KING DIAMOND’s First New Song In 12 Years Is Here, Listen to “Masquerade of Madness”
After 12 long years KING DIAMOND has release a brand new studio song. “Masquerade Of Madness”, which will appear on KING DIAMOND’s first studio album…
Author Jonathan Smith
Jonathan Smith
Jonathan is a long time contributor to The Encyclopaedia Metallum website under the pseudonym hells_unicorn and has written for The Metal Observer on and off for the past 10 years. He was previously a lead guitarist in the Philadelphia-based folk metal band Frost Giant and played Dave Murray’s parts for the Philly-based Iron Maiden tribute band Tailgunner. He is currently the guitarist and principal songwriter for the nascent symphonic power metal project Ominous Glory.
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