For today’s From The Vault,we take a trip back to December 25, 1985 to a song by the one and only King Diamond, No Presents for Christmas.
Tonight (September 8th) King Diamond will be a guest on That Metal Show on VH1 Classic at 11PM EST. Diamond, who is a first time guest on That Metal Show will talk about his recent heart surgery, his career in metal and what’s to come in the future.
Iron Kingdom are: Leighton Holmes (bass), Chris Osterman (lead guitar, lead vocals), Kenny Kroechner (rhythm/lead guitar), Amanda Osterman (drums)
Everyone gets nostalgic now and then. After all, there’s a reason we have a From The Vault column — getting down to old school jams is one of life’s greatest joys! [...]
Today we take a trip back to 1986 to the first solo album by former Mercyful Fate singer King Diamond called Fatal Portrait.
Crimen Excepta was probably my most anticipated new album of the year to date. Most of their influences are among my favorites, and I’m a huge sucker for traditional/old-school sounding stuff. That said, if you’re going to release an album in 2012, you’ve got to bring something — ANYTHING — new to the [...]
King Diamond confirmed his performance at Hellfest and the Rock Stage at Sweden Rock Festival this summer. King posted the following update:
“Hail to all of you. FINALLY. We can now officially announce King Diamond’s return to the stage. We will be headlining the Rock Stage at Sweden Rock Festival on Saturday, June [...]




