Mercyful Fate (EP)

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.

Mercyful Fate
EP by
Mercyful Fate
Released8 November 1982
RecordedSeptember 1982
GenreHeavy metal, Black metal
Length22:04
LabelRave-On Records
ProducerJac Hustinx
Mercyful Fate chronology
Mercyful Fate
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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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
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gollark: Microsoft probably collects installed applications, maybe typing data, sort of thing, and Google collects search history.
gollark: But, er, you seem to have said that Google randomly collects microphone input? That's... quite significant?
gollark: Oh, I assumed you meant a literal national border.
gollark: You seem to recognize to some extent that other people having sensitive/personal data is *bad*, but not actually acknowledge the fact that Microsoft and Google... contain people, and might be passing that data onto people, and are retaining it for ages and it might go somewhere else eventually.

References
  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate EP review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. "Masters of the macabre Music, Myths & Legends By Martin Vengadesan". Ecentral.my. 26 June 2005. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
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