In recent years, King Diamond (the singer) has performed with King Diamond (the band) as well as with Mercyful Fate. And now, ...

Over the weekend, there was a dramatic war of words between King Diamond and bassist Hal Patino. The longtime bassist parted ways with King Diamond's band last week, but why is Patino gone? That ...

Heavy metal has its fair share of characters but King Diamond stands out even amongst the most colorful and remarkable musicians. As the iconic frontman of Mercyful Fate and the namesake for the band ...

It was early in 1983 when I flew to Copenhagen to discover who King Diamond really was. The King – real name Kim Bendix Petersen – was fronting one of the hottest young underground metal bands on the ...

King Diamond was the latest guest on Full Metal Jackie's weekend radio show, giving fans an update on both of his bands - Mercyful Fate and King Diamond. It's been a big year for the musician, with ...

It's been a drama-filled weekend for King Diamond. As the King prepares to hit the road for touring all over the world, including over a month of North American dates but he has a bit of a problem ...

For a while now, we’ve known that King Diamond has been working on a new album. The Danish vocalist said as much as far back as 2021, revealing that both his band and Mercyful Fate were working on new ...

February 1984. It’s a freezing night in Copenhagen, Denmark. Under heavy snow, the streets are silent. In a rooftop apartment, something weird is going down. King Diamond is an avowed Satanist. His ...

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 ...

"I think they're doing a great job with what they do, but I don't think it's fair to them either to compare them to us." "I think they're doing a great job with what they do, but I don't think it's ...