Don't Break The Oath (studio album) by Mercyful Fate

Don't Break The Oath by Mercyful Fate
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 3,466th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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75/100 (from 129 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (58th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (533rd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,466th)

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Don't Break The Oath is ranked as the best album by Mercyful Fate.

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-Don't Break The OathMelissa

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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75/100 (from 129 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.

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From 03/12/2018 09:27
La figura de King Diamond es demasiado larga e influyente como para no ser mencionado como uno de los artistas más importantes de la historia del Metal. Precursores, entre otros, de lo que más tarde sería el Black Metal, el sonido de Mercyful Fate está más pegado a la sombra del Heavy Metal más clásico, pues la influencia sobre el Black Metal es puramente estética. 'Don't break the oath' es el último disco de la primera etapa de los daneses previa a la formación de la banda en solitario de King Diamond. Por supuesto es oscuro y supera con creces a 'Melissa', que de por sí supone un gran clásico ochentero. La realidad es que Mercyful Fate llevaban la originalidad por bandera, pues su propuesta no respondía a lo que se hacía habitualmente, dotando a ese Heavy Metal clásico una dosis de oscuridad que sigue poniendo la piel de punta.
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From 01/10/2013 02:42
Solid heavy metal album, but I think Melissa is just better than this one.
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