Album
The Spider's Lullabye
1995 · Rock
4 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Spider's Lullabye is a Metal album by King Diamond, originally released in 1995. On Gatefold: 65 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
About
After a five-year hiatus, King Diamond reformed in 1995 for <i>The Spider’s Lullabye</i>, which broke the band’s tradition of full-scale concept records. Only the album's second half is thematically unified; it's a series of songs about a man tortured by arachnophobia. With mercurial arrangements and horror-movie atmospherics, “The Spider’s Lullabye,” “Eastmann’s Cure,” and “Room 17” most resemble earlier King Diamond triumphs like <i>Abigail</i>. While King Diamond’s calling card was their ability to put a theatrical spin on speed metal, the strongest moments on <i>Spider’s Lullabye</i> are its angriest. “Dreams,” “Killer,” and “To the Morgue” offer marauding and menacing riffs that recall vintage Metallica, while “Six Feet Under” echoes King Diamond’s roots in hardcore punk. Guitarist Andy LaRocque remastered the album in 2009, which helped enhance the songs’ spiky tones. Though it's only the fourth song on the album, “The Poltergeist” feels like its grand finale. A gloriously uncomplicated riff propels a tale about an awe-inspiring ghoul. It’s perhaps the most back-to-basics song that this famously ambitious band ever wrote, and yet it perfectly embodies everything that’s great about King Diamond.
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Tracklist
- 1From the Other Side (Remastered By Andy LaRocque)3:51
- 2Killer (Remastered By Andy LaRocque)4:17
- 3The Poltergeist (Remastered By Andy LaRocque)4:29
- 4Dreams (Remastered By Andy LaRocque)4:39
- 5Moonlight (Remastered By Andy LaRocque)4:32
- 6Six Feet Under (Remastered By Andy LaRocque)4:02
- 7The Spider's Lullabye (Remastered By Andy LaRocque)3:39
- 8Eastmann's Cure (Remastered By Andy LaRocque)4:32
- 9Room 17 (Remastered By Andy LaRocque)8:17
- 10To the Morgue (Remastered By Andy LaRocque)4:57
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Heavy Metal
- clean
- theatrical
- occult
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andy LaRocqueGUITAR
- Chris EstesBASS BASS, KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS
- Darrin AnthonyDRUMS
- Herb SimonsenGUITAR
- King DiamondKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, HARPSICHORD, VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, KEYBOARDS, HARPSICHORD
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 65 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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