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

This time at the Andrew J Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. A very nice venue too I must say.

I saw Mercyful Fate Returns with Kreator and Midnight

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.

And W.A.S.P. 40th Anniversary Tour – Columbus, OH – SOLD OUT!

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.