Mercyful Fate is a Danish band of Heavy Metal, formed in Copenhagen by the King Diamond vocalist and the Guitarist Hank Shermann in 1981. [1] influenced by progressive rock and hard rock, and with letters that dealt with topics such as occultism and Satanism, Mercy Fate were part of the first wave of Black Metal in the mid-1980s. Many of the bands of this movement came to influence posterior groups of Black Metal, especially in Norway. [2] Since its training, Mercyful Fate has published seven studio albums, two EP and four compilations. After several changes of training and editing several models independently, they released their Sammonimo EP in 1982, engraved by Michael Denner (Guitar), Timi Hansen (Bass), Kim Ruzz (Battery), Diamond and Shermann. This training recorded the first two studio albums (Melissa in 1983 and Do not Break the OATH in 1984), before separating in 1985 by musical differences. In 1993, four of those five members met to record in the shadows, published that same ...