FORCE OF EVIL, the Danish band featuring guitarist Michael Denner (ex-
MERCYFUL FATE), guitarist Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE), bassist Hal
Patino (KING DIAMOND), drummer Bjarne Holm (MERCYFUL FATE), and
vocalist Martin Steene (ex-IRONFIRE), has issued the following update:

"A rare meeting took place at Michael Denner's wedding on March 17th.
Members from original MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND, FORCE OF EVIL and
ZOSER MEZ were all present to support Michael in getting married.
MERCYFUL FATE presented five members, KING DIAMOND presented three
members, FORCE OF EVIL presented five members and ZOSER MEZ presented
four members. Ole Bang, tour manager of all four bands since the
beginning, was making sure all musicians were in place for the photo
shoot."

Check out a photo at this location. Present in the picture are:

http://forceofevil.net/photos/mf2007.html

Timi Hansen
Kim Ruzz
Michael Denner
Hank Shermann
Hal Patino
Bjarne T. Holm
Martin Steene
Kim Hagemann
Carsten Volsing

FORCE OF EVIL recently parted ways with Escapi Music after releasing
two albums and a live DVD through the label between 2003 and 2005. A
special limited-edition run of FORCE OF EVIL's "Black Empire" album,
originally released in 2005, was made available in the U.S. by Escapi
Music in July 2006. The special limited-edition package included the
brilliant artwork of Linda Bergkvist, plus a 20-page, full-color
booklet, two rare live unreleased recordings as well as the video
for "Back To Hell".

Denner was featured in the Danish newspaper Nyhedsavisen in Janaury
when the paper conducted a test to see if the residents of
Copenhagen, Denmark are generally helfpul and accomodating with one
another. As part of the test, they had an old lady (Alice) drop a bag
of groceries from the supermarket on the street to see if someone
would take the time to assist her or everyone would just ignore her
and go about his/her own business. The first person to help was none
other than Michael Denner of MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND (see scan of
article; Denner is in the photo on the upper right). Denner, who was
getting off a bus, spotted Alice right away and immediately came to
her aid.

MERCYFUL FATE was presented with the "honor award" at the Danish
Metal Awards 2006, which was held on November 18, 2006 at Amager Bio
in Copenhagen, Denmark. Original members Michael Denner (guitar),
Hank Shermann (guitar), Timi "Grabber" Hansen (bass) and Kim Ruzz
(drums) appeared in public together for the first time in 22 years to
accept the award (vocalist King Diamond was unable to attend the
event due to the fact that he was working on the new KING DIAMOND
album in Dallas, Texas).

Stay Heavy!
Phil