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1996 studio album by Mercyful Fate
Into the Unknown
Studio album by Mercyful Fate
Released20 August 1996
RecordedJanuary–February 1996
StudioDallas Sound Lab, Dallas, Texas, US
GenreHeavy metal
Length44:38
LabelMetal Blade
ProducerKing Diamond, Tim Kimsey, Brian Slagel
Mercyful Fate chronology
Time
(1994) 		Into the Unknown
(1996) 		Dead Again
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Chronicles of Chaos5/10
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10
Rock Hard9.5/10

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. It is the only album by the band to appear on the charts.

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 Tipton2:53

Personnel

Mercyful Fate

Production

  • King Diamond – production, mixing
  • Hank Shermann – mixing
  • Tim Kimsey – production, engineering, mixing
  • Troy Scheer – assistant engineering
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
  • Brian Slagel – executive production

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mercyful Fate – Into the Unknown review". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. Filicetti, Gino (12 August 1996). "Mercyful Fate – Into the Unknown". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. Kühnemund, Götz (1996). "Dynamit: Mercyful Fate- Into the Unknown". Rock Hard (in German). No. 112. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. Steffen Hung. "Mercyful Fate – Into The Unknown". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
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