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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelMETAL Blade, MTB
UPC0039841567519
eBay Product ID (ePID)17046034512
Product Key Features
FormatRecord
Release Year2022
GenreHeavy Metal
ArtistKing Diamond
Release TitleFatal Portrait
Dimensions
Item Height0.18 in
Item Weight0.63 lb
Item Length12.39 in
Item Width12.36 in
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Number of Discs1
Sub-GenreHeavy Metal
Notes180gm vinyl pressing. Released in 1986, Fatal Portrait is the debut King Diamond album, unusually not a conceptual affair, although five of the songs link to form a short ghost story, a theme that would be returned to again and again over subsequent releases. Whereas King's previous band Mercyful Fate was overtly satanic and occult, the King Diamond material was more fantastical and conceptual, though still with dark themes throughout. When King's original band Mercyful Fate split up, having released two genre defining masterpieces Melissa and Don't Break the Oath, he formed King Diamond along with guitarist Michael Denner and bassist Timi Hansen. The line up on Fatal Portrait was completed by guitar virtuoso Andy La Roque, and drummer Mikkey Dee who later joined Motorhead.