As many fans already know, MERCYFUL FATE's "Evil" is featured as a playable
track on "Guitar Hero: Metallica". The band re-recorded "Evil" and "Curse Of The
Pharaohs" specifically for the game because the original masters no longer
exist. Now the group is making both cuts available to fans to purchase on
iTunes!

These versions feature four of the five original MERCYFUL FATE members (vocalist
King Diamond, guitarist Hank Shermann, guitarist Michael Denner and bassist Timi
Hansen) along with the band's current drummer, Bjarne T. Holm. The recording
session was overseen by Hank Shermann at Earplug Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark;
after which King Diamond laid down his vocals at Nomad Recording Studio in
Dallas, Texas, and mixed the song with J.T. Longoria.

KING DIAMOND frontman/namesake comments: "It was a lot of fun to get a chance to
re-record 'Evil' and 'Curse of the Pharaohs' from our 1983 'Melissa' album. It
was cool to go into the studio and try to figure out all the various harmony
vocals and see if I could still do them. The other guys had a lot of fun with
this project too, and the whole thing turned out much better than we could have
hoped for. Everyone nailed their performances and Hank's solos were even
slightly improved. Everything is right where it should be and with a much better
sound! The 'feel' was there and all of the guys — Hank, Denner, Timi and Bjarne
are all naturals. The versions that will be up on iTunes were mastered by Andy
LaRocque and even with a 2009 sound, there's no doubt that these songs were
recorded by MERCYFUL FATE!"

"Evil" and "Curse Of The Pharaohs" will be available for fans to purchase
digitally on July 14. A special edition picture disc vinyl single will be
available on September 1.