Kin is a fine addition to the back-catalogue of one of metal’s most cherished underdogs. The more experimental facets of the record don’t land every time, but there are far more hits than misses, and the result is a strong LP that sees Whitechapel push de
180g black vinyl LP pressing. Lyric/photo insert and large poster included. Slayer's awesome debut. The album is packed with wild riffs and high-pitched screams that are not normally associated with the thrash scene.
Released in 1986, Fatal Portrait is the debut King Diamond album, unusually not a conceptual affair, although five of the songs link to form a short ghost story, a theme that would be returned to again and again over subsequent releases.
All of Mercyful Fate's potential was fulfilled on Don't Break the Oath, a doomy, gothic collection of post-Priest/Maiden black metal preoccupied with Satan and the occult.
