Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band, and helped inspire black metal (by playing a form of speed metal that introduced black metal elements). The band was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1980 from the ashes of Hank Shermann's band Brats' and King Diamond's band Black Rose. Shortly thereafter, in the Spring of 1981 they helped out a fellow Dane, Michael Denner, with demos for his band Danger Zone. Soon it was apparent that Shermann, Denner, Diamond and Denner's bassplayer, Timi Grabber, fit well together as a unit and those players performed under the Mercyful Fate moniker for the first time in Denmark. There were the usual member changes for a young band; Denner left and then returned and drummers came and went, but finally Kim Ruzz established himself as the drummer.
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A Corpse Without Soul Lyrics
Mercyful Fate
Listen, Im a corpse, Im a corpse
Im a corpse without soul
Satan, hes taken, hes taken, hes taken his toll
And he took it out on me
I, Im trapped, Im trapped, Im trapped in his spell
Tonight, Im going, Im going, Im going to hell, inside his spell
I was walking down among the graves, I heard a cry, my shadow is gone
Emptiness in my body, I felt so alone, small black wings on my naked back
Now guess what I saw on one of the stones, I saw my soul, in a magical
Haze
It was all dressed up as a corpse in a wedding dress
Small black wings on my naked back, now hear my prayer, beggin for mercy
Im living to die, satan has taken his toll.