Mercyful Fate (EP)
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| EP by Mercyful Fate | ||||
| Released | 25 September 1982 | |||
| Recorded | September 1982 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, Speed metal, Black metal | |||
| Length | 22:04 | |||
| Label | RaveOn | |||
| Producer | Jac Hustinx | |||
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Mercyful Fate is the first official release of Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate.[2] It is also known as Nuns Have No Fun, the "first album" or the "EP". It is a four track, 45rpm effort and was recorded and mixed at Stone Studio in Roosendaal, Netherlands, in two days in September 1982 and released on Rave-On Records as RMLP-002. The album is produced and mixed by Jac Hustinx and engineered by Willem Steetjes. The cover is drawn by Ole Poulsen. The album in its entirety was later re-issued in 1987 as part of The Beginning compilation.
There are three pressings:
- First pressing is white bordered.
- Second pressing is black bordered.
- Third pressing is black bordered but distributed by Bertus Holland.
Track listing
Side A:
- "A Corpse Without Soul" (Hank Shermann, King Diamond) – 6:53
- "Nuns Have No Fun" (Shermann, Michael Denner, Diamond) – 4:17
Side B:
- "Doomed by the Living Dead" (Shermann, Diamond) – 5:06
- "Devil Eyes" (Shermann, Denner, Diamond) – 5:48
Credits
- King Diamond - vocals
- Hank Shermann - guitar
- Michael Denner - guitar
- Timi Hansen - bass
- Kim Ruzz - drums
