Deadly Lullabyes Live - King Diamond

With a discography as diverse and conceptual as King Diamond's, attempts to compile a collection of the 'best' songs is always going to be difficult, but the band makes a valiant effort with this live set-list recorded on the tour for 'The Puppet Master.' To promote that new album, the band obviously chooses to perform several of its songs in place of old classics, but it was such a good album in any case that this doesn't present a problem. The set opens with a selection of songs from the classic 'Abigail,' clearly an admission by the band itself that it hasn't recorded anything quite comparable in the decades since, and after this follows a well-chosen mix ...  Read the complete review