{"product_id":"mercyful-fate-the-beginning-lp","title":"MERCYFUL FATE 'THE BEGINNING' LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eLABEL: METAL BLADE RECORDS \u003cbr\u003eVINYL RELEASE DATE: 5\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003eORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1987\u003cbr\u003eVARIANT: 180 Gram Black Vinyl LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. Influenced by progressive rock and hard rock, and with lyrics dealing with Satan and the occult, Mercyful Fate were part of the first wave of black metal in the early to mid-1980s. Many of the bands from this movement went on to influence later black metal musicians in the 1990s, particularly in Norway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Beginning is a compilation album released in 1987 consisting of the Nuns Have No Fun EP tracks and different versions of 4 tracks from the album Melissa\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ORCHARD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47531446534362,"sku":"MERCYFUL-FATE-THE-BEGINNING-LP-0113","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/4709\/4490\/files\/c2ac8ed838004abcb58a32479603f273_1a4d864c_db73_46ac_abaa_59ce50b094e5.jpg?v=1769213728","url":"https:\/\/metaledgemag.com\/products\/mercyful-fate-the-beginning-lp","provider":"Metal Edge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}