Fatal Portrait

King Diamond | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• ASIN: B000000H8M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,466 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Candle

2. The Jonah

3. The Portrait

4. Dressed in White

5. Charon

6. Lurking in the Dark

7. Halloween

8. Voices from the Past

9. Haunted

10. The Lake

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The King Delivers!!Thank you,thank you very mush.., June 8, 2005

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magician of sadness "forbidden_sorcery" (Kentucky) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fatal Portrait (Audio CD)

I loved Mercyful Fate,but I had it pretty lucky.I had an older sister that introduced me to bands like KISS,Iron Maiden,and Judas Priest as well as some of the more alternative flavored music from the 80's and late 70's,but I discovered Mecyful Fate all on my own,and was disheartened when I heard they had broken up.But a year later,out came his No Presents For Christmas single,and a few months down the road,it happened..King Diamond's first solo album,Fatal Portrait.I was just eleven,but it had as much an affect on me as did the Ramones or Dead Kennedys.Fatal Portrait is one of those albums that from the beginning grabs you by the short curlies and drags you forward in such a rush of ecstasy that its hard not to tell all your friends about it the moment its over.The opener The Candle begins with spooky synthesizers and a spoken word piece that I can still remember to this day..Seven years have gone..It can no longer be left undone.So the songe begins,and so began a career of creativity that is hard to measure in impact in the metal community,whethr it be traditional or black metal you speak of.I truly enjoyed this album,and so will anyone either previously familiar with either Mercyful Fate or King Diamond,or just becoming familiar with his work.This is my favorite King Diamond album,and it still gives me goosebumps to this day when I listen to it.Some of the best songs on the album are the catchy singalong Halloween which will have you singing glass in hand,or the perfectly melancholy The Lake,not originally available on the release back in '86..And as others have said,No Presents For Christmas will instantly be any headbanger's favorite christmas tune..Every year I make a loop copy of the song on disc and sneak into my local Wal-Mart and sneakily slide it into the stereo that constantly belts out cheesy xmas music.I'm sure there's some old lady banging her head right now to King Diamond thanks to me and my yearly mission..Buy Fatal Portrait..You won't be disappointed..

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Command You To Scream, August 25, 2004

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Stanley Runk "Runkdapunk" (Camp North Pines) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fatal Portrait (Audio CD)

It's fun! It's freaky! It's funky! It's Insaaaaaaaaaaane! It's King Diamond's debut, Fatal Portrait! You can't call yourself a King Diamond fan and not own this. Most of what I read says that Abigail is when they truly found their sound, but whether the sound is found or not, this album is great. Off the top of my head I can't even think of one filler song on here, though some may disagree. As his career went on, King Diamond would use multiple singing voices on his albums, but on this one he's using the trademark falsetto about 98% of the time. You have to be some kind of communist schmuck if you're not singing along with this catchy tunes by the end of the song. Very highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars King's first solo, December 13, 2009

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cfredhappy "fred" (vancouver, wa.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fatal Portrait (Audio CD)

When I first heard King was putting out a solo record I cringed. Thinking back to the days when my then favorite band, Kiss, put out solo records, I reluctantly bought and listened to it hoping it wouldn't be a massive disappointment. I was very wrong. I was simply amazed at how well King performed many of the instrumentals himself. As usual the vocals were spectacular. King would later put together a band to do his solo records and many of the records were very good, Abigail being the best. If you like King and want to hear his best solo stuff start with this record and then get Abigail you will be very happy you did as they are two of his best.