KING DIAMOND – The Institute Tour 2019 at the Dr. Phillips Center aka The Disney Theater in Orlando, FL  November 5, 2019 *** includes videos filmed by KICK ASS FOREVER!!***Thanks to Liz Ciavarella-Brenner from Earsplit PR for making this possible!!!

There aren’t many people or characters more synonymous with HEAVY METAL more than the Danish Metal Madman KING DIAMOND. For so many years he has produced metal music for the masses to enjoy. His ability to craft stories and combine that with such well played and executed metal music, has made him a metal legend.  So when I heard he was preparing another tour of the USA I had to be there! With a new album due out in 2020 on Metal Blade Records I was curious to see what kind of show King Diamond was going to bring out this time.

Now we all remember the legendary band MERCYFUL FATE and of course King Diamond’s run of “solo” albums, but most people forget that he kind of was on the shelf for a while. Health problems plagued him and limited him from performing. So it was good to see him back out again on tour and looking healthy and ready to kick ass!!!! So the surprising factor was a kind of short set, only 13 songs. There is a new stage set, another multi level stage like his previous tour. This one has 3 levels. There are also the characters in the stage show, so don’t worry, it’s STILL a King Diamond show like you’d expect. Here’s the set list —

As you might’ve heard there is a new song from the upcoming album THE INSTITUTE in the set list. The song is titled “MASQUERADE OF MADNESS”. Oh, what’s that, You want to hear it? What did it sound like live? here ya go!

So the song (studio version) was released on Friday November 8, 2019. As you can tell the song has the elements of classic King Diamond. l I also want to mention how awesome and tight his band sounds. Stellar musicians and SO tight!!!