KING DIAMOND Launch New Music Video For ‘Masquerade Of Madness’ Single
October 31st, 2023
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Danish / Swedish heavy metal band King Diamond have filmed a music video for the track ‘Masquerade Of Madness’. Created by David Brodsky and Allison Woest of MyGoodEye Visuals, the clip can be viewed below.
‘Masquerade Of Madness’ was issued as a digital single on November 8th, 2019 through Metal Blade Records. The label will release a 12-inch three-song vinyl EP version of the song on February 23rd, 2024. Masquerade Of Madness will feature two live tracks – ‘Welcome Home (Live At Graspop)’ and ‘Arrival (Live At Graspop)’ – and a collectable paper mask and be made available in four colour variants worldwide.
Speaking about the song and video, frontman and band namesake King Diamond said: “‘Masquerade Of Madness’ was released digitally in 2019 before our North American tour. During rehearsals, we took one full day to film ‘Masquerade Of Madness’ with David Brodsky and Allison Woest. We spent all day and all night recording while performing the song with our full tour stage show choreography. After the tour, covid happened.
“The video was all but forgotten as the world came to a standstill – we never saw a single frame from all the footage. Years later, as things began to pick up and writing began for both new Mercyful Fate and King Diamond records, we wondered, what happened to that video from four years ago? So we decided to check in with David Brodsky and a couple of weeks later, we had the first cut of the video.
“I was speechless! I had nothing to criticize and after just a few notes from Andy LaRocque [guitar], the video for ‘Masquerade Of Madness’ was finished! There’s so much mood and black and white is used in a perfect way with Jodi’s [Cachia, actress] performances. The visuals fit the music flawlessly and this is now among my favourite King Diamond videos along with ‘Sleepless Nights’ and ‘Welcome Home’ – and not to forget of course our double live DVD [Songs For The Dead, 2019].
“This new video and the release of ‘Masquerade Of Madness’ on 12-inch vinyl is our Halloween gift to the fans. We hope you enjoy this as much as we do! Happy Halloween, it’s not just a dream!”
The Masquerade Of Madness 12-inch vinyl EP track listing is as follows:
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Side A
01. ‘Masquerade Of Madness’
Side B
01. ‘Welcome Home (Live At Graspop)’
02. ‘Arrival (Live At Graspop)’
King Diamond’s line-up is as follows:
King Diamond (vocals)
Andy LaRocque (guitar)
Mike Wead (guitar)
Pontus Egberg (bass)
Matt Thompson (drums)
Twelfth studio record Give Me Your Soul… Please was released in September 2007.
