King Diamond releases new song ‘Masquerade of Madness’

King Diamond has released a brand new song!

The new song, titled Masquerade of Madness, is taken from his first album in twelve years, The Institute, which is expected to be released next year.

The new song was mixed by Andy Larocque and King Diamond at Sonic Train Studios, and speaking about the song, Diamond himself says, “Masquerade of Madness is one of the first King Diamond studio songs in a long time. It will be featured on a future two album horror concept story, of which the first part is titled The Institute.
The style is very classic King Diamond with lots of dynamics and limited amounts of compression to achieve very natural sounding vocals and instruments throughout the song. You’ll find some complex orchestrations, including the typical choir works you’re used to hearing from King Diamond, and a special thought process bringing vocals back to the forefront: ‘All vocals are lead vocals.'”

Both Andy and I are presently working on several different songs with high potential for the upcoming album; all of which are absolute killers. We will continue this work when we’re back from our North American tour in December, during which you can hear the live version of Masquerade of Madness. For now, we hope you’ll enjoy the brand new studio version of Masquerade of Madness.”

Listen to Masquerade of Madness here: 

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