Work has begun on the first new album from Danish heavy metal legends MERCYFUL FATE since 1999. Per a recent interview bassist Becky Baldwin did with The Metal Voice, demoing for that long-awaited record has been taking place lately. Asked about that effort by the aforementioned publication, Baldwin responded:
“So, it’s in the kind of demoing process at the moment. Instrumentally, it’s mostly there. And so the next step is for King [Diamond] to work on it, but King also needs to put out the King Diamond album this year, hopefully. So that should be this year and then he’ll do a European tour [with King Diamond]. And then it’s Mercyful Fate time.
So it’s kind of like, yeah, there’s an order that things need to happen. So, hopefully this year we’ll be able to start on finishing the [Mercyful Fate] album, like finishing it in terms of lyrics. ‘The Jackal Of Salzburg‘, that song has already been performed live. That’s gonna be on the album. King has done some really amazing things with the demo version that he’s been working on. And then, yeah, towards the end of the year, probably [Mercyful Fate will release] some singles hopefully. Or if not, then next year.”
Pressed for any further details, Baldwin replied:
“I’m not gonna give anything away. I don’t feel qualified to divulge that kind of information. I haven’t been told what I am and I’m not allowed to say. [Laughs] There’s songs with names, there’s concepts. I’m not going to sing you a little riff, but there are riffs. There are riffs. [Laughs]”
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