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9 (Mercyful Fate album)

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9
Studio album by
Released15 June 1999 (1999-06-15)
RecordedFebruary–March 1999
StudioNomad Recording Studio, Carrollton, Texas, US
GenreHeavy metal
Length44:20
LabelMetal Blade
ProducerKol Marshall and Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate chronology
Dead Again
(1998)
9
(1999)
The Best of Mercyful Fate
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blistering(unfavorable)[2]
Chronicles of Chaos7.5/10[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[4]
Rock Hard9.0/10[5]

9 is the seventh studio album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate. 9 was recorded during February and March 1999 and was released on 15 June 1999 through Metal Blade Records.[1] This album continues the heavier sound that was introduced in their previous album Dead Again, and also marks the continuation of the Satanic and occult-based lyrical themes which were prevalent during the band's first incarnation and were reintroduced on 1994’s Time album, as the primary lyrical focus. 9 was Mercyful Fate's last studio album before their twenty-year hiatus from 1999 to 2019.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by King Diamond

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Last Rites"Hank Shermann4:12
2."Church of Saint Anne"Shermann4:44
3."Sold My Soul"Diamond5:04
4."House on the Hill"Shermann3:43
5."Burn in Hell"Diamond3:49
6."The Grave"Shermann4:09
7."Insane"Shermann3:01
8."Kiss the Demon"Diamond3:53
9."Buried Alive"Diamond4:53
10."9"Mike Wead4:31
Japanese release bonus track
No.TitleMusicLength
11."S.H."Diamond2:21

Personnel

Mercyful Fate
Additional musicians
  • Kol Marshall – keyboards
Production
  • Kol Marshall – production, engineering, mixing with Mercyful Fate
  • Vince Rossi – engineering

References

  1. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Mercyful Fate – 9 review". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. ^ Rajiva, Jay. "Review: Mercyful Fate – "9"". Blistering. Archived from the original on 14 January 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ^ Schwarz, Paul (12 August 1996). "Mercyful Fate – 9". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 273–274. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  5. ^ Kühnemund, Götz (1999). "Dynamit: Mercyful Fate- Into the Unknown". Rock Hard (in German). No. 145. Retrieved 23 November 2016.