9 (Mercyful Fate album)
| 9 | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 15 June 1999 | |||
| Recorded | February–March 1999 | |||
| Studio | Nomad Recording Studio, Carrollton, Texas, US | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 44:20 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | Kol Marshall and Mercyful Fate | |||
| Mercyful Fate chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Blistering | (unfavorable)[2] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 7.5/10[3] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10[4] |
| Rock Hard | 9.0/10[5] |
9 is the seventh studio album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate. 9 was recorded during February and March 1999 and was released on 15 June 1999 through Metal Blade Records.[1] This album continues the heavier sound that was introduced in their previous album Dead Again, and also marks the continuation of the Satanic- and occult-based lyrical themes which were prevalent during the band's first incarnation and were reintroduced on the Time (1994) album, as the primary lyrical focus. 9 was Mercyful Fate's last studio album before their twenty-year hiatus from 1999 to 2019.
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by King Diamond
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Last Rites" | Hank Shermann | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Church of Saint Anne" | Shermann | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Sold My Soul" | Diamond | 5:04 |
| 4. | "House on the Hill" | Shermann | 3:43 |
| 5. | "Burn in Hell" | Diamond | 3:49 |
| 6. | "The Grave" | Shermann | 4:09 |
| 7. | "Insane" | Shermann | 3:01 |
| 8. | "Kiss the Demon" | Diamond | 3:53 |
| 9. | "Buried Alive" | Diamond | 4:53 |
| 10. | "9" | Mike Wead | 4:31 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "S.H." | Diamond | 2:21 |
Personnel
[edit]- Mercyful Fate
- King Diamond – vocals
- Hank Shermann – guitars
- Mike Wead – guitars
- Sharlee D'Angelo – bass
- Bjarne T. Holm – drums
- Additional musicians
- Kol Marshall – keyboards
- Production
- Kol Marshall – production, engineering, mixing with Mercyful Fate
- Vince Rossi – engineering
References
[edit]- ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Mercyful Fate – 9 review". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ Rajiva, Jay. "Review: Mercyful Fate – "9"". Blistering. Archived from the original on 14 January 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ Schwarz, Paul (12 August 1996). "Mercyful Fate – 9". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 273–274. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Kühnemund, Götz (1999). "Dynamit: Mercyful Fate- Into the Unknown". Rock Hard (in German). No. 145. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
