Mercyful Fate (EP)

Mercyful Fate is the first official release by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate.^[3] It is also known as Nuns Have No Fun, the "first album" or the "EP". It is a four track, 45rpm effort and was recorded and mixed at Stone Studio in Roosendaal, Netherlands, in two days in September 1982, and released on the independent label Rave-On Records as RMLP-002 on 8 November 1982. The album was produced and mixed by Jac Hustinx and engineered by Willem Steetjes. The cover is drawn by Ole Poulsen. The album in its entirety was later re-issued in 1987 as part of The Beginning compilation. On 5 June 2020 it was released for the first time officially on CD through Metal Blade Records. Issued in hardcover gatefold sleeve, with black polycarbonate CD.

Mercyful Fate
EP by Mercyful Fate
Released	8 November 1982[1]
Recorded	September 1982
Genre	Heavy metal first-wave black metal
Length	22:04
Label	Rave-On Records
Producer	Jac Hustinx
Mercyful Fate chronology
Mercyful Fate (1982) Melissa (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

There are three pressings:

• First pressing is white bordered.
• Second pressing is black bordered.
• Third pressing is black bordered but distributed by Bertus Holland.

Track listing

Side A

1. "A Corpse Without Soul" (Hank Shermann, King Diamond) – 6:53
2. "Nuns Have No Fun" (Shermann, Michael Denner, Diamond) – 4:17

Side B

1. "Doomed by the Living Dead" (Shermann, Diamond) – 5:06
2. "Devil Eyes" (Shermann, Diamond) – 5:48

Personnel

• King Diamond – vocals
• Hank Shermann – guitars
• Michael Denner – guitars
• Timi Hansen – bass
• Kim Ruzz – drums

References

1. "Metal Archives". 26 November 2022.
2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Mercyful Fate – Mercyful Fate EP review". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
3. "Masters of the macabre Music, Myths & Legends By Martin Vengadesan". Ecentral.my. 26 June 2005. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.