King Diamond

[skorb]

I never got into King Diamond. The music is ok, but his falsetto is annoying and isn't that high pitched to begin with.

+ a lot

I like metal but that is way gay and fully ridiculous. the tunes don't have much melody either, it's just wanking for wanking's sake and then those absurd vocals. yikes.

[Snoogans]

Hey, you can't f*ck with the King! As far as I know Andy always played BC Rich's. I don't think they were all Gunslingers..probably STIII's

I was reading through an old guitar mag (Guitar World?) recently. There was an interview with Andy, where he was telling how he had just received a prototype 24-fret Gunslinger. Sadly, there were no pictures of it.

[daemon barbeque]

King Diamond is not melodic?Umm ,i think you really need to hear The Eye album!
He do not sing nice ,sinsce he teels some horror stories.It would be stupid to tell horror stories in a nice way ,or with a cookie monster way that no one understands!
He is precious ,his voice is authentic ,one of a kind.
He annoys me sometimes too :ROTF: ,but as i said.The Eye is the shit!

[zeegler]

All you King Diamond haters need to develop some taste goddammit! KD is the shit!!!

Most of his CDs are not just a bunch of songs, but a complete story. You have to listen to the lyrics, and follow along with the story, and you will start to look beyond his odd vocal style, and even begin to appreciate it. I thought it was weird at first too, but now I couldn't imagine anyone else singing the songs. It wouldn't be the same.

The Eye is one of my favourites too, but recently I've been listening to The Puppet Master a lot. It's one spooky fucking CD.

[Dreamland_Rebel]

anyone who says negative things about KD's voice is a complete and utter idoit!

no one sounds like the King. no can tell a story like the King. no one can play all the roles in the story like the King. no one can create the feeling of the stories in the songs with their voice like the King.

if you think his voice is annoying, you are stupid.
if you think his voice is cheesy, you are stupid.
if you think he is gay, you are gay.
if you say you like the music but you can't get past the vocals, you are a small minded idoit! and haven't listenened to King Diamnond enough.

if you don't like King Diamond, I don't like YOU!

[Endrik]

I'm glad that I don't deal with anything that is "true" metal, the attitude of metal elitists is just plain ridiculous.

[Subvamp]

I remember seeing KD on the Fatal Portrait tour, and Andy was playing an RR with a piece of duct tape on the headstock that said "BC Rich" in black marker.

The next year they came around on the Abigail tour, he played a hot pink Steve Stevens model Hamer the entire show. Hey, it WAS the 80s...

[Inearthed]

I'm glad that I don't deal with anything that is "true" metal, the attitude of metal elitists is just plain ridiculous.

Boo hoo.

[toejam]

Hair/glam bands... now that's ridiculous. Always has been, always will be.

Hail King Diamond and true metal!

[zeegler]

Damn it, now I have to go listen to some KD, Dio, Halford, etc...

HAIL TRUE METAL!!!!!

[Subvamp]

Damn it, now I have to go listen to some KD, Dio, Halford, etc...

Gotta add some Raven in there!

[shredder69]

Back in 87 he played a pink-ish Rhoads IIRC. I've got pix to prove it somewhere...

[jcs21]

Nothing wrong with the King! Can't beat Welcome Home.

[Chad]

anyone who says negative things about KD's voice is a complete and utter idoit!

no one sounds like the King. no can tell a story like the King. no one can play all the roles in the story like the King. no one can create the feeling of the stories in the songs with their voice like the King.

if you think his voice is annoying, you are stupid.
if you think his voice is cheesy, you are stupid.
if you think he is gay, you are gay.
if you say you like the music but you can't get past the vocals, you are a small minded idoit! and haven't listenened to King Diamnond enough.

if you don't like King Diamond, I don't like YOU!

For some reason, I kinda get the feeling that maybe you like King Diamond?

[ilbianconero]

King Diamond/ Mercyful fate
Are my favourites.
Yes, can't beat "welcome home".
Adding onto what deamon said about melodicness of them, check the last album, the pupet master. Full of melodic solos right, left, centre.
Simply Brilliant.

I hate all this numetal crap anyway.