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King Diamond
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kim Bendix Petersen, Masthema Mazzaqim, Kim Peterson
Danish musician
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Blood Ain't Always Thicker
- Blood Aint Always Thicker
- Duval Book of Short Stories Volume 2
- Ghetto Gospels
- Da Ghetto Gospels 2
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Film & TV
Acting · Copenhagen, Denmark
Kim Bendix Petersen (born 14 June 1956), better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock musician and songwriter. As a vocalist, he is known for his powerful and wide-ranging singing voice, in particular his far-reaching falsetto screams. He is the lead vocalist and lyricist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond. He also plays keyboards and guitars on studio…
Known for
- King Diamond Live at Wacken 2025 — Vocals2025
- Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar — Priest (voice)2023
- Mercyful Fate Live - Wacken Open Air 2022 — Himself2022
- Texas Carlos Massacre — Self2021
- King Diamond - Live at The Fillmore2019
- King Diamond: Songs for the Dead Live — Vocal2019
- King Diamond: Summer Breeze2019
- King Diamond - Abigail Live in Concert — Vocalista2015
- Metallica: The 30th Anniversary Event — Self2011
- Metal Retardation — Himself - King Diamond2009
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1956
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 348,111
- Total plays
- 16,266,094
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King Diamond is a Danish heavy metal band formed in 1985 by vocalist King Diamond, guitarists Andy LaRocque and Michael Denner, bassist Timi Hansen and drummer Mikkey Dee. Diamond, Denner and Hansen had recently departed the group Mercyful Fate, and decided to form a new band under the King Diamond moniker, as it was already known from the Mercyful Fate days. In 1986, King Diamond released their debut album Fatal Portrait. Since then the band have released a total of twelve studio albums (most o
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
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- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,812x
- Executive Functions
· 2013 · cited 10,648x
- Global Prevalence of Diabetes
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Key facts
- Born
- Kim Bendix Petersen , ( 1956-06-14 ) 14 June 1956 (age 69) , Hvidovre , Denmark
- Genres
- Heavy metal shock rock
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter musician producer
- Instruments
- Vocals keyboards guitar
- Years active
- 1974–present
- Member of
- King Diamond Mercyful Fate
- Website
- kingdiamondcoven .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.covenworldwide.org
- Image
- King Diamond live 2006 Moscow 01.jpg
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- King Diamond
- date of birth
- 1956-06-14
- pseudonym
- King Diamond
- birth name
- Kim Bendix Petersen
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- social media followers
- 27335
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Kim Bendix Petersen (born 14 June 1956), better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his powerful and wide-ranging countertenor singing voice, in particular his far-reaching falsetto screams. He is the lead vocalist and lyricist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond. He also plays keyboards and guitars on studio recordings but uses live shows to focus solely on his vocal performance. Diamond is renowned for his dark lyrical content and his story concepts. He is also known for his distinctive shock stage persona (in particular his black and white facepaint). He has been an influence for other rock and metal artists, including Metallica, Slayer and Cradle of Filth..
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