Dead Again is the sixth studio album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released on 9 June 1998 through Metal Blade Records. It marks the first album from Mercyful Fate that Michael Denner is not present on. It also marked a new era for the band, as the production is more muddy and raw, and the guitar tone is more distorted than on the three previous albums. In addition, the album introduced a more complex and arguably progressive sound to several of its tracks.
| Dead Again | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cover art by Kristian Wåhlin | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 9 June 1998 | |||
| Recorded | October–November 1997 | |||
| Studio | Nomad Recording Studio, Carrollton, Texas, U.S. | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 58:45 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | Sterling Winfield and Mercyful Fate | |||
| Mercyful Fate chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[2] |
| Rock Hard | 8.5/10[3] |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.1/5[4] |
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by King Diamond
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Torture (1629)" | Hank Shermann | 5:03 |
| 2. | "The Night" | Shermann | 5:51 |
| 3. | "Since Forever" | Diamond | 4:39 |
| 4. | "The Lady Who Cries" | Diamond | 4:18 |
| 5. | "Banshee" | Diamond | 4:47 |
| 6. | "Mandrake" | Shermann | 6:06 |
| 7. | "Sucking your Blood" | Diamond | 4:22 |
| 8. | "Dead Again" | Shermann | 13:41 |
| 9. | "Fear" | Diamond | 4:16 |
| 10. | "Crossroads" | Sharlee D'Angelo | 5:42 |
Personnel
editMercyful Fate
- King Diamond – vocals
- Hank Shermann – guitars
- Mike Wead – guitars
- Sharlee D'Angelo – bass
- Bjarne T. Holm – drums
Production
- King Diamond – mixing, mastering
- Sterling Winfield – production, engineering, mixing
- Kol Marshall – engineering
- Chris Estes – assistant engineering
References
edit- ^ Anderson, Jason. "Mercyful Fate – Dead Again review". AllMusic. 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.
- ^ Schäfer, Wolfgang (1998). "Dynamit: Mercyful Fate- Dead Again". Rock Hard (in German). No. 133. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ Nash, J. "Mercyful Fate – Dead Again". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 23 November 2016.