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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House On The Hill Lyrics
Mercyful Fate
Lets go to the house on the hill
Lets go to where time stands still
If you dare then come with me
To the house on the hill and you will see
Nothing is what it seems in the house on the hill
Lets go to the house on the hill
Lets go to where time stands still
While you were asleep
Another friend of mine has come from the keep
The well in the cellar my dear - thats how I keep them near
In the house on the hill
In the house on the hill
In the house on the hill
In the house on the hill
Lets go to the house on the hill
Lets go to where time stands still
In my little shrine
I keep the stillborn to be born another time
The souls that God didnt hear - oh I keep them near
In the house on the hill
In the house on the hill
In the house on the hill
In the house on the hill
It is so very strange,to live among the stillborn
It is so very strange,to keep their souls away from harm
I was one of the mentally ill,who stayed in a cell of his own
I was one of the mentally ill,who used to call this home
Oh youre not alone