''The Bell Witch'' is a short, promotional EP released by Danish heavy metal band

Mercyful Fate Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. Influenced by progressive rock and hard rock, and with lyrics dealing with LaVeyan Satanism (often with ironic ...

to herald their reunion album. It features two tracks off '' In the Shadows'', of which one is based on the American legend of the

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, plus four live tracks. The EP was released on 27 June 1994. It was re-released in 2004 on

Metal Blade Records Metal Blade Records (often shortened to Metal Blade) is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982 based in the U.S. state of California. The label primarily focuses on heavy metal. History Metal Blade Records was ...

Track listing

#"The Bell Witch" (Hank Shermann) (King Diamond) – 4:34 #"Is that You, Melissa" (

King Diamond Kim Bendix Petersen (born 14 June 1956), better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his powerful and wide-ranging countertenor singing voice, in particular his far-reaching falsetto s ...

) – 4:37 #"Curse of the Pharaohs" (Diamond, Shermann) – 4:24 , ¹ #"Egypt" (Diamond) – 4:53 , ¹ #"Come to the Sabbath" (Diamond) – 6:48 , ¹ #"Black Funeral" (Diamond, Shermann) – 3:40 , ¹ , ¹ Recorded live 8 October 1993 in Los Angeles, California.

Personnel

– vocals *Hank Shermann – guitars *Michael Denner – guitars * Timi "Grabber" Hansen – bass *

Snowy Shaw Snowy Shaw (born Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson; 25 July 1968) is a Swedish musician based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, Il ...

– drums (on live tracks only, studio tracks feature Morten Nielsen) *

Sharlee D'Angelo Sharlee D'Angelo (born Charles Petter Andreason, 27 April 1973) is a Swedish musician. He is the bassist for the melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as the classic rock/AOR band the Night Flight Orchestra and the stoner metal band S ...

– bass (on live tracks)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bell Witch EP, The Bell Witch, The 1994 EPs Metal Blade Records EPs