King Diamond has embarked on the long-awaited North American headlining tour: Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920. The tour kicked off in San Antonio, Texas in October, and runs through December 6th returning once again to Texas. …READ MORE
Overture! Many Hard Rock and Metal bands adopted the term from Classical music. However, over the years it’s become more typical for Hard Rock and Metal than any other genre I think. A fancy word, right? …READ MORE
Snowy Shaw Tells All Metal Express Radio’s Bryce Van Patten had a conversation with Heavy Metal legend Snowy Shaw. Snowy’s career has spanned 30 years playing in King Diamond, Sabaton, Mercyful Fate, Therion, Dream Evil, …READ MORE
Read all about it! After more than 30 years of touring the world, Snowy Shaw has written a book about his life, making music and a whole lot more. Known for his work in King …READ MORE
Some of you might find this chapter a bit nerdy, but I think it’s important to talk a bit about technology. Recording devices have played a highly important role when doing interviews throughout the years. In the 80s everything was edited on 1/4″ reel-to-reel tapes. …READ MORE
Having had the honor of seeing King Diamond way back on the ‘Them’ tour, it’s great to see that this legendary band that was in the forefront of creating the ‘Black Metal’ genre is still as tight and amazing on stage as they were then. …READ MORE
Only Dark Hearts Survive is the eighth studio release from California based Thrash Metal band Imagika. The band has reformed after an almost 10-year hiatus, with the lineup including guitarist Steven D. Rice (Kill Ritual, …READ MORE
Bad Company Certainly not a Hard Rock act, but a Classic Rock act all the way, Bad Company follows the trail of AOR-bands at Sweden Rock Festival, including Foreigner, Journey, R.E.O. Speedwagon, Styx and Kansas. …READ MORE
In Granada, Spain, the concert venue was called “Sala Copera” and could hold 900 people, one of the smaller venues King Diamond has played during this tour. The support bands took turns playing first, and …READ MORE
It’s Halloween, and it’s time for King Diamond’s umpteenth conceptual album, a nice little horror story that takes place in Budapest in the 18th century – about the nightmares of a little child, how he …READ MORE