10/31/2023 20:55

King Diamond

King Diamond release 'Masquerade of Madness' music video; coming on vinyl in February 2024

Danish horror metal icon King Diamond release 'Masquerade of Madness' song in November 2019. Now the time has come for its official music video.

The latest full-length album from King Diamond, 'Give Me Your Soul... Please' came out in June 2007, and the metal world has been eagerly waiting for a new one.

Here's what King has to say about the music video for the band’s latest song 'Masquerade of Madness':

"'Masquerade of Madness' was released digitally in 2019 before our North American tour. During rehearsals, we took one full day to film 'Masquerade of Madness' with David Brodsky and Allison Woest. We spent all day and all night recording while performing the song with our full tour stage show choreography. After the tour, covid happened.

The video was all but forgotten as the world came to a standstill – we never saw a single frame from all the footage. Years later, as things began to pick up and writing began for both new Mercyful Fate and King Diamond records, we wondered, what happened to that video from four years ago? So we decided to check in with David Brodsky and a couple of weeks later, we had the first cut of the video.

I was speechless! I had nothing to criticize and after just a few notes from Andy LaRocque, the video for 'Masquerade of Madness' was finished! There's so much mood and black and white is used in a perfect way with Jodi's performances. The visuals fit the music flawlessly and this is now among my favorite King Diamond videos along with 'Sleepless Nights' and 'Welcome Home' – and not to forget of course, our double live DVD.

This new video and the release of 'Masquerade of Madness' on 12″ vinyl is our Halloween gift to the fans. We hope you enjoy this as much as we do! Happy Halloween, it's not just a dream!"

The 12″ vinyl LP features tracks 'Masquerade of Madness', 'Welcome Home (Live at Graspop)', and 'Arrival (Live at Graspop)' - all available for the first time on vinyl. 'Masquerade of Madness' features a collectable paper mask and will be available in four color variants worldwide.

US variants:
Bone
Black Ice

EU variants:
180 g Black
Clear Violet Brown Marbled

Vinyl track listing:
Side 1
Masquerade of Madness

Side 2
Welcome Home (Live at Graspop)
Arrival (Live at Graspop)

The vinyl will be released on February 23rd, 2024, and is now available for pre-order:
https://www.metalblade.com/kingdiamond

(source: King Diamond)