Fatal Portrait

Fatal Portrait Artist: King Diamond
Label: Roadrunner Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 016861878924
EAN: 0016861878924
ASIN: B000000H4A


Release Date: 1997-11-11

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Listmania:

  1. King Diamond Discography
  2. GET INTO KING DIAMOND!!!
  3. My Heavy Metal Favorites
  4. The Best From Metal's Begginnings- The 80's PART 2
  5. Essential King Diamond and Mercyful Fate
  6. The Devil in Metal I
  7. Into the Coven: Mercyful Fate/King Diamond
  8. My Favourite Metal CDs (Part 2)
  9. KING DIAMOND
  10. Albums likely to make a top 200 list from MetalRules.com

Tracks:

  1. The Candle
  2. The Jonah
  3. The Portrait
  4. Dressed In White
  5. Charon
  6. Lurking In The Dark
  7. Halloween
  8. Voices From The Past
  9. Haunted
  10. No Presents For Christmas
  11. The Lake

Similar Items:

  1. Conspiracy
  2. Don't Break the Oath
  3. "Them"
  4. The Eye
  5. Voodoo

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars KD Rox!.......2006-11-06

There's never any filler on a KD album - they rock from beginning to end. Speed Metal, heavy guitar, the best falsetto I've heard, some eerie riffs, and a touch of The Craft. This is one of the best (real drums too!), I also recommend Abigail and The Eye. The music is intense - I can listen to Iron Maiden 24/7/365 but after an hour or 2 of this dude I need a long rest.

3 out of 5 stars A Good New Beginning .......2006-07-11

If you are reading this, you probably know that after "Mercyful's Fate's" 'Don't Break the Oath,' the group broke up. (Largely due to the praises to hell on the afore mentioned record.) Guitarist Hank Shermann and drummer Kim Ruzz went their own way, and Bassist Tim Hansen and guitarist Mike Denner stayed with the front man King Diamond. Drummer Mick Dee and the highly underrated guitarist Andy LaRoque joined the party, and this was the beginning of the group we now call "King Diamond." While later efforts by "King Diamond" reflect stronger writing and musical skills, this 1st record hints at the greatness that was to come in later efforts such as "Abigail," "Them," and "Conspiracy." On this 1st record, we are offered a half length story and a few individual songs. After an impressive keyboard opening, we hear the story of a woman who was so obsessed with her daughter Molly that she kept her locked away from anyone else and decided to make her immortal with a portrait. The girl dies, but as most of you know, when King Diamond is involved, death is but a temporary absence. While one can tell this is an early record, the musical and lyrical qualities are prevalent. After the story of the record takes a break, 'Charon' keeps the tone. 'Lurking In the Dark' starts with some howls and is a decent song. 'Halloween' is a good spooky song that keeps the tone and musical pace of the record going. 'Voice From the Past' is a good guitar instrumental played by none other than Mr. Diamond himself. 'Haunted' goes back to the story of Molly and offers a crowning end to the record. While this group was to improve with age, "Fatal Portrait" remains a good record and prepares us for the horrors awaiting in "Abigail," "Them," "Conspiracy," "The Spider's Lullabye," and "The Graveyard."

5 out of 5 stars MASTERPIECE.......2005-08-28

This is the best king diamond album , forget all the others albums this is the best , many people says that abigail is the best of king diamond just forget these people and buy fatal portrait.

5 out of 5 stars The King Delivers!!Thank you,thank you very mush.........2005-06-09

I loved Mercyful Fate,but I had it pretty lucky.I had an older sister that introduced me to bands like KISS,Iron Maiden,and Judas Priest as well as some of the more alternative flavored music from the 80's and late 70's,but I discovered Mecyful Fate all on my own,and was disheartened when I heard they had broken up.But a year later,out came his No Presents For Christmas single,and a few months down the road,it happened..King Diamond's first solo album,Fatal Portrait.I was just eleven,but it had as much an affect on me as did the Ramones or Dead Kennedys.Fatal Portrait is one of those albums that from the beginning grabs you by the short curlies and drags you forward in such a rush of ecstasy that its hard not to tell all your friends about it the moment its over.The opener The Candle begins with spooky synthesizers and a spoken word piece that I can still remember to this day..Seven years have gone..It can no longer be left undone.So the songe begins,and so began a career of creativity that is hard to measure in impact in the metal community,whethr it be traditional or black metal you speak of.I truly enjoyed this album,and so will anyone either previously familiar with either Mercyful Fate or King Diamond,or just becoming familiar with his work.This is my favorite King Diamond album,and it still gives me goosebumps to this day when I listen to it.Some of the best songs on the album are the catchy singalong Halloween which will have you singing glass in hand,or the perfectly melancholy The Lake,not originally available on the release back in '86..And as others have said,No Presents For Christmas will instantly be any headbanger's favorite christmas tune..Every year I make a loop copy of the song on disc and sneak into my local Wal-Mart and sneakily slide it into the stereo that constantly belts out cheesy xmas music.I'm sure there's some old lady banging her head right now to King Diamond thanks to me and my yearly mission..Buy Fatal Portrait..You won't be disappointed..

5 out of 5 stars KING DIAMOND'S 1ST ALBUM ROCKS!!!!! AAAAA+++++!!!!!!!!!.......2005-02-18

Unlike most band's very 1st release (which usually have low production) this album DOES NOT!!! and it absolutely ROCKS!! from start to finish!!King Diamond's voice is excellent on this debut, and with the SAME line-up as on the Metal Masterpiece "Abigail" King Diamond absolutely ROCKS!! Andy La Rocque's guitar playing is AMAZING!!(but ALWAYS IS on ALL the King Diamond albums). There are ALOT of really GREAT songs on this album, Highlights include: "HALLOWEEN","THE LAKE",and "CHARON" ( plus don't forget that Old Yule-time favorite: "NO PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS". The sound quality is absolutely AMAZING!(ALL the Re-Masters are though in the series). Fans of King Diamond,Mercyful Fate, or just really good Heavy Metal in general don't hesitate to pick this album up!!You WILL NOT be dissapointed!!Great Album!!! LONG LIVE THE KING!! and LONG LIVE METAL!!(PS): also be sure to check out King Diamond's other albums in the catalog (especially:"Abigail","Them",and "Conspiracy"!!!!).

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