Melissa

Melissa is the debut album of Danish band Mercyful Fate released in 1983. It was the first album released by Roadrunner Records. In 2005 Roadrunner Records re-released this album with several bonus tracks and bonus DVD. Music is credited to Hank Shermann and lyrics to King Diamond. On July 18, 1983, Mercyful Fate started recording at Easy Sounds Studios in Copenhagen for the next 13 days with producer Henrik Lund, which was the co-owner of the studio along with his brother. The band asked Henrik to produce the album, he was paid $1000 by the record company. Even though the band had more time than when they did the first EP, time was precious and by chance, the band knew the songs very well before entering the studio and made it very...