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Melissa

Mercyful FateOctober 30, 1983

Metal℗ 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc.

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Melissa is the debut studio album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released on 30 October 1983. It was the first album released by Roadrunner Records. This was also the first Mercyful Fate effort to get an official release in the United States through Megaforce Records, as the self-titled EP was a highly sought after import, and the BBC sessions were only available on bootleg tapes.
In 2005, Roadrunner Records re-released this album with several bonus tracks and a bonus DVD. Music is credited to Hank Shermann and lyrics to King Diamond.

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	Songs		Popularity
1	Evil	4:44
2	Curse of the Pharaohs	3:57
3	Into the Coven	5:11
4	At the Sound of the Demon Bell	5:22
5	Black Funeral	2:49
6	Satan's Fall	11:25
7	Melissa	6:41

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Genres

Black/Death Metal

Total length

40:09

Tracks

7

Released

December 1, 2017

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℗ 1983 Metal Blade Records, Inc.

File type

MP3

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