King Diamond – known to his mum as Kim Bendix Petersen – found fame and a degree of notoriety during the early 80s as frontman and lyricist with the highly influential satanic metal band Mercyful Fate ...

Billboard chatted with King Diamond about the making of "Abigail" in the late ’80s and, in honor of the album track “The 7th Day of July 1777,†gleaned seven nuggets of little ...

Hauntings, heart attacks, lawsuits and Anton LaVey – King Diamond looks back on 40 years as ... Kim Bendix Petersen was set on the path to becoming spooky satanic rock screamer King Diamond.

King Diamond admitted that he isn't interested by Ghost's poppier material, ... There are a plethora of shock rock artists that have rose to fame over the last several decades, ...

The 2015 Mayhem Festival rolled through San Bernardino, Calif. See our photos of main stage acts Slayer, King Diamond, Hellyeah and The Devil Wears Prada.

Neil Diamond: The top 10 songs from rock's King of Guilty Pleasures. As the housewives' favourite hits the UK for his 50th anniversary tour, we dig out the Diamond cuts. Graeme Ross.

Danish metal rocker King Diamond has returned with his first song in 12 years. You can listen to the track, “Masquerade of Madness,” below. “Masquerade of Madness” first caught fans ...

King Diamond announced Aug. 3 that he will perform his 1987 landmark album 'Abigail' in its entirely when he returns to the road on Oct. 29.

King Diamond: Hank had become interested in [hard rock/funk band] Mother's Finest. And that was a style he wanted to see if we could incorporate. And I said, "No way can I sing to that kind of stuff.

I was doing King Diamond at the same time as our stuff, and me and Andy LaRocque were using Marshall Valvestate 4x12s for the most part. “I’ve always loved the Boss Overdrive; it's a great pedal.

This morning, at Christie’s New York’s Magnificent Jewels sale, just minutes after a Mughal carved Colombian emerald necklace ...

Diamond King Morning scenes at Pimlico during Preakness week on May 17, 2034 WinStar in Versailles, Ky. Anne M. Eberhardt Joe Minor of JSM Equine LLC Joe Minor ...