Mercyful Fate recently announced they have officially recruited bassist Becky Baldwin as a permanent member, making her the first woman to hold the position in the band's history. Just months ago ...

Had the band not been talented, the devilish schtick would have fallen flat on its corpse-painted face. But Mercyful Fate played exceptionally strong and memorable metal music, punctuated by King ...

I was wondering if there was a theme, historical or otherwise, with the new Mercyful Fate material that's along the lines of your own band's typically concept and story-driven albums? King Diamond ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...