What is Mercyful Fate?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Mercyful Fate | Img = King Diamond live 2006 Moscow 01.jpg | Img_alt = | Img_capt = Mercyful Fate Frontman [[King Diamond]] | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] | death_date = |death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[black metal]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Huey, Steve |title=''Melissa'' review |url=http://allmusic.com/album/melissa-r12968 |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=2012-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Sharpe-Young, Garry and Born, R |title=Mercyful Fate |url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/denmark/copenhagen/mercyful+fate |publisher=[[MusicMight]] |accessdate=2009-12-08 |archive-date=2012-09-20 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6AoQe8KGj?url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/denmark/copenhagen/mercyful+fate |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Occupation = | Years_active = 1981–1985, 1992–1999 (hiatus) | Label = [[Combat Records|Combat]], [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]], [[Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade]], [[Rave On (record label)|Rave On]] | Associated_acts = [[Fate (band)|Fate]], [[Black Rose (band)|Black Rose]], [[King Diamond (band)|King Diamond]], [[Brats (band)|Brats]], [[Force of Evil (band)|Force of Evil]], [[Memento Mori (band)|Memento Mori]], [[Arch Enemy]], [[Spiritual Beggars]], [[Metallica]] | URL = {{URL|http://www.covenworldwide.org/}} | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = [[King Diamond]]<br />[[Hank Shermann]]<br />[[Sharlee D'Angelo]]<br />Bjarne T. Holm<br />[[Mike Wead]] | Past_members = [[Michael Denner]]<br />[[Timi Hansen]]<br />Kim Ruzz<br />[[Snowy Shaw]] }} '''Mercyful Fate''' are a [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] [[band]] from [[Denmark]]. T