King Diamond will soon embark on the "Abigail in concert 2015" tour where the legendary album will be performed in its entirety. So, they couldn't pass on the opportunity to film this event for posterity. The heavy metallers will be recording a feature length live concert video for Blu-ray/DVD/digital release while on tour this fall. Director Denise Korycki (Cannibal Corpse, Killswitch Engage) has been enlisted to direct the project, which will include footage from multiple shows throughout the entire tour.

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King Diamond official 2015 video for the "Them" song "Welcome Home", featuring footage shot at this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, can be seen below. The footage was compiled by Strati Hovartos and Garrett Riker and taken from their various performances. Check out the band's performance below.

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King Diamond will be back on tour soon for an extra special event for fans - one not to be missed! As part of the set, the band will be performing the classic 1987 album Abigail in its entirety! The tour will begin on October 29th and runs through December 5th with legendary Bay Area thrash metal band Exodus as the opening act. The full list of confirmed dates is available below.

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Besides his range defying falsettos, vocalist King Diamond is famous for his trademark occult black and white makeup with which he performs. A makeup that also got him into legal trouble once. However, this Wednesday, fans got to see a quite different King Diamond on stage. The concert took place on the 8th of July in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at The Rave.

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Last year, King Diamond released a best of compilation called Dreams Of Horror and fans started asking for a new album instead. Now it seems that their wishes are finally being granted as the band will begin working on the successor of Give Me Your Soul... Please (2007). In a recent interview with Full Metal Jackie's radio show, the legendary frontman King Diamond talked about the new album and explained that the heavy metal band will start writing after they finish the ongoing Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival 2015. He doesn't want to rush anything but vows it will be their best work ever.

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After bassist Hal Patino was fired earlier this year, now Swedish bassist Pontus Egberg has officially joined the legendary metallers King Diamond. Egberg (The Poodles, Dark Illusion, Lion's Share) played his first show with King Diamond on July 25th at Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden.

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The iconic heavy metal band King Diamond just announced the release of Dreams Of Horror, described as the only "best of" album covering the band's entire career. King Diamond and Andy LaRocque meticulously mastered and enhanced these 23 songs into the ultimate editions, chosen by the band from both the Roadrunner and Metal Blade catalogs. To whet your appetite a little, listen to "The Puppet Master" from disc 2 of Dreams Of Horror here where you can also per-order the release.

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Jess And The Ancient Ones was Staff picked as the best hard rock album back in 2012, and now Jess And The Ancient Ones are enjoying the attention of King Diamond. The band was picked by the man himself to support King Diamond on their North American tour. Some arenas are already sold out. In other news, the band has recorded two new songs which are to be released on November 15th on 10" vinyl. You can stream the song "Castaneda" below.

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Danish heavy metal veterans King Diamond announced that bass player Hal Patino is no longer part of the group. As it was officially stated, Hal has been fired from the band for the second time (the first time was in 1990). He was part of the group between 1987 and 1990, and again from 2000 till recently. Below you can read the short statement from the frontman King Diamond, regarding this departure.

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King Diamond has confirmed what has been rumored for several weeks: the band will return to North America for a full tour this Fall! The tour will begin on October 11 in Atlanta, GA , and will wrap up with the previously announced performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX. Tickets will be on sale online and at box offices nationwide on Friday, June 27th. Check out the dates below the official tour flyer.

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Heavy metal legends King Diamond have confirmed an appearance at this year's Fun Fun Fun Fest taking place in November in Austin, Texas. This is the band's first scheduled North American appearance since 2005 and will include their full European festival production stage set up. The Fun Fun Fun Fest line-up also includes Judas Priest, Amon Amarth, Deafheaven, Pallbearer, Sick Of It All, Chelsea Wolfe, Iron Reagan, among many others.

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Legendary heavy metallers King Diamond were supposed to be performing at Japan's Loud Park Festival 13 tomorrow but their appearance has been canceled. The festival organizers released a statement explaining that the band cancelled their performance "due to their equipment not arriving in Japan in time" and because they didn't want to use a substitute equipment. This morning, King Diamond responded to this by saying that their performance was cancelled by the promoter and not the band.

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Today's offering comes from Swedish metal veterans Entombed which have teamed up with PledgeMusic to launch a reissue campaign for some of their favorite albums. You can find more details and download Entombed's cover of King Diamond's "Welcome Home" over here. If you don't feel like downloading it, you can also just stream it at the same location.

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Official press release statement:

Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce that Grammy Award nominated King Diamond has signed a new 3 album worldwide record deal with the label.

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The organizers of Bloodstock Open Air 2013 have announced today their first headliner for next year's festival. It will be Danish metal legends King Diamond.

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