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Don't Break the Oath is the second studio album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released in 1984.
The style Mercyful Fate employed on Don't Break the Oath resembled a mixture of heavy metal with progressive elements, lyrically preoccupied with Satan and the occult and distinguished by King Diamond's theatrical falsetto vocals. Although very influential to future black metal bands due to its lyrical content, the music itself is more reminiscent of traditional heavy metal. The album was remastered and subsequently re-issued on Roadrunner Records in 1997. This reissue came with the bonus track "Death Kiss (Demo)", which would eventually evolve into the album's lead-off track, "A Dangerous Meeting". Metal Rules named this the greatest extreme metal album of all time.[3]
Mercyful Fate
King Diamond - vocals, keyboards, harpsichord
Hank Shermann - guitars
Michael Denner - guitars
Timi "Grabber" Hansen - bass
Kim Ruzz - drums
Benny Petersen - guitar (on track 10)
Production
Henrik Lund - producer, engineer
Niels Erik Otto - engineer
Thomas Holm - cover art
Released 7 September 1984
Recorded May 1984
Studio Easy Sound Recording, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre
Heavy metal
Length 47:30
Label Roadrunner
Producer Henrik Lund
The Oath
Mercyful Fate
By the symbols of the creator
I swear henceforth to be
A faithful servant of his most
Puissant archangel
The Prince Lucifer
Whom the creator designated as his regent
And Lord of this World
I deny Jesus Christ, the deceiver
And I abjure the Christian faith
Holding in contempt all of it's works
As a being now possessed of a human body
In this world I swear to give my full
Allegiance to it's lawful master,
To worship him our
Lord Satan and no other
In the name of Satan, the ruler of Earth
Open wide the gates of Hell
And come forth from the abyss
By these names: Satan, Leviathan,
Belial, Lucifer
I will kiss the goat
I swear to give my mind
My body and soul unreservedly
To the furtherance of our
Lord Satan designs
Do what thou wilt shall be the
Whole of the law
As it was at the beginning
Is now and ever shall be
World without end Amen
Credits
Artist Credit
Michael Denner Composer, Guitar
Timi Hansen Bass
King Diamond Composer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Henrik Lund Engineer, Producer
Mercyful Fate Primary Artist
Niels Erik Otto Engineer
Kim Ruzz Drums
Hank Shermann Composer, Guitar
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