Mercyful Fate (EP)

Mercyful Fate
EP by Mercyful Fate
Released	8 November 1982
Recorded	September 1982
Genre	Heavy metal black metal
Length	22:04
Label	Rave-On Records
Producer	Jac Hustinx
Mercyful Fate chronology
Mercyful Fate (1982) Melissa (1983)

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Mercyful Fate is the first official release by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate.^[2] It is also known as Nuns Have No Fun, the "first album" or the "EP". It is a four track, 45rpm effort and was recorded and mixed at Stone Studio in Roosendaal, Netherlands, in two days in September 1982 and released on the independent label Rave-On Records as RMLP-002. The album was produced and mixed by Jac Hustinx and engineered by Willem Steetjes. The cover is drawn by Ole Poulsen. The album in its entirety was later re-issued in 1987 as part of The Beginning compilation.

There are three pressings:

• First pressing is white bordered.
• Second pressing is black bordered.
• Third pressing is black bordered but distributed by Bertus Holland.

Track listing[]

Side A

1. "A Corpse Without Soul" (Hank Shermann, King Diamond) – 6:53
2. "Nuns Have No Fun" (Shermann, Michael Denner, Diamond) – 4:17

Side B

1. "Doomed by the Living Dead" (Shermann, Diamond) – 5:06
2. "Devil Eyes" (Shermann, Diamond) – 5:48

Credits[]

• King Diamond – vocals
• Hank Shermann – guitar
• Michael Denner – guitar
• Timi Hansen – bass
• Kim Ruzz – drums

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