In the Shadows | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Mercyful Fate |
Cover: | Mercyful Fate - In The Shadows Front.jpg |
Released: | June 1993 |
Recorded: | February and April 1993 |
Studio: | Dallas Sound Lab, Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Genre: | Heavy metal |
Length: | 53:28 |
Label: | Metal Blade |
Producer: | King Diamond, Hank Shermann, Tim Kimsey, Brian Slagel |
Prev Title: | Return of the Vampire |
Prev Year: | 1992 |
Next Title: | The Bell Witch |
Next Year: | 1994 |
In the Shadows is the third full-length studio album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate. It is the first offering of the band since their reunion in 1992.[1] This would be the final full-length album Timi Hansen would appear on before his death in 2019. The album was released in June 22, 1993 via Metal Blade Records.[2] Unlike previous Mercyful Fate albums, which were entirely centered around lyrical themes of Satanism and the occult, the lyrics on this album are rather focused on more conceptual horror-themes, akin to King Diamond's work with his eponymous band. The band would not return to a primarily occult/satanic lyrical approach until the band's latest album, 9, released in 1999.
Some editions of In the Shadows contain a bonus track, "Return of the Vampire... 1993", that is a re-recording of the song "Return of the Vampire", present in the homonymous 1992 compilation album, featuring Lars Ulrich of Metallica on drums.
The album cover was painted by Torbjorn Jorgensen / Studio Dzyan.
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