Style: Traditional heavy metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: Drink the devils blood... drink it and give your soul to the demon inside
Thoughts: There are a few band's that I should have more albums of. I've loved King and Merciful Fate for as long as I've been a metal fan, sadly this is the only album I have of King Diamond's "solo" work.
I love the stories that King tells in his albums. I love how insanely good the riffs are. I love how the story draws me in every time... and of course I love King's vocals. His falsetto is something that is instantly recognizable in nearly any context, but most of all his own music.
Of all the King Diamond albums, this is probably my favorite. Even more so than the legendary Abigail or Them. Even more than even some of the Merciful Fate albums. This is simply one of the best albums that King and company put out.
It's easily because of the riffs and the intensity that King delivers his lines with. These songs are some of the best that Andy ever wrote. Just listen to the intro of the title track, how ominous that starts off with the bongo's and how well it builds up with the vocals. It's fantastic.
"LOA House" is the first proper song, and the opening riff makes me want to headbang every time I hear it. Selem's eerie chorus as he moves through the house, the way that the vocals extenuate "die die!" during One Down Two To Go is spine chilling. The album is full of moments like that.
This is one of the few traditional metal albums in my collection. It manages to get me interested in more music from the genre every time I listen to it. When I go to listen though nothing else seems to measure up. This album is simply in a league of its own.
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