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Mercyful Fate is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Exciter, Death Angel, Bathory, Hellhammer and Venom. Those roots explain a lot about how Mercyful Fate arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Angel Witch, Bathory, Overkill, Diamond Head and Omen, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Master's Hammer, Jubileum Volume II, Dead, Mr. Bungle and In Memory of Quorthon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 61 connections around Mercyful Fate, reaching back through Exciter and forward to Master's Hammer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Mercyful Fate connections
Mercyful Fate grew out of Exciter, Death Angel, Bathory and Hellhammer, shares an orbit with Angel Witch, Bathory, Overkill and Diamond Head, went on to shape Master's Hammer, Jubileum Volume II, Dead and Mr. Bungle. 61 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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