Don't Break The Oath
by Mercyful Fate
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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 Oath track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Don't Break The Oath ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/20/2026 21:30 | MasterOfPuppets | 845 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2026 03:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,390 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 22:29 | mizzle | 1,526 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 20:13 | Untitled | 1,758 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 04:42 | Proto | 4,239 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.
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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.
Jasonconfused 01/10/2013 02:42 | #60890 | TOP COMMENT
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Solid heavy metal album, but I think Melissa is just better than this one.
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