Dead Again (Mercyful Fate album)

Dead Again is the sixth studio album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released on 9 June 1998 through Metal Blade Records. It marks the first album from Mercyful Fate that Michael Denner is not present on. It also marked a new era for the band, as the production is more muddy and raw, and the guitar tone is more distorted than on the three previous albums. In addition, the album introduced a more complex and arguably progressive sound to several of its tracks.

Dead Again
Cover art by Kristian Wåhlin
Studio album by
Released9 June 1998
RecordedOctober–November 1997
StudioNomad Recording Studio, Carrollton, Texas, U.S.
GenreHeavy metal
Length58:45
LabelMetal Blade
ProducerSterling Winfield and Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate chronology
Into the Unknown
(1996)
Dead Again
(1998)
9
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]
Rock Hard8.5/10[3]
Sputnikmusic3.1/5[4]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by King Diamond

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Torture (1629)"Hank Shermann5:03
2."The Night"Shermann5:51
3."Since Forever"Diamond4:39
4."The Lady Who Cries"Diamond4:18
5."Banshee"Diamond4:47
6."Mandrake"Shermann6:06
7."Sucking your Blood"Diamond4:22
8."Dead Again"Shermann13:41
9."Fear"Diamond4:16
10."Crossroads"Sharlee D'Angelo5:42

Personnel

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Mercyful Fate

Production

  • King Diamond – mixing, mastering
  • Sterling Winfield – production, engineering, mixing
  • Kol Marshall – engineering
  • Chris Estes – assistant engineering

References

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  1. ^ Anderson, Jason. "Mercyful Fate – Dead Again review". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Schäfer, Wolfgang (1998). "Dynamit: Mercyful Fate- Dead Again". Rock Hard (in German). No. 133. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. ^ Nash, J. "Mercyful Fate – Dead Again". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 23 November 2016.