The 'Singing along with King Diamond' curse.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:42 am

Well, Harry "The Tyrant" Conklin sung surprisingly well "Gypsy" at KIT X last year.

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:47 am

I haven't heard any MF or KD covers I think.. Well except Metallica doing Curse Of The Pharaohs with King himself (on youtube).

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:55 am

Black Axe wrote:We all know where this thread is headed to. So, who'll be the first to post her/his samples of "diamond-false-etto's"?

I was thinking the same thing.

Brainbiter · Post by **Brainbiter** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:19 pm

The King's falseto is one of the most heavy metal things in heavy metal and I'm sure it's non-ironic appreciation is strictly limited within our circles. It's SO WRONG and yet it feels SO RIGHT. I was born on the cemetary under the light of the MOOOOOON! It still sounds so wrong that it's scary, even after all these years.

Yesterday, inspired by this thread, I put on some King Diamond (The Eye) at the video club I work in, which is a rather large and "hip" one, and sang along, just like I would if I were home. A colleague and fellow metalhead joined in. Nobody cared apart from a few puzzled glances our way. We took over.

A small victory, I know, but a victory nonetheless.

So... Heavy Metal vs Their World: 1-0.

Praised be the King and the Metal that He brings!

rictusgrin666 · Post by **rictusgrin666** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:10 am

A couple of days ago I ended up watching some of The Roadrunner 25th anniversay dvd with Ripper Owens singing Curse of The Pharoahs, Abigail, and Alison Hell w/Jeff Waters on guitar. I thought he really nailed it! Very powerful sounding.