Mercyful Fate recently re-recorded the songs “Evil” and “Curse Of The Pharaohs” for their inclusion on Guitar Hero: Metallica. The songs were recorded at Earplug Studio in Copenhagen and Nomad Recording Studio in Dallas, Texas and were then mastered by Andy LaRocque at his Sonic Train Studio in Sweden. Vocalist King Diamond commented on the new versions:
It was a lot of fun to get a chance to re-record "Evil" and "Curse of the Pharaohs" from our 1983 "Melissa" album. It was cool to go into the studio and try to figure out all the various harmony vocals and see if I could still do them. The other guys had a lot of fun with this project too, and the whole thing turned out much better than we could have hoped for. Everyone nailed their performances and Hank's solos were even slightly improved. Everything is right where it should be and with a much better sound! The “feel” was there and all of the guys - Hank, Denner, Timi and Bjarne are all naturals. The versions that will be up on iTunes were mastered by Andy LaRocque and even with a 2009 sound, there's no doubt that these songs were recorded by Mercyful Fate!
