Review by ZeroSymbolic7188 for Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)

Some people don't like this album. SOME PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR MINDS!

What you get with Mercyful Fate is all of the things that you love about Iron Maiden or Judas Priest, but more evil. Dualing guitars, high (high AF in this case) vocals, thumping bass, pounding drums, it's all here. It's just that subject matter is now centered on satanism, the occult, and black masses. These are not topics that appeal to me, but this is the kind of album where I can put on my halloween costume so to speak and get in on all the evil fun! I will come to your black mass as long as there is badass heavy metal somewhere between the orgy and the virgin sacrifice, and if Mercyful Fate is the church band then I know it's gonna be there.

So for a guy like me, this is a 4 star album, but if you really like the added satanic themes then it probably ticks all your boxes for a full 5.