Mercyful Fate – Into the Unknown". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. 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 23 November 2016.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Mercyful Fate – Into The Unknown". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
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