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2 Mercyful Fate quizzes and 20 Mercyful Fate trivia questions.
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  How well do you know Mercyful Fate?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These are some difficult questions. Real fanatics of Mercyful Fate should do well. Let's see how much of a Mercyful Fate fanatic you are. All questions pertain to pre-1985 era Mercyful Fate only.
Average, 10 Qns, vaalkoth, Mar 11 16
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  Mercyful Fate: Guess the Song    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Hey it's me again. Bringing you this time a Mercyful Fate quiz. You know the drill: I give you lyrics, you guess the song. Have fun.
Average, 10 Qns, Jason_Hunter, Mar 11 16
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Mercyful Fate Trivia Questions
1. "I deny Jesus Christ the deceiver, and I abjure the christian faith, holding in contempt all of its works" are lyrics from which Mercyful Fate song?

From Quiz How well do you know Mercyful Fate?

Answer: The Oath

These are lines from the song "The Oath" from the second Mercyful Fate album "Don't Break The Oath" released in 1984. Actually all of the lyrics in this song are used in traditional black mass ceremonies (documented in the 1960s). King Diamond simply arranged the words into the music and took credit for the lyrics.

2. Guess the Mercyful Fate song that has these lyrics: "Oh, my son, you were never gone You're the Devil's child and so am I"?

From Quiz Mercyful Fate: Guess the Song

Answer: Gypsy

From the album "Don't Break The Oath" (1984), Mercyful Fate's second studio album. The album "Don't Break The Oath" was called the greatest extreme metal album of all time by Metal-Rules.com.

3. This song was previously known as "Death Kiss" and then by "Walking Back To Hell" before getting a third and final new title. Which song is it?

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Answer: A Dangerous Meeting

Mercyful Fate often re-worked their songs and kept changing the lyrics. The "Death Kiss" demo version appears on the CD re-issue of Mercyful Fate's "Don't Break The Oath" as a bonus track. The "Walking Back To Hell" version appears on a demo and in some very early live shows.

4. In what song are these lyrics featured: "He built a fire at its root To protect him from the wolves"?

From Quiz Mercyful Fate: Guess the Song

Answer: The Mad Arab

From the album "Time" (1994). The lyrics come straight from the book the "Necronomicon" for both the songs "The Mad Arab" and "Kutulu (The Mad Arab Part Two)".

5. One riff in an old Mercyful Fate demo song "Burning The Cross" later made its way into another song. Do you know what song it showed up in?

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Answer: Devil Eyes

In the song "Devil Eyes" (from the 1982 mini-LP) the riff during the part where King sings "Oh yeah, I love my eyes, oh yeah, those evil eyes.." was borrowed from the song "Burning The Cross" (on the 1981 demo). If you got this right you're a real Fate fanatic.

6. Which song contains these lyrics: "I took her hand, and then we watched the moon go by"?

From Quiz Mercyful Fate: Guess the Song

Answer: Ghost Of Change

This time from the album "Into The Unknown" (1996). Their fifth studio album. The song was based on an encounter that King Diamond had with a ghost.

7. Name the song with this line: "I have been reading your letter, over and over again"?

From Quiz Mercyful Fate: Guess the Song

Answer: Since Forever

That one is from the album "Dead Again" (1998). This one is their sixth studio album. "Dead Again" was the first album that did not had Michael Denner as the guitarist.

8. "On A Night Of Full Moon" is a demo song title for a track that would later become which song?

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Answer: Desecration Of Souls

"On A Night Of Full Moon" appeared on the 1981 demo and the lyrics eventually changed during the chorus and a few other small places and became the song "Desecration Of Souls" that was recorded for their 1984 LP "Don't Break The Oath". Prior to being called "On A Night Of Full Moon" it was called "Some Day" with totally different lyrics and rehearsed by the Brats in early 1981.

9. From which song do these lyrics come from: "Cast a stone into this lake and soon a storm will rise"?

From Quiz Mercyful Fate: Guess the Song

Answer: Holy Water

That song is on the album "Into The Unknown" (1996) "Into the Unknown" is the fifth album by Mercyful Fate, released by Metal Blade Records in 1996. The song is about a lake where demons lies.

10. What song is this: "Murder, he screamed Oh why"?

From Quiz Mercyful Fate: Guess the Song

Answer: Buried Alive

From Mercyful's Fate album called "9" (1999) Their seventh. The song is about a venging ghost burying alive the man that killed him.

11. Which song contains those lyrics: "Iron fists won't do no good against the evil eyes"?

From Quiz Mercyful Fate: Guess the Song

Answer: Satan's Fall

From their debut studio album "Melissa" (1983). According to Michael Denner (guitarist) there are about sixteen different riffs in the song.

12. Which song has these lyrics: "About his lair, the king has spoke To be in there with him"?

From Quiz Mercyful Fate: Guess the Song

Answer: M.D.A. (Mission Destroyed Alien)

From the EP "Return Of The Vampire" (1992). The album is a compilation album of rare demo tracks.

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