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    Heavy Heavy Heavy!!!: Mercyful Fate/Kreator/Midnight Concert Review

    November 5 2022 / No Comments
    • Date of Concert: November 4, 2022
    • Location of Concert: The Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, OH
    I had a great time at another concert.
     
    This time at the Andrew J Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. A very nice venue too I must say.
     
     
    Midnight is very new to me.
     
    My cousin Zachary showed me some videos of them recently.
     
    They’re from Cleveland and wear hoods.
     
    But they’re a very solid thrash metal band, in my opinion.
     
    I really enjoyed them and definitely want to check out more of their music.
     
    Then Kreator played.
     
    I had seen them in 2013 with Overkill and Warbringer but had not seen them since.
     
    They’re a German thrash metal band and have put out many albums since the 80s and are still making great albums.
     
    Live, they’re incredible.
     
    They really rocked the house.
     
    Then the one and only MERCYFUL FATE played.
     
    I’ve been a fan for many years but they had not really toured or done much since the late 90s (their singer King Diamond has a long standing solo career which he’s still doing. One of MF’s guitarists is in his solo band too).
     
    But MF are also back together too and are making a new album.
     
    They played one of the new songs at the show.
     
    They played a great set and had a cool stage show (No they are not satanists. The imagery is just a show.)
     
    Lead guitarist Hank Sherman is to me the Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest guitarist) of this band. He is out of this world amazing on the guitar.
     
    And King Diamond, who is known for singing very high and low, sounds just as great as ever.
     
    Such a great band.
     
    All 3 bands rocked.
     
    I have three more concerts to see this month.
     
    I can’t wait!!
     
    Am I rich? No.
     
    Do I spend too much on going to these? Yes.
     
    Should I not go to as many?
    Probably.
     
    But I do it because it’s what I live for.
     
    Not having concerts during the global shutdown really upset me.
     
    I‘m so glad I can go again.
     
    I don’t know how many more I have in me but I’m going to continue until I either can’t or there is no one to see anymore.

    Mercyful Fate Band Members:

    • King Diamond (Lead Vocals)
    • Hank Sherman (Guitar)
    • Mike Wead (Guitar)
    • Bjarne T. Holm (Drums)
    • Becky Baldwin (Bass-Stepping in for Joey Vera, who was touring with Armored Saint at this time)

    Kreator Band Members:

    • Miland "Mille" Petrozza (Vocals/Guitar)
    • Jurgen "Ventor" Reil (Drums)
    • Sami Yli-Sirnio (Guitar)
    • Frederic Leclercq (Bass)

    Midnight Band Members:

    • Athenar (AKA Jamie Walters) (Vocals/Bass)
    • Count Zigar (AKA Bob Zeiger) (Drums)
    • Shaun Venek (Touring Guitarist)

    Mercyful Fate Set List:

    1. The Oath
    2. A Corpse Without Soul
    3. The Jackal of Salzburg (New Song)
    4. Curse of the Pharaohs
    5. A Dangerous Meeting
    6. Doomed By the Living Dead
    7. Melissa
    8. Black Evil
    9. Evil 
    10. Come to the Sabbath
    11. Encore:  Satan’s Fall

    Kreator Set List:

    1. Violent Revolution
    2. Hate Uber Alles
    3. Satan Is Real
    4. Awakening of the Gods
    5. Enemy of God
    6. Phantom Antichrist
    7. Strongest of the Strong
    8. Flag of Hate
    9. Pleasure to Kill

    Midnight Set List:

    1. Fucking Speed and Darkness
    2. Rebirth by Blasphemy
    3. Telepathic Nightmare
    4. Szex Witchery
    5. Here Comes Sweet Death
    6. Evil Like A Knife
    7. Lust Filth and Sleaze
    8. You Can’t Stop Steel

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