Förra året så blev det klart att Mercyful Fate skulle återförenas med samma uppsättning som på deras senaste album 9 (med Joey Vera som stand-in för Timi Hansen) och presentera ett par nyskrivna låtar. Nu har Hank Shermann, den ena gitarristen i Mercyful Fate, bekräftat att bandet även håller på med ett nytt album.
Gitarristen berättar följande i en intervju med Heavy Magazine:
“This totally out all shows for 2020, I predict, and as it looks now, all Mercyful Fate shows look to be canceled. We might have an option in November, maybe, but who knows how it looks at that time?”
När han får frågan om hur det ser ut med nytt material svarar han följande:
“First of all, King is living in Texas, in the States. I’m living here north of Copenhagen, in Denmark. The drummer is also here, so I work with him in the rehearsal room shaping the new songs. The other guitar player is in Stockholm, Sweden, and our new bass player is in Los Angeles. So everything is Dropbox or e-mails. I have been working at least the last one and a half years on new Mercyful Fate songs, and I think there’s about six or seven about to be ready. The first song has been sent to King after it’s been mixed and all the guys played on the song. So I sent the files to Joey in Los Angeles; he did the bass. And then I sent the same files to Mike in Stockholm; he did his solos. And now King has the first song, evaluating for the vocals to be added. And then we will rearrange certain parts to be twice as long and stuff like that.”
Titel eller releasedatum på albumet är ännu okänt.
