Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate's self-titled debut EP, also known as Nuns Have No Fun, is the Danish band's first official release. It has four tracks and plays at 45rpm. The band recorded and mixed it at Stone Studio in Roosendaal, in the Netherlands, in just two days in September 1982. Jac Hustinx produced and mixed it, Willem Steetjes engineered it, and Ole Poulsen drew the cover.
It came out in November 1982 on the independent label Rave-On Records, a year before the band's first full-length album, Melissa. The EP was later reissued in full on the 1987 compilation The Beginning, and it finally got an official CD release through Metal Blade Records in June 2020, in a hardcover gatefold sleeve. It is a traditional heavy metal record, and a good place to hear where the band began.
Mercyful Fate: tracklist and credits
4 tracks · 22:04Tracklist
- 1A Corpse Without SoulHank Shermann and King Diamond6:53
- 2Nuns Have No FunDenner, Shermann, Diamond4:17
- 3Doomed by the Living DeadHank Shermann and King Diamond5:06
- 4Devil EyesHank Shermann and King Diamond5:48
- Produced by
- Jac Hustinx
- Recorded
- September 1982
- Label
- Rave-On Records
- Length
- 22:04
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How we know the release date wikipedia 1982-11-08 vs 1982-09-25 (wikidata)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1982 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 8 November 1982 | |
| Wikidata | 25 September 1982 |
4 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XW | Metal Blade Records | other | |
| 1982 | NL | Rave-On Records | original | |
| 5 January 2020 | XE | Metal Blade Records | 039841570328 | other |
| 5 June 2020 | XE | Metal Blade Records | 039841570311 | other |
Cover art sources
fanarttv · upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 250×269 | rejected |