Into the Unknown is the fifth album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released on 20 August 1996 through Metal Blade Records. It is the most commercially successful Mercyful Fate album to date, peaking at No. 31 in the Finnish charts and remaining for two weeks in the Top 40.[5] It is the only album by the band to appear on the charts.
| Into the Unknown | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 20 August 1996 | |||
| Recorded | January–February 1996 | |||
| Studio | Dallas Sound Lab, Dallas, Texas, US | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 44:38 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | King Diamond, Tim Kimsey, Brian Slagel | |||
| Mercyful Fate chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 5/10[2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10[3] |
| Rock Hard | 9.5/10[4] |
Track listing edit
All lyrics are written by King Diamond
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lucifer" | Diamond | 1:31 |
| 2. | "The Uninvited Guest" | Diamond | 4:16 |
| 3. | "The Ghost of Change" | Diamond | 5:43 |
| 4. | "Listen to the Bell" | Hank Shermann | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Fifteen Men (And a Bottle of Rum)" | Michael Denner | 5:06 |
| 6. | "Into the Unknown" | Shermann | 6:36 |
| 7. | "Under the Spell" | Diamond | 4:43 |
| 8. | "Deadtime" | Denner | 3:16 |
| 9. | "Holy Water" | Diamond | 4:33 |
| 10. | "Kutulu (The Mad Arab, Part 2)" | Shermann | 5:19 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "The Ripper" (Judas Priest cover) | Glenn Tipton | 2:53 |
Personnel edit
Mercyful Fate
- King Diamond – vocals, keyboards
- Hank Shermann – guitars
- Michael Denner – guitars
- Sharlee D'Angelo – bass
- Bjarne T. Holm – drums
Production
- King Diamond – production, mixing
- Hank Shermann – mixing
- Tim Kimsey – production, engineering, mixing
- Troy Scheer – assistant engineering
- Howie Weinberg – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
- Brian Slagel – executive production
References edit
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mercyful Fate – Into the Unknown review". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ Filicetti, Gino (12 August 1996). "Mercyful Fate – Into the Unknown". Chronicles of Chaos. 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.
- ^ Kühnemund, Götz (1996). "Dynamit: Mercyful Fate- Into the Unknown". Rock Hard (in German). No. 112. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Mercyful Fate – Into The Unknown". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 25 February 2012.