Metal Nerdery Podcast2 Jul 2020

045: Album Dive: King Diamond Abigail

King Diamond. Just seeing the name conjures all kinds of dark, creepy, diabolical imagery. ‘Abigail’ (which is King Diamond’s second solo album) is the first King Diamond album that truly captured his master horror storytelling craft, spinning tales of “living” haunted houses, betrayal and evil murderous zombie demon babies. It is by far one of THE most important concept albums EVER in the history of metal (and most certainly one of THE BEST horror stories ever told!).

So fix your favorite relaxer, block out an hour or so of your day and JOIN US as we dive into King Diamond’s ‘Abigail’ and go through the plot of the story, the various characters, the tracks and some of the eerie and “haunting” factoids about what very well may be one of the finest moments in the horror metal genre.

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NOTES: (00:00): A word from Selma May and an importanter word from Archie/Welcome to our special guest host (The Eric Mixon)/King Diamond “Abigail”: Like Judas Priest, but…Wait, WHAT?/an #eviler sounding Bee Gees/An outside perspective on King Diamond/ Mercyful Fate

(07:22): Abigail: The First of its kind (for King)/The INCREDIBLE album cover!!!Kudos, Commendments AND Condiments/ #sidenotesunday/tape collections as a gauge of someone’s greatness as a person/Matt’s Metal Dream: Abigail-The MOVIE(!?)

(10:44): Su Nioj/Released Jun 15, 1987/#snuffcountry Dec-1986 to Feb-1987/Plot: Present Day (1845), Flashback (1777)/Useful analogies and comparisons/Billboard.com: 7 things you didn’t know about ‘Abigail’/#titular/#horrormetal/Alice Cooper and Concept Albums? (Looks like YES: Welcome to my Nightmare and From the Inside)/the “editing” process in the olden days/#6: OH DAMN! #familyghost/Have you seen the video for ‘The Family Ghost’? /***SURPRISE: King Diamond and Pantera***/#kingtera

(20:20): The Tracks: Funeral (From the End, to the Beginning)/Arrival (Seven?)/A Mansion in Darkness/The Family Ghost (#thatnote)/” Oh Damn!” (A creepy as fuck blessing in disguise)

(32:23): King Diamond’s last show in Atlanta/The 7 th Day of July 1777 (or 1977, or whatever…)/the “movement” in the music relative to the story

(39:30): Omens/The OLD Masquerade (in Atlanta) #blessed/Eric’s tangentionally related show story re: Limp Bizkit and Faith No More/The Masquerade Experience/The Possession/The Middle of the Middle/*Abigail, Black Horsemen and Shrine*/Give us YOUR feedback: EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com

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