Into the Unknown (Mercyful Fate album)

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Into the Unknown
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Studio album by
Released20 August 1996
RecordedJanuary–February 1996
StudioDallas Sound Lab, Dallas, Texas, US
Genre Heavy metal
Length44:38
Label Metal Blade
Producer King Diamond, Tim Kimsey, Brian Slagel
Mercyful Fate chronology
Time
(1994)
Into the Unknown
(1996)
Dead Again
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chronicles of Chaos 5/10 [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 9/10 [3]
Rock Hard 9.5/10 [4]

Into the Unknown is the fifth album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released on 20 August 1996 through Metal Blade Records. It is the most commercially successful Mercyful Fate album to date, peaking at No. 31 in the Finnish charts and remaining for two weeks in the Top 40. [5] It is the only album by the band to appear on the charts.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by King Diamond.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Lucifer"Diamond1:31
2."The Uninvited Guest"Diamond4:16
3."The Ghost of Change"Diamond5:43
4."Listen to the Bell"Hank Shermann3:58
5."Fifteen Men (And a Bottle of Rum)"Michael Denner5:06
6."Into the Unknown"Shermann6:36
7."Under the Spell"Diamond4:43
8."Deadtime"Denner3:16
9."Holy Water"Diamond4:33
10."Kutulu (The Mad Arab, Part 2)"Shermann5:19
Japanese release bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."The Ripper" (Judas Priest cover) Glenn Tipton 2:53

Personnel

Mercyful Fate

Production

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