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Mercyful Fate Musicians


Vocals

King Diamond
Real name is Kim Bendix Petersen (born in 1956). Danish, currently with his wife and black cat magic in Dallas, Texas.
Member during: all the time
Present Bands: King Diamond, Mercyful Fate
Former bands: Brainstorm, Black Rose.

Guitars

Hank Shermann
One of the original members of Mercyful Fate since the very beginning. Creator of timeless classics like Evil and Satan’s Fall
Member during: All time
Present bands: Force Of Evil
Former bands: Brats, Fate,Zoser Mez, Gutrix, Shermanns Soldiers, Raxx Load

C. Volsing
No real info available.
Member during: MF demo-era
Present bands: None to our knowledge
Former bands: Mercyful Fate

Benny Petersen
He is one of the early original guitar player who played on the MF-demos. Was later replaced by Micheal Denner. He wrote for as far we know just one song called Burning The Cross.
Member during: MF demo-era
Present bands: None to our knowledge
Other bands: Jackal

Michael Denner
One of MF musicians who formed the original KD lineup. Micheal runs a recordshop in Copenhagen, Denmark called Beatbop.
Member during: No Presents For Christmas, Fatal Portrait and Abigail
Present Bands: Force Of Evil
Former bands: Jezebel, Brats, Danger Zone, Mercyful Fate and Zoser Mez

Mike Wead
One of the members of KD between "The Eye" and Spider's Lullabye (that lineup was supposed to record Spider's Lullabye, but before that it broke up). Mike first joined Mercyful Fate to replace Michael Denner to tour with the band on the Into The Unknown tour. Mike also joined the King Diamond band during the European House Of God tour. He replaced Glenn Drover.
Member during: between "The Eye" and Spider's Lullabye. Official member since European House Of God tour
Present Bands: King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Firegod, Kryptillusion
Former bands: Other bands: Hexenhaus, Memento Mori (before), Abstrakt Algebra, Witch , Maninnya Blade, Hemisfear

Bass

Timi Hansen
Together with King and Micheal he was one of the original MF members who played during the first KD period.
Member during: No Presents For Christmas - Abigail
Present Bands: None to our knowledge
Former bands: Mercyful Fate
Sharlee D'Angelo
One of the members of KD between "The Eye" and Spider's Lullabye (that line-up was supposed to record Spider's Lullabye, but before that it broke up).
Member during: between "The Eye" and Spider's Lullabye
Present bands: Arch Enemy, Witchery, Mercyful Fate
Former bands: Illwill, Dismember, Facelift, Sinergy, Spiritual Beggars, Hemisfear

Drums

Kim Ruzz
Original member who created the so familiar MF drumstyle. Not much we know about him. The last thing we heard he is a postman now.
Member during: demos - Don't Break The Oath
Presents bands: None to our knowledge
Former bands: None to our knowledge
Snowy Shaw
He was listed as a band member on In The Shadows. He replaced Morten Nielsen.
Member during: In The Shadows tour / The Bell Witch – Time
Presents bands: Therion
Former bands: Mercyful Fate, Memento Mori, Illwill, Memento Mori, , Notre Dame, Dream Evil, King Diamond
Bjarne T. Holm
Bjarne replaced Snowy Shaw during the Time tour. He is quite familiar with in the MF family. He was asked to join MF in 1981 but didn’t had the time to do this as he was involved in another project at the time. Member during: Time tour - now
Presents bands: Mercyful Fate, Force Of Evil, Deccoband
Other bands: Fate, Zoser Mez, Gutrix, Virus 7, Angu, Mike Tramp, Zauce, James Thomas, Alex Vargas.
"Old Nick"
Drummer of Michael Denner's three-piece band (Danger Zone). Only appears on the MF demo CD Return Of The Vampire.
Member during: Never
Present bands: None to our knowledge
Other bands: Dangerzone
Morten Nielsen
He played on the MF reunion album In The Shadows. He wasn’t able to play on the tour due to a bad knee injury.
Member during: Into The Shadows CD
Present bands: None to our knowledge
Former bands: Apocalypse , Crime Academy, Furious Trauma, Red Warszawa, Zoser Mez, Shermann Soldiers)