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King Diamond
Classic Rock
|Summer 2025
The Danish shrieker returns with “a horror show set to music”.
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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. During the 90s he was a solo artist, before the first of several Mercyful Fate reunions. The Dane previews a pair of rare UK solo dates.
In 2013 you told Classic Rock about your new healthy lifestyle. Are you still reaping the benefits of it?
That was only three years after my triple-bypass operation, so absolutely. I'm still doing exactly what the doctors told me. I stopped smoking and began eating differently. Salt is completely out of my diet.
And the changes benefit your voice?
This story is from the Summer 2025 edition of Classic Rock.
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