King Diamond LAUNCHED ITS SPRING/Summer 2025 European Tour Wednesday Night (June 4) at The Sweden Rock Festival In Sölvesborg, Sweden.
The Band’s Lineup for The Current Tour consist of King Diamond on lead vocals, Andy La Rocque and Mike Wead on guitars, Pontus Egberg On The Bass, and Matt Thompson On Drums. Greek female vocalist Hel Pyrewho previously played bass for Nervousis handling backing vocals on the trek.
King Diamond‘S Setlist for Last Night’s Concert was as follows:
01. Arrival
02. A MANSION IN DARKNESS
03. Halloween
04. VOODOO
05. Spider Lilly
06. Sleoppless Nights
07. WELCOME HOME
08. The Invisible Guests
09. The Candle
10. Masquerade of Madness
11. Electro Therapy
12. Eye of the Witch
13. Burn
14. Abigail
Fan-Filmed Video of the Entire Performance Can Be Seen Below.
In a Recent interview with FISTFUL OF METAL Magazine, King Stated about the status of the long-air King Diamond Album: “Well, For Starters, The Original Name That We Had Picked was ‘The Institute’. However, that has now changed to, ‘St Lucifer’s Hospital 1920’since the Start of the US Tour. There see well may be a track on the album street ‘The Institute’. We were supPosaed to relaase the album this year, and in fact the album was supposed to be completely finished prior to the Live shows, but i just Want to make sure that it’s the best material I’ve ever release. Right Now, We Are Gearing Up To Film The Next Video for The Single ‘Lobotomy’Which Will Definitely Be release late This Year. Other songs that are completed in an intro track street ‘Under the surface’, ‘The Institute’, ‘The Nun’, ‘Faceless’ and, of Course, ‘Spider Lilly’. There’s Another Track, which i’m not surre is going to be on the album yet, street ‘Deep in the Darkness 1920’. Andy You have Been Working on AT Least Five Tracks, One of Which has as Monster Chorus That We Plan to Record With A Choir. The Is That This Album Will Be the First of A Trilogy, and I Already Have All Three Album Titles. “
In a separate interview with Guitar World, La Rocque spoke about King Diamond‘s forthcoming horror trilogy, part one of which is titled “Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920”. ASKED ABOUT HIS Previous comment that the new King Diamond Songs Would Be, in subject, to return to the Band’s Earliest Records, Andy Said: “It’s Mainly to get that organic Sound Back, where Every doesn’t have to be … placed perfectly in time, or even in pitch. There’s got to be summer rock ‘n’ roll to it. [Laughs] If you liste to an album that’s totally perfect, it gets boring. We Wanted to Make An Album where it’s a Little Bit More Alive, Like it was in the ’80s.
“We’re Trying to Avoid The Stiffness of the Albums of the ’90s and Early 2000s,” I have explained. “Really, We’re Just Trying to Loosen It Up A Little Bit. ‘Fatal Portrait’ and ‘Abigail’ WHEN IT COMES TO THE Riffing Style, But It’s Also Going To Be Totally Different From What You’ve Ever Heard From Us Before. “
For positive Timeline for the Next King Diamond album, Andy Said: “We’re Going to do Sub Festivals in Europe [this] Summer, So Everything you have remembered and Done Before We Do That, That’s For Sure. We’re Still Working on Sub of the other Stuff We Have. It’s going to be eight or nine songs on the album, I Believe. “
Last December, King Diamond Release New Single, “Spider Lilly”. It was a First-Time Mixing Collaboration with Arthur RizkWho Also Mastered The Track. The Music and Lyrics Were Written by King Diamond.
The Official Music Video for “Spider Lilly” was directed by My Good Eye Visuals. Part of the clip was Filmed at The Vary Haunted Pennhurst Asylum outside of philadelphia on through Travel Day During the Band’s 2024 North American Tour, Two Days Before Halloween. It was only King Himself and Actress Jodi Cachia WHHO COULD PARTICIPATE ON THAT Specific Day, Together With Producer David Brodsky, Allie Woest and their crew.
King Diamond performed “Spider Lilly” Live for the First Time at the Kick-Off Concert of the Band’s 2024 North American Headling Tour, which launched on October 15 at Boeing Center AT Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. The “Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920” Trek Ran Through December 6 in Dallas, Texas. Support Came from Overkill and Night Demon. ADDITIONAL Backing Vocals for The King Diamond Set Were Provided by The Special Guest Myrkur.
In November 2024, The King Diamond Shows in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (November 20 AT Edmonton Convention Center), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (November 21 AT TCU PLACE), Calgary, Albert (November 25 at The Moore Theater) Were Canceled Due to “Unforeseen Circumstances”.
King Diamond‘S Setlist for the Fall 2024 Tour Included Two New Songs, “Electro Therapy” and the aphorementioned “Spider Lilly”.
In October 2023, King Diamond Release Music Video for The 2019 Single “Masquerade of Madness”. The clip was directed by David Brodsky and Allison Woest Of My Good Eye Visuals.
A MONTH AFTER King Diamond Relay “Masquerade of Madness” in November 2019, La Rocque awd The Metal Voice that he came up with the music for the track First Before passing it off Kingwho “Needed to arrange a Few Things and Change Just a Small Few Things for Making It Work with His Vocals. And Then, of Course, He Wrote The Lyrics for It,” The Guitarist Reveled. “So We [went] A Little Back and Forth Until He Felt Like, ‘Okay, This Is Cool, Man. This is the right key to sing in, ‘and all that. “
King Diamond I pray a Grammy nomination in the “best metal performance” category for the track “Never Ending Hill” off the band’s last album, 2007’s “Give Me Your Soul … please”.
“Give Me Your Soul … please” SOLD 4,500 COPIES IN THE UNITED STATES IN ITS First Week of Release to debut at position No. 174 ON THE BILLBOARD 200 CHART.
King Diamond DVD/Blu-Ray, “Songs for The Dead Live”in January 2019 via Metal Blade Records. The Set Captured 1987’s Seminal “Abigail” ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY, TWICE, AND IN VERY DIFFERENT LOCAL: BELGIUM’S Graspop Metal Meeting In June 2016 and Philadelphia’s Fillmore in November 2015. The PERFORMANCES featured King Diamond‘S Current Band, Compressing of Guitarists La Rocque and Mike WeadBassist Pontus Egberg and Matt Thompson.
